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Think or blink!!!

Escalation of the protest on the protest made on the protests! :thumb:

 [h=3]Kashinath Singh, poet of Varanasi, returns his award[/h] Protesting against remarks made by union ministers on those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards over the last two weeks, noted Hindi writer Kashinath Singh said on Friday that he was giving up the award that he had received from the organisation in 2011 for his novel Rehan Par Raghu. More than 20 writers — most recently Rajasthani poet Nand Bhardwaj and English poet Keki N Daruwalla — have returned their Akademi awards. Another Hindi poet Manmohan, meanwhile, returned the Haryana Sahitya Akademi award along with the prize money of Rs 1 lakh.

The Indian Express
 
The most inauspicious wedding??? :(

[h=3]Fifteen killed in wedding party bus crash in India[/h] At least 15 members of a wedding party, including three children, were killed when a vehicle they were travelling in collided with a bus in southern India, injuring 25 people, police said Saturday. The accident occurred early Saturday when a truck carrying at least 40 wedding party members hit a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh state. "So far 15 people have been confirmed dead and around 25 are injured," Prakasam police chief Srikanth, who goes by one name, told AFP over the phone.

AFP

 
Already many oldies are spending more on the

monthly medicines than on the monthly provisions!!! :(

[h=3]India drug industry says U.S.-led trade deal will raise prices[/h] By Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Leaders of India's $15 billion pharmaceuticals industry, a major supplier of affordable generics to the world, have joined public health activists in criticising a new U.S.-led trade deal they say will delay the arrival of new cheap drugs. The impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) struck last week between 12 nations, which include the United States but not India, is still being studied by Indian drug makers. "The generics decline will be discernible from the end of 2017," said D.G. Shah, secretary general of an industry group representing some of India's top drug makers, including Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd .

Reuters

 
Everybody LOVES the HATE Story 3! :rolleyes:

[h=3]Hate Story 3 Received 2 Million Likes In Less Than 30 Hours![/h] The recently launched trailer of Hate Story 3 has found itself in a record league. Hate Story 3, the next from the hugely successful franchise Hate Story and Hate story 2, had its grand trailer launch yesterday. The suspense thriller has enticed the audience, so much so that, the trailer has garnered 2 million views on YouTube in less than 30 hours making it one of the fasted 2 million view earner.
Business of Cinema

 
A Pen is mightier than a sword! :thumb:

 [h=3]Fifth Column: Literary politics?[/h] If there is one thing that the writers’ revolt has proved it is that freedom of expression in India has never been more robust. Once Nehru’s niece set the revolt in motion, forgotten old fossils came forward to return awards nobody knew they had and every one of them got their fifteen minutes of fame. They made newspaper headlines and appeared on prime time chat shows, no matter how stupid and unthinking their assertions. Some very stupid things were said. Writers who would have been adults during the Emergency said that the atmosphere of ‘intolerance’ today was worse than it was then. ...

The Indian Express
 
What makes you so optimistic about a ten year long safe period??? :rolleyes:

 [h=3]Top policemen from Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida seek solutions to traffic problems[/h] Ten years from now, “there will be murders and fights on roads, in parking lots”, warned Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander, pointing out the many cases of road rage routinely reported in the National Capital Region. Speaking at Face-to-Face with Government, an event organised by FICCI FLO where representatives of Noida, Gurgaon and Delhi police were invited, Chander said traffic problems in the city were aggravated because of the abysmal behaviour of road users, poor road design and law enforcement problems.

The Indian Express
 
Hope it will do justice to the great actress!

 [h=3]Launch Of Book On Smita Patil: Shabana Azmi praises Patil’s talent, ‘raw beauty’, Bachchan falls ‘short of words’[/h] At the launch of Maithili Rao’s book Smita Patil: A Brief Incandescence, timed to coincide with Smita Patil’s 60th birth anniversary, the late actor’s frequent co-star and arch-rival, Shabana Azmi, paid a glowing tribute to Patil’s immense talent and her “raw beauty and stillness”. There were attempts at reconciliation and we maintained a civil relationship with each other, but we could never be friends.” Azmi is close to her late co-star’s family. Amitabh Bachchan was the chief guest at the event.

The Indian Express
 
Bahuth kuch hota hai sathraah saalom mein! :rolleyes:

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[h=3]Rape film banned in India gets Meryl Streep's backing for Oscar[/h] By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A film banned by Indian authorities about the deadly rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi has opened in the United States to acclaim, with Hollywood star Meryl Streep saying it deserves to win an Academy Award. Depicting the rape and murder of a medical student in 2012 that sparked violent protests, the documentary "India's Daughter" has been mired in controversy since the Indian government implemented its ban. "I'm on the campaign now to get her nominated for best documentary," said Streep, speaking of the film's director, Leslee Udwin.

Reuters
 
Here Democracy is NOT what-you-know BUT you-know-who! :thumb:



  • [h=3]Sonia says Modi sarkar a threat to democracy[/h] ALL INDIA Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi government of having digressed from the nation’s democratic ideals, posing a threat to democracy. Addressing election rallies at Buxar and Chapra in Bihar, Sonia said that the Modi government was trying to impose its ideals on the people unlike the Congress which had always strengthened the country’s democracy and social fabric. Asserting that intellectuals are being targeted and being denied the freedom to express their views, she said that the Modi government was trying to weaken the foundation of social harmony.

    Mail Today

 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
Here Democracy is NOT what-you-know BUT you-know-who! :thumb:



  • Sonia says Modi sarkar a threat to democracy

    ALL INDIA Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi government of having digressed from the nation’s democratic ideals, posing a threat to democracy. Addressing election rallies at Buxar and Chapra in Bihar, Sonia said that the Modi government was trying to impose its ideals on the people unlike the Congress which had always strengthened the country’s democracy and social fabric. Asserting that intellectuals are being targeted and being denied the freedom to express their views, she said that the Modi government was trying to weaken the foundation of social harmony.

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There is always scope for improvement.
It sounds better when put as
"It is NOT you-know-what
but it is you-know-who!"
 
A case of United we fall and divided we stand! :decision:

[h=3]Urdu poet Munawwar Rana returns Sahitya Akademi award[/h]Noida Oct.18 (ANI): Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Sunday joined the growing protests by litterateurs over "rising intolerance" and "communal" atmosphere in the country by returning his Sahitya Akademi award. If I am killed tomorrow, the government will give Rs. 10 lakhs to my family. Several Writers, including GN Devy and Aman Sethi, returned their awards earlier after noted Kannada author Aravind Malagatti resigned from the Sahitya Akademi's Common Council.

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The self-appointed-dandal-naayagans can wear the tattoo of Devi on their chest

and go around spreading bakthi instead of skinning alive a foreigner! :der:

Do the words 'India' and 'Ahimsa' still go together??? :(

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