"Operation Romeo"

While having having my cereal this morning, Kalind (my nephew) started talking about an incident in Meerut, India about a group of girls being thrashed and bashed by the local police. Well, another feather in our cap!
Check out here.

What surprizes me most that the operation is named as 'Operation Romeos' and the cops are catching and hitting the 'Eves'. Hey Indian cops...keep your objectives straight atleast.

Battle Against AIDS

December 1 2005.
World Aids Day brings in a plethora of responses, write-ups and blogs from various folks all around the world. It's heartening to know the awareness all around but Alas! we still find such cases and is increasing by leaps and bounds.

Sourin's blog on AIDS and his thoughts on homo-sexuality are welcome but somehow I see a conflict of statement. Either you like it or do not - there is no way in between...well, I do believe in his statement "Let's LIVE AND LET LIVE."

Countries like Africa and India have come a long way in spreading the Aids awareness and the 'think-tank' of India are coming up with various innovative ways to educate and preach our people. One of the recent example is 'Buladi'. Check out here.

Moreover, check out some statistical details on poverty, debt and AIDS in this article. While going thru various links, I found out that there are umpteen of children and families who are a part of the growing population of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). Check out here and other details by UNAIDS.

Finally, its sad to know about all the statistics, good to know that there are many organizations working towards this cause and pleased to see a revival of these write-ups during World Aids Day...but, are we doing anything for this? Question to be asked to oneself and if we decide to do something, let's try to strenghten the community via Project HOPE.

The Chappel Effect!

Now, that's what they call the Chappel Effect.

The Ultimate Sex Diet!

Guys, shed off all your extra pounds and save on your gym expenses. Can You believe? But, spouses do not!!! Check it out here. The very fact that they appeared on Oprah show validates the news. Read more and believe.

Sourin, another one for you to add to your Utopian dream :))

Akshardham Temple - Monument To World Peace!

After 5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive and awesome, Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace has been inaugrated. The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, India, constructed by the BAPS foundation – the builders of the various Swaminaryan Temples across the world, is truely a modern day Wonder of the World.

It is one of the biggest and most intricate religious places of worship everconstructed. Combining several completely different and contrasting architectural styles of Hindu temple architecture of northern India -- Rajasthani, Orrisan, Gujarati, Mughal and Jain -- the Akshardham Monument is entirely constructed of marble and the red-sandstone that Delhi is famous for, and that so many of her monuments are constructed of. It was completed in only 5 years a world record of sorts.
The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble. It consists of 234 ornately carved pillars, 9 ornate domes, 20 quadrangled shikhars, spectacular Gajendra Pith (plinth of stone elephants) and 20,000 murtis and statues of India's great sadhus, devotees, acharyas and divine personalities. The monument is a fusion of several architectural styles of pink stone and \r\n pure white marble. Pink stone symbolizes bhakti (devotion) in eternal bloom and white marble of absolute purity and eternal peace. The monument was built after over 300 million man hours of services rendered by 11,000 volunteers, sadhus and artisans.


It is the one of the wonders of the modern world and the wonders of modern India.

Oh, GM!!!

I'm starting to feel sorry for General Motors (NYSE: GM). Unlike competitors such as Honda (NYSE: HMC) and Toyota (NYSE: TM), it can't seem to interest buyers in its cars without major price breaks. So after retiring the summer's incentive programs, and then suffering a disastrous few weeks of slumping sales, GM -- like its rival Ford (NYSE: F) -- has come up with an exciting new way to woo consumers back.

Markdowns.

No wait, hear GM out. Instead of the gimmicky "employee pricing," which helped the company get some revenues, if not profits, earlier this year, GM is now announcing a "Red Tag" sale. Here's the premise, straight from the GM website: "The price on our tag is the price you pay. Not a penny more.*

That little asterisk sends you to a disclaimer that should be read by one of those fast-talking radio small-print guys: "Tax, title, license, dealer fees, and [other] optional equipment extra.

Overheads @ General Motors (or should we call it as 'Generous Motors'), issues of retirement liabilities, revenue slump and finally the quality of the cars is leading them towards the bankruptcy route. To add to GM's trauma, SEC is also looking into the accounting practices within the organization. Read here.

With all these constants and variables, GM's probability of filing for Chapter 11 has increased in recent past.

Now, the question is...Will GM come out of this rut? Will GM come out of this rut soon enough? Will GM come out of this rut soon enough to re-gain the market share and there credibility. Points to ponder and act accordingly!

Toons...In The News!