Pakistan’s Sinister Plans for India
Hashim, a Pakistani terrorist caught by the Indian army while attempting to cross into Kashmir, reveals the ISI’s sinister plans for terrorist attacks in India.
Teach India
Teach India, a novel idea from Times of India, to help educate the children of India who are deprived basic education, by bringing them together with people who can contribute a little time to teach.
Indian Railways Route and Position on Google Maps
Indian Railways info site with cool feature to see train routes and position on Google Maps.
India’s Greenest IT Hub
Landmark Cyber Park IT Hub being built in Gurgaon is vying to be India’s greenest building.
India’s “Shoddily Dressed” Olympic Contingent
Khaleej Times points out the brewing criticism over some of the members of the Indian contingent to the Beijing Olympics not following dress code and their “chalta-hai” attitude. The news even made it to the New York Times.
Abhinav Bindra Wins Gold
Abhinav Bindra takes gold in 10m Air Rifle to give India its first individual Olympic gold and the first gold at the Beijing Olympics
Omar Abdullah Stops Blogging
Due to comment abuse, Omar Abdullah is bidding adieu to blogging.
“So after almost 42 posts from me and more than 900 comments from all of you I am signing off and I will not be coming back. Those of you who made this blog what it WAS, I thank you. Those of you who made this blog what it IS I thank you too.”
Snoop Dogg Stars in Bollywood Movie
Snoop Dogg acts and sings in Singh is Kinng, a new Bollywood romantic comedy
Indian analyst spooks world economy
Arjun “Spike” Murti, and analyst at Golman Sachs, has stirred up the world markets with his forecasts of oil prices, estimating a barrel of oil to touch $200.
Baby Tossing Ritual
Videos of a 500 year old tradition practiced in Solapur, Maharastra, which involves the throwing of infants from 50 feet onto a sheet of cloth below, is the bizarre news from India for the day!
India’s Impressive Space Program
BBC News takes a look at India’s 45 year old, young but impressive, space program. Highlighting it’s latest achievement of deploying 10 satellites in one shot.
Blogs Changing Lives
Riddhi Shah of Hindustan Times talks to Kiruba Shankar, Suman Kumar, Akshay Mahajan and Gautam Ghosh; four people whose blogs have changed their lives.
I wonder why some of the news sites don’t link to the blogs they write about!
Aamir Khan Explains Desicion to Carry Torch
While all around people have started to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony and carrying of the Olympic torch, actor Aamir Khan, keeping with the Olympic spirit, has decided to proudly carry the torch on April 17th.
Chinese Army Obstacle Course
Indian Army’s joint training with the Chinese PLA at a tough Chinese obstacle course. Here is how the American Marines fared on another course.
Chennai Tibet Protest
Video of Tibet supporters protesting in Chennai. “China Lies Tibet Dies”
Lion Tackles Kalari Teacher
A video of Kalaripayat art teacher, Gitanjali Kolanad being tackled by Leo the lion, during a photo shoot with a lion for Desi Life magazine
Flight to Nowhere
Bahadur Chand Gupta, a former aeronautical engineer’s vision, giving the poor villagers and slum dweller in Delhi an opportunity to see and experience the inside of a plane. A simple idea, but one that inspires; especially the children.
School Chale Ham
A beautiful and inspirational film by Bharatbala Productions made for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Universilisation of Elementary Education), a programme under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.