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> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Bonobashi wrote:
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Shiv,
>>
>> I think this particular incident deserves greater amplification. Alavi was
>> cashiered and thrown out of the Army, and was stunned at the way it was
>> done, after a travesty of a court-martial, rigged by the generals who were
>>
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:22 AM, ss wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 Dec 2008 6:52:51 am ss wrote:
> > Here is a moving tribute to the man from his daughter
>
> I have erred in not providing a url
> http://pkpolitics.com/2008/12/19/daughters-tribute-to-general-alavi/
Never mind Shiv, I did read the ar
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2008 6:52:51 am ss wrote:
> Here is a moving tribute to the man from his daughter
I have erred in not providing a url
http://pkpolitics.com/2008/12/19/daughters-tribute-to-general-alavi/
Shiv,
I think this particular incident deserves greater amplification. Alavi was
cashiered and thrown out of the Army, and was stunned at the way it was done,
after a travesty of a court-martial, rigged by the generals who were afraid of
exposure at his hands. He then wrote the matter up into a
Stephen "Uneven" Cohen a "South Asia" expert actually wrote a fairly
perceptive book on Pakistan in which he commented that the Pakistani army do
not generally punish others among their own ranks with death. Even generals
who lost half the country were merely honored and let off.
But this appea
Perry,
Bought up NYC (and Lincoln tunnel) specifically because I've spent multiple
years in Newark, NJ.
That's one way to be familiar with the crowd going *to* NYC during rush
hour!!
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About the private companies ... India is currently in the midst of a PPV
(Public-Private-Partnership) boom rig
"Vinit B" writes:
> Here is my official email declaring this as "what rot".
> Born and bought up here. Of course I'm biased, dammit.
>
> Next time anyone has problems with Bangalore traffic, I'm going to get them
> lined up outside the Lincoln tunnel going into NYC on Monday morning at 9am
> in t
"Deepak Jois" writes:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>>
>> No country ever becomes rich through foreign aid or military
>> hardware. Countries become rich through improvements to trade, which
>> in most countries these days requires substantial reduction in
>> governm
Ouch.
I must be remembering that week when it was inaugurated with the Rs. 11.1428571
(insert your favourite random whole number here) toll wherein they expected
exact change and I was stuck for over 3 hours, on 3 separate days.
My bad.
See, just as how Gurgaon's miseries are forgotten in a few
Danese,
What you say about giving "Bangalore the miss" is well taken.
For the longest time (even before the present mess), I've thought of
Bangalore to just be a stop-over on the way to Mysore, Goa, Kerala or other
more wonderful south Indian destinations. For the tourists.
My problem is when pe
And as someone who drives twice a day up and down the Delhi-Gurgaon
"elevated" road with an average speed of at least 100kmph (with 130kmph at
times) - I can safely tell u that the delhi-gur expressway can not be
compared to bangalore's traffic at all. :)
> > Next time anyone has problems with B
Must admit (as a business tourist and not a local), I wouldn't visit if
there wasn't an interesting event happening. I don't care about the
infrastructure issues (grew up in LA...and you forgot to mention gridlock in
Beijing, Bangkok, the airport road into Hanoi...your city doesn't actually
have t
Here is my official email declaring this as "what rot".
Born and bought up here. Of course I'm biased, dammit.
Next time anyone has problems with Bangalore traffic, I'm going to get them
lined up outside the Lincoln tunnel going into NYC on Monday morning at 9am
in the cash-only toll-lane.
Or, cl
Mayank Dhingra wrote:
> I am reading a book by Desmond Morris
> called "The Human Zoo" and am
> finding it pretty intriguing.
I read his books many years ago and I remember only a general
impression. I quite enjoyed "The Naked Ape" (somewhat less "The Human
Zoo").
I am *not* suggesting that
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 01:19:38PM +0530, Mayank Dhingra wrote:
> I am reading a book by "Desmond Morris" called "The Human Zoo" and am
> finding it pretty intriguing.
> The book talks about how our cities resemble a super crowded Human Zoo and
A better metaphor would be a farm. We are livestock
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