Feeling: cynicalThis is one of the few posts on politics I have ever written. I feel it is significant and so I have put across whatever came to my mind.
Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
Breaking News: Benazir Bhutto Assasinated
December 27th, 2007 3 Comments
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated between 7:30 Pm and 8:00 PM (Edit) ~6:15 PM (Thanks Priya) (Pakistan Standard Time) today. This is really bad news for Pakistan where she was one of the possible Prime Minister candidates. It is also bad news for India for it might unleash various reactions, both from [...]
Tags: assassination · benazir_bhutto · bombing · pakistan · pakistani_prime_minister · shooting
Inspiration for Violence?
April 12th, 2006 2 Comments
Feeling: aggravated Listening to: Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea Watching: Some movie on TVAn actor called Rajkumar, Dr. RajKumar actually, a local actor, died today. Though we got the news at about 1430, It was not a big deal to me except that I got a half day off . But what I did not like, kinda pissed me off was [...]
Tags: actor · bandh · bangalore · dr_rajkumar · friend · half_day · local · mourning · stoning · tyre
Republic Day of India
January 26th, 2006 6 Comments
Feeling: cheerfulToday is the 56th year celebration of India becoming a republic. Declaring it’s sovereignty and adopting the constitution of India on January 26th, 1950. It was after quite a long struggle that India achieved it’s independence from the British on August 15th, 1947. After the first government had been formed under Jawarharlal Nehru, India adopted [...]
Tags: Constitution · India · Republic · Republic-day
Bangalored? Not anymore
December 12th, 2005 5 Comments
The city is changing it’s name from the old colonial name to a more “ethnic”, indian name
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