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I’m pleased to inform you that India Uncut has been nominated in two categories at the 2008 Weblog Awards:…
Rediff reports on the Thirumangalam bye-elections: For the people of this assembly seat in south Madurai, the poll process…
Why sack them when you can use them for fuel? (Second link via email from Udhay. And no, I’m…
Here’s a short news piece that appeared today in The Times of India print edition (I couldn’t find it…
My good friend Prem Panicker puts it superbly on Twitter: Oh wow. DNA meanwhile tells me Thackeray’s outfit has…
21 May, 2007
Bombs? Childs play!
Bomb disposal squads abroad typically wear a fair bit of protective clothing, as shown in this picture (via). But Indians seem to be macho, with no need of such protection. Check out the photograph below, from CNN-IBN, of a bomb disposal squad at work in Hyderabad:
Now, if they were parliamentarians, I could understand. That type is so thick-skinned…
(Links via email from Gautam John.)
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Celebrating Bling
Or rather, celebrity bling.
By Amit Varma in The good life
Pragmatism And Ideology
Tobin Harshaw links to some thought-provoking pieces here.
By Amit Varma in Politics
New York Cricket Club
Netherland is an Indian novel accidentally written by an Irishman
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The Desperate Passion of Ben Foster
Method acting meets controlled staginess in 3:10 to Yuma
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
