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India: The big picture

The Boston Big Picture describes the Scenes from India in a Big way.

India is home to over 1.2 billion people of wildly varying religions, cultures and levels of wealth. Only 61 years since declaring its Independence from English rule, modern India is still defining itself, sometimes against the friction inside and outside of its borders. [...]

Free Hugs, here in Mumbai, India

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Raj Thackeray arrested by Mumbai Police

Photo by Raj MNSRaj ThackerayFounder and chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.

The political unrest mushrooming up in Mumbai recently has been keeping most of Mumbaikars on their tips and toes. The episode reaches an attainable peak today when the Mumbai Police arrested the founder and chief of the Maharastra Navnirman Sena (MNS) (formed in March, 2006) [...]

A Discovery grade Hilarious take on the Indian BPO industry

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“Hello! My name is Manoj. I’ve 12 daughters, 2 monkeys and I’m currently mourning my wife who died in an elephant Stampede. A lot of Blood.” — Manoj, an Indian Elite Telemarketer.

“This is my first 1,000 Rupees. I made it at 5 when I [...]

A Mighty Heart

A Mighty HeartAngelina Jolie

Beyoncé in Bombay

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

26 year old Beyoncé is set to rock Mumbai city today (27th Oct, 2007) at the MMRDA Grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex. Her Mumbai performance, along with her 10-member all-women team, is part of The Beyonce Experience 2007 World Tour. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is an American R&B lead singer, songwriter, record producer, music video [...]

Orkut Scraps in Hindi

Orkut offers an automatic transliteration option in the scrapbook that converts Roman characters to the Devanāgarī characters used in Hindi. This lets you type Hindi words phonetically in English script and still have them appear in their correct alphabet.

The Indian “Adjustment”

I’ve always been amazed at how much we Indians can “Adjust” to our surroundings and live happily with it. Just have a look at the following pictures that reflect some facades of the “normal” Indian live.

A pharmacy somewhere in India (looks like New Delhi to me; can someone confirm that?)

Delhi’s Deputy Mayor died after being attacked by a horde of monkeys

The Deputy Mayor of Delhi, India’s Capital City, SS Bajwa succumbed to his injuries after being attacked by monkeys. Bajwa was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Apollo Hospital on Saturday with multiple injuries and his condition deteriorated later leading to his death on Sunday morning.

Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when he fell from [...]

Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan to shed their clothes in Goa, India

Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton

Indian media channels are reporting that Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, clad in just bikinis, to walk down the beach of Goa, India.