Cartoons for the day

Samsung eating away apple?

2012-04-07T22:19:00.000-07:00

For more than two decades now, apple has been an innovating giant, in whatever it has set foot in. Apple now claims Samsung has breached its copyrights and it is causing serious worries. This comes alongside news of Samsung hitting the 5billion profit mark for its Q1 2012. Some further diplomatic hurdles face Samsung now.

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Twitter can Censor "reported" tweets!

2012-01-28T10:34:00.000-08:00

Twitter has announced a new policy by which it can remove any tweet, without the permission of the concerned twitter user. Twitter further justifies this saying that it will do so only under a complaint from a "trusted source" and also, it will be informing the user after the tweet is removed! WTH!! Not only is this over-ruling the whole point of using twitter, it is also a betrayal to free-expression. Not sure if the user will be asked about his stance on the removal of his/her tweet! A widely opposed move, we have to wait and see how twitter users are gonna react to this.

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Indian Cricket Team Needs to Re-group their methodologies

2012-01-15T00:07:00.000-08:00

Seventh straight oversees loss! Seriously, at a state of concern, the Indian cricket team needs some inspiration, re-grouping, counseling.Talent is something that is there in plentiful. Its only character that's at fault. With a series whitewash at England, the Indians were not expected to out-perform the Australians. Its even more tough down-under. Even losses are acceptable. Just the way they lost!! God knows what's running in the team's mind.
At-least after the 2 losses in the series, they should have sat down to prepare for the Perth test. Not to forget, Perth was what they conquered the last time. Nil sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is not just about not sledging, having a cool head, handshakes after a loss!! its also about fighting back, replying strongly to your opponent's challenges!
No strategies planned, no plans set against a team that is always known to do all this in the best way! Only time will tell if Team India will learn at-least now..

Click here to read on what captain M S Dhoni has to say on their loss
Click here to read on "Former players call for chopping of players, changes in system"

Trends bend the society

2011-12-17T06:55:00.000-08:00

Trend, it is that messed (I didn’t really want to use mess, but the other 4 letter word being offensive!) up thing, that makes people lose their identity and makes them run towards an eternal craze to catch up with the world. It is like the one last train we would never want to miss. Everything we do, including the one I’m involved right now-blogging, is a trend.

There was this bunch of school kids, with their hands holding out placards that read “Wear HELMETS for your own safety”. Not many notice them standing, with the whole of the traffic concentrating on somehow crossing the junction before the signal goes red. I, riding a cycle, cross them and with a lot of time to read the placards, I turn my head. All of them start smiling, including me, at the fact that it was not of much relevance to me and I was one of the few who read that.

I saw in here, a bitter result that bad trends set. Breaking the rules is considered a cool thing to do. Ignorance is considered bliss. A trend set by most of the teen movies around. People forget to understand that what might look cool on screen may not be so in reality. Wearing a helmet would be just a one-time investment of 700 rupees, but not wearing one might even cost us our lives. 90% of the deaths of bikers are due to head injuries. The fact stays of their heads.

Someone told me that the Godfather-part III is not as good as the first two in the trilogy. And here I am, yet to watch it. I went by a trend that says IMDB ratings tell you about a movie. Of course, I myself have realized over time that the ratings are not accurate and that they just give you an overview of what a lot of people who vote feel about the movie.

I am not saying we should completely stop from being stereotypes. If we start looking around, from everything we touch to what we think to what we live into is because of some trend we flow with. Undoing what we did to ourselves will only ultimately end with we standing naked, considering the fact that wearing clothes once began as a trend a long, long time ago. What I’m really trying to say is that we need to follow the world around, to a certain limit and build the rest of our personality with a lot of uniqueness to it. Going by just the trend blindly is a fooling act. Trend-setters are never trend-followers!

Outside this trendy world lies forgotten happiness that people once enjoyed like a bicycle ride savoring the slow-paced view around.

Few links that you might like to read on human behavior with changes in trends:

Egoic Marketing

Five Meta-Trends That Are Changing Our World

The US walks out of Iraq !

2011-12-16T00:42:00.000-08:00

The US government announces the withdrawal of the last of its troops yesterday, in a dramatic event. In what the US considers a great achievement, there lies a bitter fact. "Reviving" Iraq cost not just the Iraqis but also a whole lot American soldiers' lives. Is the result worth the loss humanity has suffered? That's one question that can never be answered by any President of the United States.

U.S. Marks End to 9-Year War, Leaving an Uncertain Iraq
At Iraq War’s End, Wounds Are Still Fresh for Falluja
Junkyard Gives Up Secret Accounts of Massacre in Iraq
Click here for a BBC news report on this...

Exclusion of Group-C staff from the Lokpal Bill

2011-12-04T07:20:00.000-08:00

The civil society members under Mr. Anna Hazare see this as an act of betrayal; the opposition grabs this as another opportunity to accuse the government; and the common man, is again left clueless and frustrated at the scenario in Indian politics. Anna Hazare sir has once again announced his discontent with the government and began a rally to oppose this act of excluding the Group-C staff from the hands of the Lokpal Bill.

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Raja faces a life imprisonment or a minimum of 7years!

2011-10-22T21:00:00.000-07:00

Feels like a fair judgement to me. Though a lot of big shots still masked by lack of evidence, at least a little justice is being done. Stealing the poor of their resource is the worst criminal act and the law needs to be more stronger against corruption. It is even more worse than a criminal act of murder! Thousands of farmers die, tiny tots die of starvation, all ultimately because of corrupted politicians and officials!

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Virus Attacks on the US drone Flights

2011-10-08T21:04:00.000-07:00

A control base that remotely pilots the US drone aircrafts was attacked by a computer virus.

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Click here to read a washintonpost article....

Obama's twitter crisis

2011-07-31T06:04:00.000-07:00

With an idea of taking what might be the most important situation to handle in his whole tenure as the president directly to the people, the President of the US requested support for him through twitter. His tweet read "Tweet at your Republican legislators and urge them to support a bipartisan compromise to the debt ceiling". This move seemed to backfire at him, with as many as 40000 tweeters 'unfollowed' him!

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Kalmadi-Suffering from memory loss!

2011-07-24T11:17:00.000-07:00

Suresh Kalmadi, who was arrested for the various scams in organizing the Commonwealth Games, Delhi, is reportedly suffering from memory loss. Very fishy... What might be more interesting is that he might suffer from selective memory loss!

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4G- Around the corner

2011-07-16T01:25:00.000-07:00

Just now, India was swept by zoo-zoos flying around saving the world and a whole lot of 3G talk around. Even before one even savored the 3G advantage, the nation is gearing up for the next gen of mobile technology. 4G spectrum allocation is gonna speed up after the TRAI's new order. So, stop blinking, the world is just too fast to catch up !!

Click here to read about the 4G spectrum allocation

The US-Pak Relationship

2011-07-13T08:23:00.000-07:00

With the announcement of cut in the military finance of up to $800 million to Pakistan by the Unites States government, the relationship between the two nations nosedives deeper. Also, sources from within the the Pakistan government have told news sources that the US will have lesser support in its efforts against terrorist, especially Al-Qaeda.

Click here to read futher about the downfall in the US-Pak Relationship

'NoW' is now history

2011-07-11T06:05:00.000-07:00

After its infamous phone tapping controversy, the News of the world finally shuts down its operations. A 168 year old news giant brought down, with the last edition selling 4.5 million copies. The regular readers of the newspaper bid a grand farewell indeed.

Click here to read the BBC's article on the last edition
Click here to read the Guardian's article on the last edition

Rahul- The Farmer's Man

2011-07-09T22:43:00.000-07:00

Being someone who is allegedly criticized for not having his own visions, but of his party's senior cadres, Rahul Gandhi still has a lot to prove as a political herald. Will his 'i am the farmer's man!' agenda work?

Click here to read more about Rahul Gandhi's recent agenda

The Sudan Split- South Sudan is a new country now !

2011-07-09T22:35:00.000-07:00

South Sudan is finally a separate nation after liberating itself from Sudan itself after almost a 56 year long struggle. Now, it has officially become the 196th nation of the world. I reckon the people stay united everywhere else, and hopefully this be the last nation to be formed!

Click here to read more on the liberation of South Sudan

Shuttle Atlantis-Bon Voyage

2011-07-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

With 30 years of service, NASA planning to stop its space shuttle program to concentrate on its future plans in deep space research. After an excellent and successful carrier, the shuttle will rest-in-peace, probably in some museum. Bid Adieu.

Click here to read more and also to watch a slideshow of the NASA space shuttle program

2G Scam-The Dayanithi Maran Saga

2011-07-07T11:44:00.000-07:00

Here, begins ACT II of the 2G scam, which by far has eclipsed all major scams of the 21st century. Not only did it reveal the DMK's corrupt politicians, but also tainted the image of the UPA which was high on spirits after being elected the second time! India is filled with corrupt politicians, not only in the UPA but in every alcove of the nation. Hopefully, the rightful leader who can lead the country from darkness to light emerges soon.

Click here to read more on Maran's resignation

Google+ has really "plus"ed us all- Will it "circle" up Facebook?

2011-07-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

Who knows, at this rate, the more powerful Google+ might even attract someone unexpected! Facebook has some serious threats and Mark Zuckerberg needs to do more of the "hangouts" with his interns.

Click here to take a demo of Google+

Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple- Rs.90000crores and still counting !

2011-07-04T01:29:00.000-07:00

Catching all our attention for quite sometime, Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple is the new richest temple of India, with estimates of treasures found already reaching everest amounts. Another story of Indian wealth hidden (other ofcourse, is the black market).

Click here to read more about the newly found treasure at the temple

Lokpal-All Party Meeting reaches no new solutions

2011-07-03T13:48:00.000-07:00

With "civil society members" under Mr.Anna Hazare very strong and clear in their motives, will there be a new freedom struggle (as many term the fight against corruption)?
Click to learn more about the all party meeting which was held on the 3rd of July, 2011

Djokovic is the new world No. 1

2011-07-03T11:42:00.000-07:00

Many congrats to the new World No.1. A feat after all the hard work, and he deserved it. Not often you see a "Djoker" being crowned. Well, its official now.

Click here to know about the Wimbledon 2011 Finals