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  • India : Victim of Home Grown OR Cross Border Terrorism?

    Home Minister P. Chidambaram says that there are indications of involvement of Indian module in the July 13 Mumbai blasts that killed 26 people.Of-course, there are lot other incidents of Cross Border Terrorism, but is there an emerging of home grown terror modules as  right-wing fascist forces?

  • Delhi High Court’s Order to Block File-Sharing Websites:An Act on Internet Freedom?

    The recent ban in India on File-sharing Websites like Mediafire , Megaupload, Rapidshare by Delhi HC is said to prevent the probable piracy than can happen associated with release of Movie Singham (from Reliance Big Pictures.)Is the John Doe order an act on Internet Freedom?Is this a ban on many users who use these websites…

  • Why Income Tax raids at the residence of Mammootty and Mohanlal?

    Income Tax officials carried out simultaneous raids on the residences and offices of Malayalam superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. But is the act justifiable? Had the stars  amassed wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income? And even if the complaints were true, would this  act be worthy enough to receive much media…

  • Yesterday Orkut ; Today Facebook ; Tomorrow ???

    We had lived the era of writing scraps and now living the era of posting on walls. 2007 had seen the peak popularity of Orkut. But later 2010 had to witness the demise of Orkut paving way to the current leader, FACEBOOK, popularly known to the netizens as ‘FB’. Infact, one had to fall for…

  • Should the Prime Minister be brought under Lokpal?

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has said she was against bringing the Prime Minister under the Lokpal’s ambit as it would undermine his authority and pave way for a “parallel government.” But what is your view on this? Are you for/against?

  • Was the petroleum price hike avoidable?

    Yes,Yet another hike on petroleum product prices. But was the hike avoidable? The Government says NO! It says that India needs to import 84% of the crude oil it requires.(Means only 16% of the demand is met by the production from Indian soil). International crude oil prices are higher than before. Diesel,kerosene and LPG are…

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