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The phenomenon of companies threatening bloggers in India is back. This time Google India has been sued by Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects to reveal details of a blogger who wrote against the company’s mines in [...]
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Ash and I are self-professed Law & Order fans although the show is not aimed at our demographic group. Given the umpteen re-runs of the show, there is always a L&O playing during primetime on at least one cable channel (usually USA, TNT, or Bravo). Although originally made for NBC, the show now has original [...]
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I didn’t know that prostitution is legal in New Zealand. And it hasn’t resulted in increase in number of sex workers or degradation of moral values, as most opponents claim. In fact, it has led to better awareness of their legal rights, empowerment to refuse services for safety reasons, and some improvement in employment conditions.
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The fourth edition of the best-selling video game that gives serious palpilations to Hillary and her ilk on Capitol hill released yesterday. I find the caption on these photos [scroll down to the bottom] funny and almost reflective of the attitude of the people who passionately hate the game. Nope, I’ve never played it so [...]
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India is all set to pass an anti-torture law. So no more ‘tire mein daal ke dhone ka‘? Now, how the heck will Indian police ’solve’ crimes?
One of the laws that has been strangling Mumbai for ages, the Urban Land Ceiling Act has finally been scrapped by the Maharashtra government. I’m sure this will do more than any slum redevelopment scheme has done for Mumbai’s residents.
Patrix | Asides, Law, Media, Urban Planning | 2 Comments »
Road signs in Texas, a state that apparently loves its leave-me-alone attitude can be baffling at times. Of course, the clearly copywriter-written anti-litter slogan ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’ reflects that attitude but some others clearly show signs of pleading.
One such sign is ‘Observe Warning Signs - State Law’. Firstly, why would someone observe this sign [...]
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The United States Government terrorist watch list now stands at 755,000. The list has grown at a rate of 200,000 names a year since 2004 when it was first established to counter terrorism and keep the homeland safe. Of course, racial profiling is rampant but there have been plenty of names toddlers, grandmas, and Senators [...]
Patrix | Governance, Law, United States | 2 Comments »
If you have visited Times Square, I’m sure you must have stopped to gawk at all those bright neon lights. Don’t do it next time, you just might get arrested. Dang! I was expecting some kinda terror angle too.
Durga Puja pandal depicting Hogwarts Castle and the Harry Potter characters sued by J.K.Rowling’s lawyers for breach of copyright. Come on, let the Bongs have their fun. I’m sure they mean no harm [via].
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Watching Lou Dobbs is the second-worst thing on television; first being of course Bill O’Reilly. The disparaging tone in which they address immigrants and accuse them of bring in dreaded diseases like leprosy (totally false) is indeed despicable. So much for the liberal media, eh?
However, just before switching to Nightly News I caught two items [...]
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A reader, S V Raju wrote in recently to Mint that he tried to rejuvenate the Party so that voters in India would have an alternative to the socialist policies that are peddled by current parties. Bloggers have made the case for such a party in India at least for the sake of choice spurred [...]
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I don’t understand the hype over Amitabh and Aamir declaring themselves to be farmers. Incidentally, you have to be a ‘farmer’ if you wish to own agricultural land in India. My dad has made oodles of money by doing the the paperwork for converting lands to non-agricultural post-sale (mind numbing bureaucracy also makes a market, [...]
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The movie isn’t even a week old and daily news media is already adopting the title. Take a look at a news story that informs you about a court case involving a 26-year-old woman getting married to a 74-year-old British national under the Special Marriage Act. I read the following extract with great amusement:
Justice B [...]
Patrix | India, Law, Society Culture | 4 Comments »
One of the worst things that can happen to anyone these days in America is not landing up on the TSA’s No-Fly Terrorist watch list but rather on the sex offenders list. Chris Hansen even assumes the role of our children’s protector though his popular TV show ‘To Catch a Predator‘. Parties that have such [...]
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Recently, the United States Supreme Court upheld the ban on partial-birth abortion giving pro-lifers a much needed victory in their quest to overturn Roe v. Wade. Justice Kennedy in his majority decision insisted that this decision was rational and in conjunction with Roe v. Wade since it sought to only prevent a certain kind of [...]
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Making money online through blogs for H1-B and F1 visa holders might be a problem due to restrictions on their visa. Comments welcome.
Patrix | Business, Law, United States, Weblogs | 14 Comments »
The Super Bowl XLI is only hours away although the tailgate parties are in full swing. Most of the focus is as always on the Superbowl commercials which carry at least $2.6 million tag. I hear that the grocery store, H.E.B Foods will have its first Superbowl commercial this year. Even a stupid dude tried [...]
Think India has more than its share of moral policing? Heck, even the pro-business free-speech-loving U.S. has its share of loonies.
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If I was blogging from South Korea, Patrix would be illegal.
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Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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Underwhelming. Johansson is miscast but continues her run of being the 'other woman'.
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