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Restream: Rashtriya/Triranga Ekta Yatra: 20th Jan,2011, Delhi

2011-01-21T04:07:00.000+05:30

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RE-STREAM: NDA'S MAHASANGRAM RALLY: MUMBAI: JAN 16, 2011

2011-01-16T17:36:00.006+05:30

RE-STREAM: NDA MAHASANGRAM RALLY: GUWAHATI: 9TH JAN 2011

2011-01-09T13:00:00.002+05:30

RE-STREAM: NDA MAHASANGRAM RALLY, DELHI, 22nd Dec, 2010

2010-12-22T04:32:00.000+05:30

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'Mirwaiz', Attacked For His Separatist "Anti-India" Speech: Chandigarh

2010-11-25T16:20:00.012+05:30

J & K separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, this forenoon at Chandigarh, was heckled and roughed up at a Jammu & Kashmir seminar after he reportedly gave an anti-India speech. Earlier this November, Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and writer Arundhati Roy were heckled at a Delhi seminar on the charge of sedition for their alleged anti-India statements. A group of Kashmiri pandits and Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) supporters, who were part of the audience, were allegedly behind this reaction. Reacting to the incident, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, "I don't condone it. Don't have much to say, it's a reaction to Hurriyat's politics and policies."

US President Obama's Address At Indian Parliament: Nov 08,2010

2010-11-09T07:55:00.001+05:30

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New Delhi: Text of US President Barack Obama's address to the joint session of India's parliament made at its Central Hall on Monday:

Mr. Vice President, Madame Speaker, Mr. Prime Minister, Members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and most of all, the people of India.

I thank you for the great honor of addressing the representatives of more than one billion Indians and the world's largest democracy. I bring the greetings and friendship of the world's oldest democracy-the U.S.A, including nearly three million proud and patriotic Indian Americans.

Over the past three days, my wife Michelle and I have experienced the beauty and dynamism of India and its people. From the majesty of Humayun's Tomb to the advanced technologies that are empowering farmers and women who are the backbone of Indian society.

From a Diwali celebration with schoolchildren to the innovators who are fueling India's economic rise. From the university students who will chart India's future, to you-leaders who helped to bring India to this moment of promise.

At every stop, we have been welcomed with the hospitality for which Indians have always been known. So to you and the people of India, on behalf of me, Michelle and the American people, please accept our deepest thanks. Bahoot dhanyavad.

I am not the first American president to visit India. Nor will I be the last. But I am proud to visit India so early in my presidency. It is no coincidence that India is my first stop on a visit to Asia, or that this has been my longest visit to another country since becoming President.

For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship between the United States and India-bound by our shared interests and values-will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. This is the partnership I have come here to build. This is the vision that our nations can realize together.

My confidence in our shared future is grounded in my respect for India's treasured past-a civilization that has been shaping the world for thousands of years. Indians unlocked the intricacies of the human body and the vastness of our universe. And it is no exaggeration to say that our information age is rooted in Indian innovations-including the number zero.

India not only opened our minds, she expanded our moral imagination. With religious texts that still summon the faithful to lives of dignity and discipline. With poets who imagined a future "where the mind is without fear and the head is held high." And with a man whose message of love and justice endures-the Father of your Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.

For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the urban poor, I have always found inspiration in the life of Gandhiji and in his simple and profound lesson to be the change we seek in the world. And just as he summoned Indians to seek their destiny, he influenced champions of equality in my own country, including a young Martin Luther King. After making his pilgrimage to India a half century ago, Dr. King called Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent resistance "the only logical and moral approach" in the struggle for justice and progress.

So we were honored to visit the residence where Gandhi and King both stayed-Mani Bhavan. We were humbled to pay our respects at Raj Ghat. And I am mindful that I might not be standing before you today, as President of the United States, had it not been for Gandhi and the message he shared with America and the world.

An ancient civilization of science and innovation. A fundamental faith in human progress. This is the sturdy foundation upon which you have built ever since that stroke of midnight when the tricolor was raised over a free and independent India. And despite the skeptics who said that this country was simply too poor, too vast, too diverse to succeed, you surmounted overwhelming odds and became a model to the world.

Instead of slipping into starvation, you launched a Green Revolution that fed millions. Instead of becoming dependent on commodities and exports, you invested in science and technology and in your greatest resource-the Indian people. And the world sees the results, from the supercomputers you build to the Indian flag that you put on the moon.

Instead of resisting the global economy, you became one of its engines-reforming the licensing raj and unleashing an economic marvel that has lifted tens of millions from poverty and created one of the world's largest middle classes.

Instead of succumbing to division, you have shown that the strength of India-the very idea of India-is its embrace of all colors, castes and creeds. It's the diversity represented in this chamber today. It's the richness of faiths celebrated by a visitor to my hometown of Chicago more than a century ago-the renowned Swami Vivekananda. He said that, "holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character."

And instead of being lured by the false notion that progress must come at the expense of freedom, you built the institutions upon which true democracy depends-free and fair elections, which enable citizens to choose their own leaders without recourse to arms; an independent judiciary and the rule of law, which allows people to address their grievances; and a thriving free press and vibrant civil society which allows every voice to be heard. And this year, as India marks 60 years with a strong and democratic constitution, the lesson is clear: India has succeeded, not in spite of democracy; India has succeeded because of democracy.

Just as India has changed, so too has the relationship between our two nations. In the decades after independence, India advanced its interests as a proud leader of the nonaligned movement. Yet too often, the United States and India found ourselves on opposite sides of a North-South divide and estranged by a long Cold War. Those days are over.

Here in India, two successive governments led by different parties have recognized that deeper partnership with America is both natural and necessary. In the United States, both of my predecessors-one Democrat, one Republican-worked to bring us closer, leading to increased trade and a landmark civil nuclear agreement.

Since then, people in both our countries have asked: what next? How can we build on this progress and realize the full potential of our partnership? That is what I want to address today-the future that the United States seeks in an interconnected world; why I believe that India is indispensable to this vision; and how we can forge a truly global partnership-not in just one or two areas, but across many; not just for our mutual benefit, but for the world's.

Of course, only Indians can determine India's national interests and how to advance them on the world stage. But I stand before you today because I am convinced that the interests of the United States-and the interests we share with India-are best advanced in partnership.

The United States seeks security-the security of our country, allies and partners. We seek prosperity-a strong and growing economy in an open international economic system. We seek respect for universal values. And we seek a just and sustainable international order that promotes peace and security by meeting global challenges through stronger global cooperation.

To advance these interests, I have committed the United States to comprehensive engagement with the world, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. And a central pillar of this engagement is forging deeper cooperation with 21st century centers of influence-and that includes India. This is why I believe that India and America are indispensable partners in meeting the challenges of our time.

Since taking office, I've therefore made our relationship a priority. I was proud to welcome Prime Minister Singh for the first official state visit of my presidency. For the first time ever, our governments are working together across the whole range of common challenges we face. And let me say it as clearly as I can: the United States not only welcomes India as a rising global power, we fervently support it, and we have worked to help make it a reality.

Together with our partners, we have made the G20 the premier forum for international economic cooperation, bringing more voices to the table of global economic decision-making, including India. We have increased the role of emerging economies like India at international financial institutions. We valued India's important role at Copenhagen, where, for the first time, all major economies committed to take action to confront climate change-and to stand by those actions. We salute India's long history as a leading contributor to United Nations peacekeeping missions. And we welcome India as it prepares to take its seat on the United Nations Security Council.

In short, with India assuming its rightful place in the world, we have an historic opportunity to make the relationship between our two countries a defining partnership of the century ahead. And I believe we can do so by working together in three important areas.

First, as global partners we can promote prosperity in both our countries. Together, we can create the high-tech, high-wage jobs of the future. With my visit, we are now ready to begin implementing our civil nuclear agreement. This will help meet India's growing energy needs and create thousands of jobs in both our countries.

We need to forge partnerships in high-tech sectors like defense and civil space. So we have removed Indian organizations from our so-called "entity list." And we'll work to reform our controls on exports. Both of these steps will ensure that Indian companies seeking high-tech trade and technologies from America are treated the same as our closest allies and partners.

We can pursue joint research and development to create green jobs; give Indians more access to cleaner, affordable energy; meet the commitments we made at Copenhagen; and show the possibilities of low-carbon growth.

Together, we can resist the protectionism that stifles growth and innovation. The United States remains-and will continue to remain-one of the most open economies in the world. And by opening markets and reducing barriers to foreign investment, India can realize its full economic potential as well. As G20 partners, we can make sure the global economic recovery is strong and durable. And we can keep striving for a Doha Round that is ambitious and balanced-with the courage to make the compromises that are necessary so global trade works for all economies.

Together, we can strengthen agriculture. Cooperation between Indian and American researchers and scientists sparked the Green Revolution. Today, India is a leader in using technology to empower farmers, like those I met yesterday who get free updates on market and weather conditions on their cell phones. And the United States is a leader in agricultural productivity and research. Now, as farmers and rural areas face the effects of climate change and drought, we'll work together to spark a second, more sustainable Evergreen Revolution.

Together, we're going to improve Indian weather forecasting systems before the next monsoon season. We aim to help millions of Indian farming households save water and increase productivity; improve food processing so crops don't spoil on the way to market; and enhance climate and crop forecasting to avoid losses that cripple communities and drive up food prices.

Because the wealth of a nation also depends on the health of its people, we'll continue to support India's efforts against diseases like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and as global partners, we'll work to improve global health by preventing the spread of pandemic flu. And because knowledge is the currency of the 21st century, we'll increase exchanges between our students, colleges and universities, which are among the best in the world.

As we work to advance our shared prosperity, we can partner to address a second priority-our shared security. In Mumbai, I met with the courageous families and survivors of that barbaric attack. And here in this Parliament, which was itself targeted because of the democracy it represents, we honor the memory of all those who have been taken from us, including American citizens on 26/11 and Indian citizens on 9/11.

This is the bond we share. It's why we insist that nothing ever justifies the slaughter of innocent men, women and children. It's why we're working together, more closely than ever, to prevent terrorist attacks and to deepen our cooperation even further. And it's why, as strong and resilient societies, we refuse to live in fear, we will not sacrifice the values and rule of law that defines us, and we will never waver in the defense of our people.

America's fight against al Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates is why we persevere in Afghanistan, where major development assistance from India has improved the lives of the Afghan people. We're making progress in our mission to break the Taliban's momentum and to train Afghan forces so they can take the lead for their security. And while I have made it clear that American forces will begin the transition to Afghan responsibility next summer, I have also made it clear that America's commitment to the Afghan people will endure. The United States will not abandon the people of Afghanistan-or the region-to the violent extremists who threaten us all.

Our strategy to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates has to succeed on both sides of the border. That is why we have worked with the Pakistani government to address the threat of terrorist networks in the border region. The Pakistani government increasingly recognizes that these networks are not just a threat outside of Pakistan-they are a threat to the Pakistani people, who have suffered greatly at the hands of violent extremists.

And we will continue to insist to Pakistan's leaders that terrorist safe-havens within their borders are unacceptable, and that the terrorists behind the Mumbai attacks be brought to justice. We must also recognize that all of us have and interest in both an Afghanistan and a Pakistan that is stable, prosperous and democratic-and none more so than India.

More broadly, India and the United States can partner in Asia. Today, the United States is once again playing a leadership role in Asia-strengthening old alliances; deepening relationships, as we are doing with China; and we're reengaging with regional organizations like ASEAN and joining the East Asia summit-organizations in which India is also a partner. Like your neighbors in Southeast Asia, we want India to not only "look East," we want India to "engage East"-because it will increase the security and prosperity of all our nations.

And as two global leaders, the United States and India can partner for global security-especially as India serves on the Security Council over the next two years. Indeed, the just and sustainable international order that America seeks includes a United Nations that is efficient, effective, credible and legitimate. That is why I can say today-in the years ahead, I look forward to a reformed U.N. Security Council that includes India as a permanent member.

Now, let me suggest that with increased power comes increased responsibility. The United Nations exists to fulfill its founding ideals of preserving peace and security, promoting global cooperation, and advancing human rights. These are the responsibilities of all nations, but especially those that seek to lead in the 21st century. And so we look forward to working with India-and other nations that aspire to Security Council membership-to ensure that the Security Council is effective; that resolutions are implemented and sanctions enforced; and that we strengthen the international norms which recognize the rights and responsibilities of all nations and individuals.

This includes our responsibility to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Since I took office, the United States has reduced the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy, and agreed with Russia to reduce our arsenals. We have put preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism at the top of our nuclear agenda, and strengthened the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime-the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Together, the United States and India can pursue our goal of securing the world's vulnerable nuclear materials. We can make it clear that even as every nation has the right to peaceful nuclear energy, every nation must also meet its international obligations-and that includes the Islamic Republic of Iran. And together, we can pursue a vision that Indian leaders have espoused since independence-a world without nuclear weapons. This leads me to the final area where our countries can partner-strengthening the foundations of democratic governance, not only at home but abroad.

Now, in a new collaboration on open government, our two countries are going to share our experience, identify what works, and develop the next-generation of tools to empower citizens. And in another example of how American and Indian partnership can address global challenges, we're going to share these innovations with civil society groups and countries around the world. We're going to show that democracy, more than any other form of government, delivers for the common man-and woman.

As the world's two largest democracies, we must also never forget that the price of our own freedom is standing up for the freedom of others. Indians know this, for it is the story of your nation. Before he ever began his struggle for Indian independence, Gandhi stood up for the rights of Indians in South Africa. Just as others, including the United States, supported Indian independence, India championed the self-determination of peoples from Africa to Asia as they too broke free from colonialism. And along with the United States, you've been a leader in supporting democratic development and civil society groups around the world. This, too, is part of India's greatness.

Every country will follow its own path. No one nation has a monopoly on wisdom, and no nation should ever try to impose its values on another. But when peaceful democratic movements are suppressed-as in Burma-then the democracies of the world cannot remain silent. For it is unacceptable to gun down peaceful protestors and incarcerate political prisoners decade after decade. It is unacceptable to hold the aspirations of an entire people hostage to the greed and paranoia of a bankrupt regime. It is unacceptable to steal an election, as the regime in Burma has done again for all the world to see.

Faced with such gross violations of human rights, it is the responsibility of the international community-especially leaders like the United States and India-to condemn it. If I can be frank, in international fora, India has often avoided these issues. But speaking up for those who cannot do so for themselves is not interfering in the affairs of other countries. It's not violating the rights of sovereign nations. It's staying true to our democratic principles. It's giving meaning to the human rights that we say are universal. And it sustains the progress that in Asia and around the world has helped turn dictatorships into democracies and ultimately increased our security in the world.

Promoting shared prosperity. Preserving peace and security.Strengthening democratic governance and human rights. These are the responsibilities of leadership. And, as global partners, this is the leadership that the United States and India can offer in the 21st century.

Ultimately, however, this cannot be a relationship only between presidents and prime ministers, or in the halls of this parliament.

Ultimately, this must be a partnership between our peoples. So I want to conclude by speaking directly to the people of India watching today.

In your lives, you have overcome odds that might have overwhelmed a lesser country. In just decades, you have achieved progress and development that took other nations centuries. And now you are assuming your rightful place as a leader among nations.

Your parents and grandparents imagined this. Your children and grandchildren will look back on this. But only you-this generation of Indians-can seize the possibility of this moment.

As you carry on with the hard work ahead, I want every Indian citizen to know: the United States of America will not simply be cheering you on from the sidelines. We will be right there with you, shoulder to shoulder. Because we believe in the promise of India. And we believe that the future is what we make it.

We believe that no matter who you are or where you come from, every person can fulfill their God-given potential, just as a Dalit like Dr. Ambedkar could lift himself up and pen the words of the Constitution that protects the rights of all Indians.

We believe that no matter where you live-whether a village in Punjab or the bylanes of Chandni Chowk…an old section of Kolkata or a new high-rise in Bangalore-every person deserves the same chance to live in security and dignity, to get an education, to find work, and to give their children a better future.

And we believe that when countries and cultures put aside old habits and attitudes that keep people apart, when we recognize our common humanity, then we can begin to fulfill the aspirations we share. It's a simple lesson contained in that collection of stories which has guided Indians for centuries-the Panchtantra. And it's the spirit of the inscription seen by all who enter this great hall: ‘That one is mine and the other a stranger is the concept of little minds. But to the large-hearted, the world itself is their family."

This is the story of India; it's the story of America-that despite their differences, people can see themselves in one another, and work together and succeed together as one proud nation. And it can be the spirit of the partnership between our nations-that even as we honor the histories which in different times kept us apart, even as we preserve what makes us unique in a globalized world, we can recognize how much we can achieve together.

Thank you, Jai Hind!, and long live the partnership between India and the United States."

US President Obama In Mumbai: Addresses Joint Corporate CEOs

2010-11-06T22:55:00.017+05:30

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LK Advani Hails Ayodhya Verdict

2010-10-01T14:43:00.000+05:30

Sixty years after the case first went to court, the 3 member Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today delivered its verdict on the Ayodhya dispute.

JAI SHRI RAM

60 Years Of Wait!: 'Shri Ram' Lalla Sighs And Smiles!!: Remain Enthroned: Court Confirms His 'Birth Place'!!!

2010-09-30T21:40:00.008+05:30

Lucknow: Sixty years after it first went to court, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has pronounced verdict on the Ayodhya title suit.

Senior advocate Ravi Shankar Prasad came out from court on Thursday to say that the three-judge bench had ruled in a majority judgment 2:1, that one-third part of the disputed land should be given to the Sunni Waqf Board, one-third to the Nirmohi Akhara and one-third to the party for 'Ram Lalla'. Prasad represents one of the litigants.

Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed the court had ruled that the place where the idol of Ram was kept was the birthplace of the deity and the idols should not removed.

Prasad claimed that the court had asked for a status quo for three months and in that time the litigants had to decide how to split the party.

JAI SHRI RAM!

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'Ramayana The Epic' -Promo- 1

2010-09-30T04:53:00.008+05:30

Watch promo from the Bollywood animated film 'Ramayan - The Epic'. The film is directed by Chetan Desai and Bollywood actors Juhi Chawla, Manoj Bajpai and Ashutosh Rana have lent voices for Sita, Ram and Ravan respectively.

JAI SHRI RAM!

Narendra Modi The Indomitable: At HT Summit '07: Then & To-Day

2010-09-28T00:12:00.010+05:30

Held on 12-13 October, just a month and half before the 2007 Gujarat Assembly elections, this participation of Mr.Modi at a prestigious summit, had raised hell of a speculations and expectations especially among the ever-hostile media. Thus entire India, more certainly the entire Indian diaspora from every nook and corner of the Globe awaited for this nail-biting event.

But for a master counter-combative Modi, it was all but a cake-walk, and he silenced the media critics with his self-styled master-strokes......since then what followed is all but history!

Added today because of sheer coincidences of relevance, that reminiscently participatory videos of Mr.Modi in two parts.

Part -1/2- Mr.Modi's lecture on 'Regional Pride Over National Identity'

Part -2/2- Face To Face Combat With The Media People

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Narendra Damodardas Modi. (Worldbeaters).(Brief Article): An article from: New Internationalist

Narendra Modi The Indomitable!: A Double Hat-Trick!!: Best CM 2010!!! - India Today Award

2010-09-27T17:55:00.004+05:30

For the sixth consecutive time in the India Today Mood of the Nation Poll, voters have chosen him the best among all chief ministers in the country.

Isn't it stunning and euphoric, as this feat is not achieved with the support of but in spite of, all combined conspiracies and bashing by and of the pseudo-secular groups???

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Narendra Damodardas Modi. (Worldbeaters).(Brief Article): An article from: New Internationalist

Ayodhya Impasse: BJP Blames Judicial Delay

2010-09-24T23:30:00.003+05:30

In the wake of deferment of the High Court verdict on Ayodhya title suit by a week, BJP today said judicial delays in the last six decades were responsible for failure to resolve the issue, which it hoped will be sorted out soon.

"BJP is of the considered opinion that judicial delays over last 61 years have contributed to the failure of the resolution of issue of construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. We hope that resolution of this issue is not delayed any further," senior party leader Arun Jaitley said.

Jaitley said he had been authorised by the party to share this statement with the media after due consideration by the top brass.

A meeting of senior BJP leaders was held at party president Nitin Gadkari's residence in which, besides Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, Murli Manohar Joshi, M Venkaiah Naidu and S S Ahluwalia were present.

Asked about absence of senior leader L K Advani, Jaitley said he could not attend the meeting as he was leaving for Somnath temple in Saurashtra region of Gujarat from where he had started his rath yatra in 1990. Advani visits the temple every year on September 25.

Advani's rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya was mainly responsible for generating a euphoria over the Ram temple and helped in catapulting BJP to power in 1998.

BJP's statement today is also a reiteration of its commitment to build a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. It, however, seeks to blame judicial delays for the failure to resolve the issue.

Though BJP leaders have avoided a comment on Ayodhya verdict- Advani had even directed them at a Parliamentary Party meeting recently not to speak on it- they fear the judgement may get the matter delayed further.

A senior party leader said yesterday's directives by the Supreme Court to the Allahabad High Court had taken the party by surprise and was "a little out of the ordinary".

Many in the BJP agree with the VHP line that the Ayodhya issue cannot be resolved through reconciliation and thus the court verdict, whichever way it goes, assumes political significance.

Couresy: Press Trust of India

Narendra Modi The Indomitable: On BJP's Conquer Over Cong's Forte: TV9 Gujarat

2010-09-21T18:46:00.006+05:30

Modi slams Chidambaran's saffron remark : Ahmedabad

Jubilant after BJP's Triumph Over Cong's Forte

Slams Congress on misuse of CBI

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Narendra Damodardas Modi. (Worldbeaters).(Brief Article): An article from: New Internationalist

Narendra Modi Storms Congress Baston!: Snatches Muslim Populated KATHLAL Assembly Seat

2010-09-20T16:16:00.039+05:30

The Kathlal assembly has traditionally been a Congress seat with 65% of the total 1.75 voters being Muslims.

Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressing Media after the results of Kathlal by-election seat on September 17, 2010.

I can add the least as the more shall be understood.

Just adding one comment left by mandeepjh on the first video:

"Good work done by Muslims, hope Muslims in whole india do the same"

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Pranav Mistry The SIXTH-SENSER at MYSORE, TED-INDIA

2010-08-28T05:11:00.001+05:30

TEDtalksDirector vents all about TED thus:

http://www.ted.com/ At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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A vacuum that has been suffocating me since my last video-add of 13th instant of the Sixth-Senser Pranav Mistry, atlast drives me today to add this video where the genius himself opens his heart out......

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Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the "Sixth Sense" Game-Changing Wearable Tech

2010-08-15T04:50:00.000+05:30

This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.

Pranav Mistry is the genius behind Sixth Sense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

This Unveiling Show video is of March 18, 2009.

Salutations to this Mother India's Gem-Global-Child!

VISHWA BHARAT MATA KI JAI

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Pranav Mistry's Sixth-Sense and Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision

2010-08-13T04:23:00.001+05:30

This is a year and a half old video, circulating with billions of views in the global web since launched by Microsoft as 'a glimpse ahead' of their Productivity Future Vision and Sustainability.

On sunday the 15th, Indians world-wide shall be celebrating their 64th Independence Day[63rd anniversary].

There hence for me could no better and greater opportunity be than this, to upload and preserve as a treasure this video of a proud Microsoft where-in you find technological amalgamation of the Sixth-Sense Technology of Pranav Mistry, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

As you all are aware, this worthy sixth-sense-powered genius son of the soil, of Mother India, Pranav Mistry, before pursuing his career as a PhD scholar in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab, was in fact associated and worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher.

A graduate in Computer Engineering from Nirma Institute Of Technology, Ahmedabad, Pranav did Masters in Design from Industrial Design Center, IIT Mumbai.

He is passionate about integrating the digital informational experience with our real-world interactions.

We all salute you Pranav !!!

BANDE MATARAM

PRANAV MISTRY: 'JEWEL ON INDIA'S CROWN'

2009-08-08T06:01:00.000+05:30

PRANAV is one of the most sort after INVENTOR in the WORLD today........know all about his brilliance !

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Who Must You Vote For?: Cong Vs BJP: Kapil Vs Arun

2009-04-13T11:13:00.007+05:30

In just a few days India will begin voting for the next Government.

On Battle For India, the two biggest national parties, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), debated on how and why their party was best-suited to lead the next Central Government.

Congress was represented by noted lawyer and senior leader Kapil Sibal, BJP's representative too was a lawyer of repute, Arun Jaitley. The two participants have been grilled on four major issues: Governance, National Security, Economy and Jobloss and finally Stability and Leadership.

ISSUE -1- VIDEO: GOVERNANCE

ISSUE -2- VIDEO: National Security

ISSUE -3- VIDEO: Economy and Jobloss

ISSUE -4- VIDEO: Stability and Leadership

Thank you for your patience. Don't forget to vote and vote you must !

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The 'Hand' With Swiss-Connection ! - 3

2009-04-03T14:32:00.005+05:30

"We Could, We Commit, We SHALL !!!"

Visionary Iron Man Shri Advaniji on Sunday re-incarnated a 'deadly ghost', that the Congress time and again been scarily haunted by in the past, with deadly results that made them bite the dust and threw them out of power ! That was in 1989 and the ghost then was the 'Bofors Scandal' and their Swiss Connection.

Advaniji asked PM Manmohan Singh to raise at the G-20 summit in London the issue of hoarded black money in the Swiss and other foreign banks and take steps to get all those back to India. Credible estimates suggest these amounts range to a staggering Rs 25 lack crore to Rs 70 lakh crore, and Advaniji pledges to bring back the huge funds to India that can allocate Rs 4 crore each to 6000 villages for development of Health and Education.

Hello, all my dear 100 million strong Gen-Next Youth of India, aren't you all dazed why the Congress is mum on this ! And did Manmohan Singh pay heed to Advaniji's suggestion and acted upon it yesterday in London ???

Understandably, most of you were either yet to be born or were in your teens then, and I am pursuing to lay in this forum from today[RAM NAVAMI] for your interest and enlightenment some glimpses of and resurrecting a 22 year-old 'Ghost of Daily-Questions' by the indomitable Ram Jethmalani, those nightmarishly haunted the then PM, father of Rahul Gandhi, the Late Rajiv Gandhi.

Quoted below the exact report, published in The Statesman, on 19th June, 1987.

Dogs bark at a thief: Jethmalani

From Our Special Representative NEW DELHI, June 18--In an open letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Ram jethmalani said : "The morning papers report that yesterday you called me a 'barking dog' not worthy of your notice in the presence of some of your colleagues and leaders of the opposition.

"I do not feel insulted in the least for dogs do not tell lies and they bark when they see a thief. I am proud to be a watchdog of democracy. You must thank your stars that I am not a blood hound. "

Over the years, your late mother and brother had both developed a healthy respect for me and had not ventured to use language resembling yours. I am sure you too will learn some day.

"You are accountable to the people of India and the nation must institute an inquisition of it's own, since you have crippled all normal legal processes."

Every day I propose to ask you ten questions. This will continue for 30 days or until you are removed from office, whichever is earlier. The people will draw their own conclusions from your answers or your refusal to answer them as the case may be.

"Here is the bunch for today:

1. Has your wife informed you of the total estate left by her father who died early last month ?

2. Did he dietestate or intestate ?

3. Does the estate include an expensive villa and bank balance of more than $60 million ?

4. What was his financial condition and the approximate worth of his total estate only about five years ago ?

5. What was the sources of livelihood of your father-in-law during the last five years ? (to the best of your knowledge of course?)

6. What part of the estate has your wife inherited whether under a testamentary document or on intestacy ?

7. What has happened to her share of the estate ?

8. Have you or has your wife reported the inheritance to the Reserve Bank of India ? If so when ?

9. When you attended the funeral of Mr Olof Palme in Stockholm, were you accompanied by Ajitabh Bachhan and Mr Ardso of Bofors ?

10. Did you insist on a meeting with Bofors being held and was one held ? "The newspapers say that my dear friend, shiv Shankar, was present when you called me a dog and he best knows how to deal with me. Short of having me 'liquidated' you have no other method of silencing my bark".

The least more to add. I feel better to leave on our most adored Gen-Next to ponder over.

Hope the best you all understand and expect you all to act decisively and vote en mass to enthrone Shri Advaniji as PM.

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The 'Hand', With Swiss-Connection ! - 2

2009-02-22T17:19:00.004+05:30

.........continued from, The 'Hand' With Swiss-Connection ! - 1,

THIS IS INDIA AND INDIANS

LOOK WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING ???

Revelation on Swiss Bank Accounts, "who can save India ! No one knows where tax payer money is going" !!!

This is so shocking . . . . . wish black money deposits was an Olympics event . . . . . India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. US is not even there in the counting in top five !!

India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined !!!

Recently, due to international pressure, Swiss Govt. agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective Gov ts formally asked for it. Indian Govt. is not asking for the details . . . . no marks for guessing why ???

We need to start a movement to pressurize the Govt. to do so !! This is perhaps the only way, and a golden opportunity, to expose the high and mighty and weed out corruption !!

Please read on . . . . . and forward to all the honest Indians to . ... . like somebody is forwarding to you . .. . . . and build a ground-swell of support for action !!

Is India poor, who says? Ask Swiss banks. With personal account 'deposit bank' of $1500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?.

DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $ 1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people can get Rs 1,00,000 each. This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by exploiting and betraying them.

Once this huge amount of black money & property comes back to India , the entire foreign debt can be repaid in 24 hours. After paying the entire foreign debt, we will have surplus amount, almost 12 times larger than the foreign debt. If this surplus amount is invested in earning interest, the amount of interest will be more than the annual budget of the Central government. So even if all the taxes are abolished, then also the Central government will be able to maintain the country very comfortably. .

Some 80,000 people travel to Switzerland every year, of whom 25,000 travel very frequently. 'Obviously, these people won't be tourists. They must be travelling there for some other reason,' believes an official involved in tracking illegal money. And, clearly, he isn't referring to the commerce ministry bureaucrats who've been flitting in and out of Geneva ever since the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations went into a tailspin!

Just read the following details and note how these dishonest industrialists, scandalous politicians, corrupt officers, cricketers, film actors, illegal sex trade and protected wildlife operators, to name just a few, sucked this country's wealth and prosperity. This may be the picture of deposits in Swiss banks only. What about other international banks?

Black money in Swiss banks -- Swiss Banking Association report, 2006 details bank deposits in the territory of Switzerland by nationals of following countries :

Top Five
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1. India ---- $1,456 billion

2. Russia ---$ 470 billion

3. UK -------$390 billion

4. Ukraine - $100 billion

5. China -----$ 96 billion

Now do the maths - India with $1456 billion or $1.4 trillion has more money in Swiss banks than rest of the world combined.

Public loot since 1947:

Can we bring back our money ? It is one of the biggest loots witnessed by mankind -- the loot of the Aam Aadmi (common man) since 1947, by his brethren occupying public office. It has been orchestrated by politicians, bureaucrats and some businessmen. The list is almost all-encompassing. No wonder, everyone in India loots with impunity and without any fear. What is even more depressing in that this ill-gotten wealth of ours has been stashed away abroad into secret bank accounts located in some of the world's best known tax havens. And to that extent the Indian economy has been stripped of its wealth.

Ordinary Indians may not be exactly aware of how such secret accounts operate and what are the rules and regulations that go on to govern such tax havens. However, one may well be aware of 'Swiss bank accounts,' the shorthand for murky dealings, secrecy and of course pilferage from developing countries into rich developed ones.

In fact, some finance experts and economists believe tax havens to be a conspiracy of the western world against the poor countries. By allowing the proliferation of tax havens in the twentieth century, the western world explicitly encourages the movement of scarce capital from the developing countries to the rich.

In March 2005, the Tax Justice Network (TJN) published a research finding demonstrating that $11.5 trillion of personal wealth was held offshore by rich individuals across the globe. The findings estimated that a large proportion of this wealth was managed from some 70 tax havens. Further augmenting these studies of TJN, Raymond Baker -- in his widely celebrated book titled 'Capitalism' s Achilles Heel : Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free Market System' -- estimates that at least $5 trillion have been shifted out of poorer countries to the West since the mid-1970.

It is further estimated by experts that 1 % of the world's population holds more than 57 % of total global wealth, routing it invariably through these tax havens. How much of this is from India is anybody's guess. What is to be noted here is that most of the wealth of Indians parked in these tax havens is illegitimate money acquired through corrupt means.

Naturally, the secrecy associated with the bank accounts in such places is central to the issue, not their low tax rates as the term 'tax havens' suggests. Remember Bofors and how India could not trace the ultimate beneficiary of those transactions because of the secrecy associated with these bank accounts?

IS THERE ANY ONE WHO CAN SAVE INDIA ?

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"YES WE CAN !!!"

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The 'Hand' With Swiss-Connection ! - 1

2009-02-22T16:44:00.003+05:30

Publishing below an earth-shaking revelation that I was re-directed to........

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIA AND AMERICA

Posted by: "RADHESHYAM FALOD", rrfalodco@hotmail.com
Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:50 am (PST)

THIS IS AMERICA AND AMERICANS

A Swiss Bank Is Set to Open Its Secret Files

In the hush-hush world of Swiss banking, the unthinkable is happening: secrets are spilling into the open.

UBS the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed on Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts at the bank to evade taxes. The bank admitted conspiring to defraud the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES and agreed to pay $780 million to settle a sweeping federal investigation into its activities.

It is unclear how many of its clients’ names UBS will divulge. Federal prosecutors have been examining about 19,000 accounts at the bank, but UBS ultimately may disclose the identities of only a few hundred customers.

But to some, turning over any names at all heralds the end of the secret Swiss bank account, whose traditions date to the Middle Ages.

“The Swiss are saying that this is the end of Swiss banking as they knew it,” said Jack Blum, an offshore tax specialist. “Nobody will trust the security of the Swiss bank account.”

As part of the settlement, UBS agreed to cooperate with a broad summons issued by the Justice Department to turn over the names. Under the terms of a so-called deferred prosecution agreement, the bank and its executives could be indicted if UBS didn’t identify the customers.

UBS has said it is closing the offshore accounts of its American clients. But under the deal with the United States authorities, the bank must provide periodic written evidence of that to prosecutors. UBS earned $200 million annually from the business.

Prosecutors suspect that from late 2002 to 2007, UBS helped American clients illegally hide $20 billion, letting them evade $300 million a year in taxes.

In a striking admission, UBS said that from 2000 through 2007, some of its private bankers and managers had “participated in a scheme to defraud the United States” and the I.R.S. by helping American clients set up and conceal offshore accounts. The scheme involved falsifying or not properly obtaining or filing certain tax forms required of both the bank and its clients.

UBS’s offshore private banking business once employed some 60 private bankers in Lugano, Zurich and Geneva. Prosecutors claimed UBS referred clients to lawyers and accountants who set up secret offshore entities to conceal assets from the I.R.S.

UBS urged some American clients to destroy records and to stash watches, jewelry and artwork that they had bought with money hidden offshore in safe deposit boxes in Switzerland. The bank also encouraged them to use Swiss credit cards so the I.R.S. could not track purchases. In a statement on Wednesday, Peter Kurer, the chairman of UBS, said that “UBS sincerely regrets the compliance failures in its U.S. cross-border business that have been identified by the various government investigations in Switzerland and the U.S., as well as our own internal review. We accept full responsibility for these improper activities.”

Marcel Rohner, the group chief executive of UBS, said in a statement that “it is apparent that as an organization we made mistakes and that our control systems were inadequate.”

In January a senior UBS executive, Raoul Weil, was declared a fugitive, two months after being indicted by a federal judge in connection with the investigation of the bank. Mr. Weil, a Swiss citizen, oversaw the cross-border private banking operations from 2002 to 2007.

UBS had fiercely resisted turning over the names, even after some executives were indicted and implicated in the offshore private banking business. Swiss law distinguishes broadly between tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax fraud. Unlike in the United States, tax evasion is not a criminal offense under Swiss law.

The move by UBS to settle the case, on the eve of a Senate subcommittee hearing next Tuesday on the matter, signals how close the bank came to being indicted for not cooperating with prosecutors. Indictment is a near-certain death knell for corporations.

Of the $780 million that UBS will pay, $380 million represents disgorgement of profits from its cross-border business. The remainder represents United States taxes that UBS failed to withhold on the accounts. The figures include interest, penalties and restitution for unpaid taxes.

As part of the deal, UBS also entered into a consent order with the Securities and Exchange Commission in which it agreed to charges of having acted as an unregistered broker-dealer and investment adviser for Americans.

The settlement caps a painful run for UBS, which suffered more than $50 billion in losses in the collapse of the American mortgage market and received a $60 billion bailout from the Swiss government last October.

The bank will not have to pay additional fines and penalties, which could have brought the deal to more than $1 billion. People briefed on the issue said the banking crisis and the recession were factors in this decision by prosecutors.
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continues......."THIS IS INDIA AND INDIANS"

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"PM In Waiting":: LK Advani -2/2

2009-02-05T23:58:00.004+05:30

"When BJP won peoples' hearts and formed Govt. in Karnataka the first southern state to be so,Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN-IBN grabbed the opportunity to have this candid and lucid conversation with Shri LK Advani, the header being, 'PM In Waiting' Shri L.K.Advani.I am uploading this video today because of it's sheer pertinence and relevance."

And Shri LK ADVANI, is by far the "hottest contender" and way ahead than anyone else as a probable PM !

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Trackback to LK Advani- 1/2

N:B - This video in one single part was uploaded on Dec 11, 2008, here, with the video details, laid down at the beginning.

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2009-02-05T23:42:00.006+05:30

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