Category Archives: National Culture

Aug 15th – Tweets and sweets

Posted on August 14, 2010 by RK

Thanks to social media, an otherwise eventless day like the Independence Day is witnessing a sensation like never before. People waiting for the clock to tick to midnight and exchanging greetings reminds me of festivals and new year’s days. However, … Continue reading →

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Ground Zero

Posted on August 4, 2010 by RK

I wish the entire episode did not happen. Why would anybody try to build a mosque right at the nucleus of a terrorist disaster site? Why this is not a good idea is beyond simple reasoning and straight forward rules … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2010 by RK

Tomorrow is Memorial Day, one of the six major holidays of the year in the United States. The six are: Memorial (last Monday of May), Independence (July 4th), Labor (first Monday of September), Thanksgiving (last Thursday and Friday of November), Christmas (December 25th) … Continue reading →

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Ground zero

Posted on April 21, 2010 by RK

It was a few weeks ago that when I read on news that an employee of the 9/11 memorial center, absconded with several thousands of dollars of cash, collected from visitors. What an irony. Somebody should rob money from the very place … Continue reading →

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Review: Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

Posted on January 26, 2010 by RK

I am sure I could draw a line and split the entire Indian community into two halves – one half that embraces the new Mile Sur video-song and another that doesn’t. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed the Phir Mile … Continue reading →

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61 years

Posted on August 15, 2008 by RK

Politicians plunder the country more than they ever haveInflation is going out of controlPoorest people of the world live alongside the richest people of the worldLaw & Order and Anti-Terrorism controls are a jokeReligion and caste systems are killing the … Continue reading →

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Vande Matharam

Posted on December 12, 2006 by RK

Jana Gana Mana by India's elite artists

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The world is a global marketplace

Posted on March 4, 2005 by RK

Google the word “H1B” and the first site to be returned is the USCIS site and the second one is a anti-h1b site, that talks about how Indians have helped you lose jobs. I can bet these anti-h1b sites have … Continue reading →

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Ground zero on Jan 26

Posted on January 26, 2005 by RK

I have no credentials to talk about others, especially when it comes to their superficiality or lack of patriotism. For a simple reason that, I am no patriotic. But doesnt your sense patriotism get tested when you are personally in … Continue reading →

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