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India’s Prime Minister is a liar

Venkatesh Sridhar — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:58 +0000

Venkatesh Sridhar wonders why India's Prime Minister is lying through his teeth about the Indo-US Nuclear deal. [...]

Why the Nuclear deal is bad for India

Venkatesh Sridhar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:14:21 +0000

Venkatesh Sridhar states the facts that strongly makes him oppose the India US Nuclear Deal, as it is bad for India. [...]

Nehru Dynasty: Why should we not ask questions? UPDATED

Venkatesh Sridhar — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:17:48 +0000

As you all know I have been spending quite some time over at Mutiny, reading a variety of blogs that are of interest to me. One such blog was titled, Open letter to Ms. Sonia Gandhi by Chacko. In the post, Chacko asks about Mrs. Sonia Gandhi‘s views on the strike organized in Kerala, India by [...]

Is the Communist Party of India a dodo … I mean extinct :p

Venkatesh Sridhar — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:44:05 +0000

Venkatesh Sridhar thinks aloud whether the Communist Party of India is on the verge of extinction. Is the Left on the way to become a party of the past? [...]

Would you vote for a party launched by idealistic IITians?

Venkatesh Sridhar — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:25:00 +0000

I was just browsing the Times of India website and came across this article titled ‘Would you vote for a party launched by idealistic IITians?‘

I despise the title completely. I mean, WTF, the title looks like its asking me a straight forward and simple question – Would I vote for a party launched by idealistic IITians? [...]

Why I am pissed with the Indian Media?

Venkatesh Sridhar — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:45:00 +0000

This post might come as a shock to many. But, this time I am going public with my opinion on the ineffectiveness of our Indian media. I am getting frustrated with them more and more as I finished reading the story of Watergate Scandal in the book, All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward [...]

Should Orkut be banned in India?

Venkatesh Sridhar — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:06:00 +0000

Protagonist and characters – Abhijit Panse is a man on a mission, the mission is to simply ban Orkut. Yes, the very same orkut that brings people together, especially friends who have not been in touch for a long time.

The Plot – There is a hate group for Bal Thackeray, the erstwhile leader [...]

An obnoxious editorial in the Times of India

Venkatesh Sridhar — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:27:00 +0000

Today, I was just browsing the Times of India website and I came across their editorial page titled “DEVIL’S ADVOCATE: Bye-Bye Tata” by Sauvik Chakraverti, I was intrigued by the title and I clicked on the link to further read it and I found this article by Sauvik was about the recent land acquisition controversies in [...]

Paying the price of speaking out

Venkatesh Sridhar — Sun, 28 May 2006 11:38:00 +0000

Aamir Khan’s latest movie – Fanaa has been banned in Gujarat due to the fact that he was against the increase in the height of the dam before displacing those who are affected by the Narmoda Sarovar Project. This is clearly an infringement on the part of the Gujarat Govt. on the individual fundamental [...]

The Dangers of the new Patent Ordinance

Venkatesh Sridhar — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:26:00 +0000

I received a mail to my NGO’s Yahoo Group —-> We the Indians about the recent Patent Ordinance that the Government of India has framed. Again, the GoI proves that it has no spine in trying to protect the interests of the consumers. I fully understand that we need to comply with TRIPS, but when certain [...]