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Show The Middle Finger

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This is absolutely hilarious! The Election Commission has issued guidelines on how the indelible ink is to be placed and on which finger. They have come out with a notification that the ink should be on the middle finger. So all the "celebrities" - politicians, film stars et all - are showing the middle finger to the media to prove that they have voted! Look at this photo of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and his wife. Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karaunanidhi voted Kule Aam

Wishful Thinking

सालं आयुष्य हे साधं सोप्प सरळ का नसतं जे दिसतं ते तसच का नसतं मनाला पटेल तसं वागावं आपलं मत प्रांजळपणे मांडावं हसावसं वाटलं तर मनमुराद हसावं रडावसं वटलं तर बिनधास्त रडावं च्यायला प्रत्येक action चे justification का द्यायचं?

Expressions of the stupid common man

The left parties and the Congress had their own agendas when they came to power in 2004. But they declared that they have a common minimum programme and on that base they joined hands to enjoy power. The left as always enjoyed power without accountability. Can anyone imagine the left calling a general strike to protest against the Congress’ policies? Its own partner in power! And the strike was successful in West Bengal too. The state is ruled by the Left party! How can a party in power call a strike in its own state? Later as the elections approached the Left thought that they could place Congress on the mat on the nuclear issue and gain some mileage. They withdrew the support to Congress and claimed to be on a high moral ground. The Congress joined hands with Amar Singh and retained power! A victim of souring of relations between Congress and Left parties was the Singur plant. The Tata’s had invested Rs.1500 crores. The worlds eyes were upon India to see how the Nano could be produce...

Nuclear weapons states

Who has how many? This is interesting. The most powerful country keeps on preaching about the dangers of nuclear weapons. But it has the highest number of nuclear weapons in the world!. here is a look at how many nuclear weapons exist. This data is based on newspaper articles. United States : The United States has an estimated 5,200 nuclear warheads and 2,700 operationally deployed warheads (2,200 strategic and 500 nonstrategic warheads). Russia : Under the provisions of the START I, the Russian nuclear arsenal has been reduced to approximately 4,138 strategic nuclear warheads, as of July 2008. France : In 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that the country would leave its submarine missile arsenal in place while cutting its stock of air-launched weapons by a third. As of Sept 2008, France had already pared down its arsenal to approximately 300 nuclear warheads. Britain : The United Kingdom's current nuclear stockpile consists of fewer than 200 strategic and "sub...

Kya Jaanu Sajan

I recently rediscovered क्या जानू सजन from बहारोंके सपने . The movie is about lost aspirations of the have-nots in a post Independance India. The song itself is recorded in double track inspite of the challenges. In those days (1967) electronics was not established fully in Hindi film music. It is believed that RD recorded the song in Lata's voice and rerecorded some portions on the same tape after removing the erase head of the recorder. The lyrics by Majrooh would make even the most unromantic person to fall in love and be loved! क्या जानू सजन होती है क्या गम की शाम जल उठे सौ दिए जब लिया तेरा नाम What do I know my dear whats a sad evening A hundred lights lit up the moment I uttered your name जबसे मिली नज़र माथेपे बंध गई बिंदिया नयन तेरे देखो सजना ...... धर ली जो प्यारसे मेरी कलाइयाँ पिया तेरी उंगलियाँ हो गई कंगना ..... (This one is tough ... lemme try though) Since when our eyes met your gaze formed the bindiya on my forehead The grip of y...