Cracker-barrel

People who join opposing social movements are in fact joining them for similar reasons.
People who join different political parties are in fact joining them for similar reasons.
People who join different religions are in fact joining them for similar reasons.
If yes, then...
In games we understand this and appreciate even
opponents but not in these matters. Why?

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been
obliged first to learn Latin.
-Heinrich Heine

Do you want to conquer the world or learn Latin?
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The Galápagos tortoise (or Galápagos giant tortoise) is the largest living tortoise. It’s endemic to nine islands of the Galápagos archipelago. Adults of large species can weigh over 300 kg and measure 1.2 m long. The maximum life expectancy of a wild tortoise is unknown, but the average life expectancy is estimated to be 150-200 years.

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Unable to bear the tales emerging from call centres, of condoms clogging toilets, live-in relationships and other joys condemned in the Old Testament, Christian evangelical groups are circling the Call Centre, offering to show one road that everybody points to the young - the right path.
They are asking the youth to carry chastity cards that say, "commit before god to save the gift of my sexuality from now until marriage, regardless of past."
The Christian concern that has been building in the last few years is birthed in the fact that a growing number of its youth is entering call centres. The outsourcing industry in India employs about 400,000, with an average starting salary of over Rs 10,000.
Catholic priests are cautioning parents about the moral perils of Indian outsourcing's famous night shift. Spiritual counsellors are seeking out lovers and asking them not to get physical. And they are also telling homosexuals that they must be mentally ill because if their orientation were normal.
Scores of evangelical Christians have even infiltrated call centres in the guise of regular workers to keep an eye on the youth.

What is your opinion on this whole 'moral project'?

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Though I am no fan of Saddam nor his regime and his self destructive and vindictive policies.

I think the way regime was toppled. The way new government was imposed. The way Saddam was tried and the death sentence given...
...is mockery of international justice, democracy, sovereignty.
Death to Saddam is major blow to international justice.

This by no means justification of Saddam. Rather it has little to do with Saddam. In my mother tongue there is a saying,

"It is not sad that old woman dies (because one has to), but the death god becomes greedy"

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TIPU SULTAN & SADDAM HUSSEIN
British sources described Tipu Sultan as a “furious fanatic”, who had “perpetually on his tongue the projects of jehad”. He was also deemed to be “oppressive and unjust”. Wellesley began a campaign of vilification against Tipu, portraying him as an aggressive Muslim. Tipu was duly invaded and killed in the war of 1799.

RICHARD WELLESLEY & DUBYA

The Revolt of 1857 was a clear reflection of the divide between the East and West. Almost 150 years later, the global political situation isn’t any different, says William Dalrymple as he draws out the uncanny parallels between past and present.

This interesting article appeared in Times today. You can read full article here if you think it is interesting theme.

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On Nov. 8, Mercury will Eclipse SUN

In a rare celestial occurrence Mercury will make a rather feeble attempt to eclipse the Sun, this November. On November 8, Mercury will pass through inferior conjunction, a point in its orbit where it is directly between Earth and the Sun.

WATCH OUT

Two Kondh women from Orissa’s Koraput district have defied all norms of their tribal society to live as ‘man and wife’ after tying the knot recently.
Bateka Palang, 30, wed her bride, 25-year-old Maleka Nilsa of Ghumuru village in Bandhugaon block in a traditional ceremony at Dandabadi, a remote village in Narayanpatna block, in the presence of family.
The village has given its grudging approval—the elders have asked residents not to talk about it to outsiders for fear of shame—to the relationship that
was formalised after all the usual wedding rituals, including dowry changing hands.

The phenomenon of same-sex marriages is new in tribal society. According to Kondh tradition, the groom’s family has to give a dowry to the bride’s parents.

India is changing. Changing fast and for good. Though it always had some scope for dissent, change and plurality.

Yoga
for weight loss

You might not sweat it out, but yoga will still help you lose that bulge.

Have you ever tried Yoga?

Foreign tourists pose with the winner of the longest moustache competition at the Pushkar mela, billed as the world’s largest cattle fair, in Pushkar, Rajasthan, on Thursday. The week-long fair, which began on Sunday, attracts tourists from around the world

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