To Goar or Not To Lagay �� Trinidad and Tobago News Blog
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar attempted to touch the feet of The President of India, Shrimatee Pratibha Patil in true Trini Hindu-style of performing the ���goar lagay��� after receiving the Pravasi Samaan Award in Jaipur. The question.. The first line that jumped out at us, upon her death, was a will left to her crooked Mr 6%, caretaker Presidential husband, to hand over the reign of power to her Oxford pimple face son , once he comes of age ,and what a traversty.
THE SRI LANKAN FULBRIGHTER Volume 9 ��� Issue 1 ��� 2013
The number of people on hand was probably close to the number at that great festival in 1969 in upstate New York, and the feeling of a shared experience, peaceful and happy, seemed not dissimilar. Five hundred thousand Sinhala Buddhists��.
Mohan Bhagwats comments deliberately twisted by news-starved media
This statement will divide people,��� said CPI national secretary D Raja. Joining him was Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari. ���RSS must read the Constitution. India is a multicultural country. Words used by the framers of the Constitution were India.
2013: March - June Political Notes - Richard Stallman
Misleading articles say global warming has slowed, but really its just that the heat retained by greenhouse gases is mainly going into the oceans in recent years rather than into the air.. The US had a similar problem in the first third of the 20th century: the Supreme Court persistently opposed attempts to limit what contracts could require, and that gave businesses dangerous and unjust power over workers... 26 March 2013 (Sri Lanka keeps Tamils in prison).
SWRD Bandaranaike: Assassination of a Prime Minister.
Even as the 1956 victory hailed as a peoples revolution ushered in a new government of the common people described as ���Apey Aanduwe���(Our Government) the state of ethnic relations in the country deteriorated drastically... Gunasekara is a typical denial sinhalese who will pull out every possible trick to divert from the truth that it was members of their community who started this ethnic problem in Sri Lanka because of their extreme insecurity and reading fairy��.
The Story of Mission272+ as seen through Narendra Modis Speeches
From the automated toll booth on the Maharashtra border to the various decentralised initiatives on water and waste management, Narendra Modis India Today Conclave speech of 2013 stands out as the first and comprehensive articulation of what the famed.
01st-9th March 2014 | UPSC CIVIL SERVICE NOTES
01st-9th March 2014 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Varunastra to undergo evaluation trials soon ��� The Hindu The prestigious heavy weight torpedo, Varunastra, designed and developed by the Naval Science and. rail line in Amreli on January 22.. [northern fishermens] resources, he said, while responding to a question on the fisheries conflict between India and Sri Lanka. After defence MoU, Saudi Arabia and India eye diverse areas for tie-ups ��� The Hindu.
Chinas ominous development projects along Indian borders
While CCTV showed new homes, a beautiful guest house (for visiting Chinese VIPS?), a Chinese website explained: ���The border line [with India] passes through Dian-jiao [Demchok] village of Tashigang township.On Aug 2011, the Shaanxi donated 4 million .
Kerala planters association seeks ban on tea, rubber, cardamom imports
Given the crisis being faced by the plantation sector, the Association of Planters of Kerala has sought immediate ban on imports of tea, rubber and cardamom till the domestic prices reach the cost of production. The planters body also urged the Centre.
The Most Breathtaking Photos From Around The World This Week
Welcome to Moving Image, our weekly roundup of the best photos from around the world. The following images tell the story of the past seven days most compelling events, capturing happenstance moments and monumental occurrences all over the globe.
Sushma Swarajs Bangladesh visit highly anticipated
���A schedule has finalised for a meeting between the BNP chief and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for Friday morning���The BNP hopes that the ties between the two countries under the new leadership in India would be flourished.��� .
Varanasi Diary 4: Ban turns into boon
The Election Commissions ban on Modis Benia Bagh rally has been a blessing in disguise. The sense of injustice has made people angry and consolidated support. A protest dharna was held at Lanka Gate, at the entrance of the Benaras Hindu University .
PM Modi to address people at Nepals religious sites
On his way back to India, Modi will pay a visit to Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha, situated in Nepal close to its border with India. Janakpur is the birth place of Lord Sita and the famous Ram-Janaki temple is situated there. Muktinath is both.
BJP, Sena pull back from brink
Ego could be another issue. Neither party wanted to budge as that would have portrayed them in poor light in front of their workers. Plus, both wanted to prove to each other ��� you cant win without me. The Hindi adage ���Hum to doobenge sanam, Tumko.
The ���Intermestic��� Tamil issue in Indo-Lanka Relations.
In addition to the specific reason for India extending its protective umbrella to Sri Lanka amidst the torrential rains of international pressure, there is also another compelling reason... With more than a hundred thousand refugees on its soil providing a locus standi , New Delhi offered its good offices to mediate and bring about a negotiated political settlement... I have written all about those and as a result was fired by ���The Hindu��� as their Colombo Correspondent.
Indian Strategic Studies: Afghan lessons for arming the.
Which ones? To find out, we talked to top arms expert Jeffrey White, defense fellow at the Washington Institute, and Chris Dougherty, research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments... The Hindu reports that the India government is creating a centralized mechanism to coordinate and analyze information gathered from internet accounts throughout the country. The mechanism will.. Many see a new warmth in India-China relations. Much has��.
Dollar surges as Fed ends QE on hawkish note
The dollar surged to a three-week high, bond yields rose and gold fell on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve ended its six-year quantitative easing bond-buying programme. The decision was widely expected, but a relatively hawkish tone to the .
Will there be a violent resurgence of the LTTE soon.
Earlier Rudra was the legal adviser to the LTTE international secretariat and participated in the Oslo brokered Govt-LTTE peace talks as a resource person of the LTTE delegation... The neutral eye wonders why when the govt pleads lack of funds for the restoration of Hindu temples and Christian churches bombed out by the war one sees the sudden springing up of gleaming new Viharas?... I am really worried about our suffering innocent Tamil relations. Before��.
Thursdaysds South Asian Sojourn | Asia Forum | Fodors.
I rode the sleek and speedy Airport Express back out to Hong Kong airport, where my OneWorld business class award ticket got me into the Cathay Pacific lounge, right by the departure gate for the Dragonair flight to Kathmandu... this shaped up as a south Indian trip, and I was saving the whole north west for a separate visit (wouldnt want that ten-year visa to go to waste), but I discovered a Tibetan refugee settlement, Bylakuppe, on the northern route from Coorg.
Nitishs Bihar is Indias most hopeless State
For me, the saddest sight I saw in Bihar last week was the magnificent building of the 19th century Khuda Baksh library rising like some unbowed sentinel out of the unspeakable squalor of a Patna Street. A later addition to it was the Curzon Reading.
Australia prime minister backs deportation of asylum seekers
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� Australias prime minister announced a sharp reversal in her governments policy on asylum seekers on Monday, saying it will introduce legislation allowing their deportation to the poor Pacific nations of Papua New Guinea.
India, Lanka talk out refugee, fishermen issues amid new warmth in ties
In a significant move reflecting renewed vigour in bilateral ties, India and Sri Lanka today agreed to ���re-engage��� on repatriation of refugees from India as both countries held ���substantive��� talks on a raft of crucial matters including political.
Narendra Modi buries Nehrus Panchsheel
Narendra Modis blockbuster September for Diplomacy hit high gear with Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting India. The Chinese visit was preceded by Prime Minister Modis visit to Japan and a visit by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to India.
India allows IAEA greater access to civil nuclear programme
Consequently, the NSG allowed India to access civilian nuclear technology and fuel from other countries. India is the only country with nuclear weapons which is not a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but is still allowed to carry out nuclear.
LDESP PACOM News Update ��� September 2012 | LDESP
The PACOM update focuses on issues concerning South Asia, South East Asia, North East Asia, China, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, including articles central to transpacific security and stability, as well as political and economic... At the bottom of the Indian subcontinent, a fishing war is straining relations between India and Sri Lanka as Indian fishermen, often poor and desperate, regularly cross into Sri Lankan waters and run afoul of the Sri Lankan Navy.
SIT excerpts reveal facts are different from what is made to be believed
1. The then acting CS ��� Smt. Swarna Kanta Varma ��� stated that there was no mention of any balancing action by CM. SIT excerpts reveal facts are different from what is made to be believed. 2. The then ACS (Home) stated that CM, in fact, stated that.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 28.06.11
New Delhis relations with Sri Lanka in the two years since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have had four main priorities: providing.. But it should re-define its terms and review the agenda beyond the hackneyed eight issues that came up for discussion in the India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary-level talks... The stunning geopolitical reality is that the U.S. is barely staving off defeat and is making its way out of the Hindu Kush in an orderly retreat.
Rapprochement necessary between the Govt and TNA.
What made it worse was the three line whip issued by the party earlier instructing all MPs to vote against the bill followed by the ignominious decision of boycotting the debate and vote. It was a classic illustration of.. That is why the diaspora is trying to keep the issue alive and chart a democratic course of action to continually highlight the plight of Tamil as well as any fair minded people in Sri Lanka under the Jack boot of Rajapakse terror state. (4) The devolution to��.
2014: September - December Political Notes - Richard.
Western countries such as France which prohibit disagreement with the official view of certain issues, such as the genocide of the Armenians, provide China with an excuse for its own restrictions on permitted opinions... Life and business in occupied Palestine are tangled in hundreds of absurd Israeli regulations, each with its own excuse, but all designed simply to make life poor and difficult... And this doesnt count the workers from India and other countries.
2014: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
The libertarian ideology stubbornly opposes all solutions to problems such as public health and global heating.. The existing restrictions enable manatees to coexist with human water activities, but this redesignation would permit land development that could wipe out all of them... Greg Palast: oil companies destroyed the swamp that protected New Orleans from hurricanes, and an oil company shut down the research center that tried to warn people of the danger.
India: Friend, Enemy, or Both?
Obsessed with the crazy idea of enemys friend being enemy, India has gone out of its way to blemish the brotherly ties between China and Pakistan, which India regards as its arch-foe, even staking out a position that Pakistan... If you want to talk about specifics regarding the topic subject, thats why were here but ���thuggish, murderous and dictatorial corporatocracy��� is out of line.. Can India take it easy with them building naval ports at Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Ex-LTTE Chief ���KP���: The Tiger who changed his stripes.
There are also innumerable instances of nondescript tiger cadres dropping out of the movement and embarking on a new, violence free family life. Thousands of former tigers have sought refuge in foreign countries. Most of��.