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The Future of the Car

Shanachie — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:01:34 -0800

Obsession: Mr. Singh’s Search for the Holy Grail American visionaries, cranks and con men have long sought the simple key to boosting the efficiency of the gasoline engine. Now a barefoot tinkerer in India believes he has unlocked the door. Is he for real?

Before coming here, had you thought of a place like this?

amberglow — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:07:30 -0800

Cybermohalla --really interesting group project in and around Delhi, bringing young people together via "Compughars" (fully-equipped media centers in their neighborhoods). Located in LNJP Basti (an illegal neighborhood) in Delhi, and Ambedkar Nagar (a resettlement colony) at Dakshinpuri in south Delhi, and cyberspace, and created by ANKUR - Society for Alternatives in Education (an NGO) with Sarai, the New Media & Urban Culture Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, they've created everything from texts, collages, posters, animations, and publications, to videos, and large-scale installations. Don't miss by lanes --collected excerpts of some of the kids' personal and public diaries (pdfs), and the scratchbook (55-page pdf) and the animated gifs.

The Sadhus

moonbird — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 09:18:03 -0800

The lives of the Sadhus of India, an interview with a boy ascetic, and the passionate feats which express their devotion. [pictures 1, 2]

Is that a fly in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

christian — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:20:12 -0800

Doctors baffled as boy explains 'unique' problem. His parents didn't believe him at first, but can you blame them? This is beyond bizarre.

Macboy — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:56:51 -0800

Post a great earnings quarter then cut jobs and send them to India. Nice job Bank of AMERICA

dnash — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:32:24 -0800

Hindu protests against Valentine's Day Cards in India While I understand the "protest against encroachments of Western culture" part of this, I find it curious that part of the problem is that they find the cards obscene "because they show young couples embracing and kissing" - considering certain bits of Hindu cultural history.

Rastafari — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 16:58:23 -0800

New World Order? As Israel and India form a new friendship, it seems that Israel's arch enemy, Arafat, is forming alliance with China, India's arch enemy. Apologizes for linking to DrudgeReport for the Arafat story, but that's all I could find.

riffola — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:01:59 -0800

Blair to visit the Indian sub-continent to defuse the tension in the region. He is expected to arrive in Pakistan on January 7 following visits to India and Bangladesh.

Oxydude — Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:39:40 -0800

India brags that "We will win a nuclear war"

Rastafari — Tue, 25 Dec 2001 09:31:39 -0800

India, Pakistan enjoy theatrical proxy war A ceremony to lower the flags of the two perennially hostile neighbours at Wagah, their only rail and road crossing point, has been transformed into a show of highly stylised aggression, and one which draws huge and noisy crowds to taunt each other. Better than the real thing, I suppose.

blackholebrain — Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:56:00 -0800

Enron and India: is there more dirt hiding here?
Enron's monstrous failure sure seems to have been triggered --or at least propelled-- by the fallout between them and India over the $3B Dabhol Power Plant near Mumbai that Enron backed out of earlier this year. Maybe it's just a coincidence...but does anyone else think there's more here than just bad business between Enron and India?

ericost — Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:59:59 -0800

In U.S. Success, Anti-War Faction's Worst Fears Realized writes our own James Lileks. Noam Chomsky, our own little Quisling, popped up in India to denounce the United States and describe the attacks on Afghanistan as "a bigger terrorist act than what happened on Sept. 11." It takes tremendous energy to maintain these hideous delusions. Chomsky must be exhausted. He must also be surprised every time he lands back in America and is not arrested; the nation he describes would surely clap him in chains and leave him in a basement to devolve to rat food and bones.

ed — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 07:54:23 -0800

An Archaeological Find For Our Times? Indian archaeologists have uncovered two ancient statutes, believed to be representative of Ashoka, an emperor who, after a brutal climb to the throne, switched over to Buddhism and attempted to create a just society.

MiguelCardoso — Sun, 23 Sep 2001 00:57:17 -0800

Is Terrorists For Nukes the 2001 version of Arms For Hostages? President Bush has lifted the sanctions on India and Pakistan imposed by the U.S. in 1998 to protest their "tit-for-tat" nuclear tests. In a memorandum just released by the White House, he states that keeping those sanctions in place "would not be in the national security interests of the United States". Is this an acceptable exchange? Just how far should the U.S. go in appeasing Pakistan, not to mention further fuelling its already explosive confrontation with India?

jason — Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:22:45 -0800

The Hindu nationalist group Bajrang Dal name a puppy George Bush. This isn't meant to be a complimentary act... it's in reaction to their discovery that the Bushes' cat's name is India (short for India Ink). They've taken this as an insult to the nation, and have retaliated with the puppy. I'm kind of curious about what this tells about Indian naming practices and significances, as compared to those in the US. Could someone more familiar with Hindu/Indian culture please enlighten me as to why they'd feel so insulted?

allaboutgeorge — Wed, 25 Jul 2001 03:00:36 -0800

"Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi shot dead in New Delhi The plot summary of the movie about her life said she wanted to enter politics. An untimely passing.

crunchland — Wed, 30 May 2001 05:58:41 -0800

First a monkey/man, now a bear/man. India is being terrorized by strange mutated creatures. Anyone want to guess what the next spin of the genetic roulette wheel will bring?

gnutron — Wed, 16 May 2001 09:48:54 -0800

Monkey Man is on the prowl in India. Robot or remote-controlled alien?

ewagoner — Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:08:02 -0800

Mir spotted in skies over India, millions panic? While the fall of Mir has been getting plenty of press coverage, this is the first blatantly alarmist piece I've seen, and it's from CNN/Reuters. Does this kind of "reporting" border on criminal?

davebush — Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:50:21 -0800

The new Mahir?

rushmc — Sun, 14 Jan 2001 08:30:54 -0800

Being judgemental about (presumably) religious practices again...

CRS — Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:19:37 -0800

Time to wash up for Hindus. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for religion and such. But if you wash your sins away in this river, you might wind up with something that won't wash off.

tamim — Fri, 05 Jan 2001 13:07:36 -0800

National Cyber Cop Committee of India enlists teenage hackers as advisors.