Thursday, March 03, 2011
US Court Summons Congress Over 1984 Riots
Like its Pakistani counterpart the ISI, it's now the turn of India's ruling Congress Party to face a summons by a US court, as part of a lawsuit filed by Sikh victims of the 1984 riots. Since Congress partymen place loyalty to their party over loyalty to country, it will be interesting to see their response to these developments.
Bernard Lewis: the false hope of arab 'democracy'
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=209770
interesting points made by Lewis (unfairly tagged as the new-con historian of choice - his books are more subtle and many-sided)
these 'heady' arab revolts will likely come to nothing. some algerian expats I talked to (there is a sizeable Berber expat population here - and they will remind you Berber's are not Arabs) ...they think the Egypt is heading the Pakistan way .... a country posessed by an army
looks like Libya will have an ugly ending too. most likely a civil war in which 'south asian' workers will get killed by both sides. (yes the Brits and Americans have already left in case Manmohan did not notice)
these countries have no institutions to fall back on; so there is very little chance of 'democracy' emerging.
of course - the same holds true for india too; madam and her kuttan have alredy subverted all institutions (e.g. election commission evm fraudsters, supreme court justices, the whole ELM press)
interesting points made by Lewis (unfairly tagged as the new-con historian of choice - his books are more subtle and many-sided)
these 'heady' arab revolts will likely come to nothing. some algerian expats I talked to (there is a sizeable Berber expat population here - and they will remind you Berber's are not Arabs) ...they think the Egypt is heading the Pakistan way .... a country posessed by an army
looks like Libya will have an ugly ending too. most likely a civil war in which 'south asian' workers will get killed by both sides. (yes the Brits and Americans have already left in case Manmohan did not notice)
these countries have no institutions to fall back on; so there is very little chance of 'democracy' emerging.
of course - the same holds true for india too; madam and her kuttan have alredy subverted all institutions (e.g. election commission evm fraudsters, supreme court justices, the whole ELM press)
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Fundamental breakthrough in computer design? Memory-centric processing, says NTY
mar 2nd 2011
ശിവരാത്രി, महासिवरत्री:
indian-origin HP computer scientist may have come up with a radical innovation.
Shiva temple legacy video for Mahashivaratri 2011
mar 2nd, 2011 CE
महा शिवरात्रि:, सौरकुम्भ: १८, श्रवण नक्षत्रं:
മഹാ ശിവരാത്രി, കുംഭം ൧൮, ൧൧൮൬ കൊല്ലവര്ഷം, തിരുവോണം
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kanniks Kannikeswaran
Kanniks Kannikeswaran
Website: www.kanniks.com
www.templenet,com, www.shantichoir.org
From: Kanniks Kannikeswaran
Rajeev:
Here is a link to a special audio/visual presentation (14min) on the theme of Shivaratri, showcasing a unique temple legacy. Would appreciate your posting it to a wider audience.
Thanks and regards,
Kanniks
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Greetings.
Shivratri is on March 2nd
this year. The mention of Shiva temples immediately stirs up images of Kashi,Somnath and Kedarnath. However, what is not known to a lot of people is a set of 275 Shiva temples that were revered by poets in 700CE, that are still centers of worship, art, architecture and traditions. This collection of temples is not in our collective consciousness because nothing much has been said about them in mainstream writing.Here is a link to a 15 minute long musical-visual-tour of the 275 Shiva temples. I invite you to watch this video clip on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. I request you to forward this to as many people as possible with a personal note requesting people to watch this, so that a wide awareness is created regarding this largely unknown rich cultural legacy.
More information on : http://www.templenet.com/ Articles/shivratri2011.html
Regards,
Website: www.kanniks.com
www.templenet,com, www.shantichoir.org
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Pakistan Offered to Trade Davis for Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistan and US officials confirm that the Pakistani govt had made an offer to the US govt to hand over Raymond Davis in exchange for convicted Pakistani AlQaeda member Aafia Siddiqui. As you may remember, Aafia Siddiqui was not just a member of AlQaeda, being married to Khalid Sheikh Mohammad's nephew, but she had also attempted to shoot and kill 3 Americans in an ambush attack.
So now it's come out that Pakistan, which the US funds with billions of dollars and calls its close ally in the war on AlQaeda, wants to free this murderous AlQaeda terrorist as a trade for the life of the CIA agent.
So now it's come out that Pakistan, which the US funds with billions of dollars and calls its close ally in the war on AlQaeda, wants to free this murderous AlQaeda terrorist as a trade for the life of the CIA agent.
more faint praise for pranab's budget. in other words, it stinks.
feb 28th, 2011 CE
wsj: lingering leviathan
leviathan, in case you have forgotten, was a sea monster. pretty good analogy for the UPA govt, that which sucks in everything around into its ugly maw.
also wsj: selling india short
and nyt: india says it expects growth to cut deficit.
famous last words.
i am writing a piece on ibm's 'watson' program that plays jeopardy
feb 28th, 2011 CE
i am not sure this is an epoch-making thing -- a computer that can understand normal language. although it is creepily like HAL in 2001.
anybody have any good thoughts on this matter? i will promise to steal the good ones, and will try to give you credit :-)
thanks
rajeev
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