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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Best Ever Sardar Jokes
"Don't come to Australia. I was lucky to have escaped''
NEW DELHI: Twenty-year-old Sunny Bajaj has made up his mind. He will leave Australia for good. The Shalimar Bagh boy, who studied at Sachdeva
He was so traumatised by the incident that he skipped his exams on Monday. Speaking from Melbourne, he said: ``If Indian students really think they can cope with such abuses, they should come here. But my suggestion is don't come to this country. I was lucky to have escaped - otherwise I would have been in coma now.'' 
Bajaj is the latest victim of the racial attacks that have been unleashed in Australia in the past two months and seem to be continuing unabated. 
It was on Friday night, around 8.15 pm local time, that he was assaulted by two men in Boronia, Melbourne.
``I was returning to my car after shopping when two men accosted me and asked for money. When I said I didn't have any, they began abusing me and then attacked me without any provocation. One of them was white and the other seemed to be of African origin.''
Bajaj said the men clearly knew he was an Indian because ``they abused me saying ``f****** Indian c***. They slammed the car door on my hand, fracturing my finger, hit me on my head and punched me in the stomach and face.'' He said he had reported the matter to the police and given them a description of the two men. 
Bajaj was preparing for his exams before going back to India for his vacations. He says racial abuse is very common in Australia and students are used to it. ``Things are coming out into the open only now. I personally know of so many cases of racial abuse, which may not have resulted in physical assault like it has been happening of late. All kind of dirty things are said to us. Even after the protests, things have not changed at all,'' he said.
Asked whether he would like to continue staying in Australia, Bajaj said: ``I can't do much right now as I have my exams. In fact, I missed one today. But the first thing I really want to do now is to get back to India as soon as possible. My parents have been worried ever since these things started coming out into the open and now they don't want me to be here any longer. They want me to return or to go to some place like Singapore.''
Bajaj said he was yet to get over his trauma. ``I am completely out of my wits at present thinking that it could have been much worse. I was plain lucky with a few bruises, a broken finger and these injuries. I was saved because of an approaching car; otherwise, I would have been in hospital,'' he recalled with a shudder.
The Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA) is alleging that no help has come their way, accusing the Indian consulate of not taking the issue seriously and playing politics with the life of students.
Media coordinator of FISA Gautam Gupta told:``Indian students have been spending millions and this is what they get in return. We have been in touch with the consulate but they are simply not interested in mediation. Why is there no visit by any ministry of external affairs team to see how the consulate is working?'' He alleged that the Indian government wasn't exerting any pressure. 
Bajaj, however, feels that the Australian government is doing its bit to bring the situation under control and so are the cops. ``They can't assign a policeman to each student. But believe me, things are bad on the ground and it is not safe at all. First the attacks were happening late at night and in desolate locations, but now the incidents are taking place in the evening hours.''
``Australia is a beautiful country, but I am really scared and want to go home,'' he says
Monday, June 15, 2009
The M'aya'bati Drama.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Maywati has come under severe criticism from opposition leaders for having made derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi.
While addressing a meeting of MPs and legislators of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) here Saturday, Mayawati called the Father of the Nation a "natakbaaz" (fake). She also distributed pamphlets condemning both Mahatma Gandhi and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for being insincere about the improvement in socio-economic status of Dalits.
"Mayawati's attempt to run down the Father of the Nation will only prove counter-productive and she will have to pay for it," said state Congress spokesman Subodh Srivastava.
"This only reflects her frustration on account of her failure to keep her monopolistic control over Dalits. It is high time she realises that Dalits are not her private property and they are well aware to see and understand the difference between what Mahatma Gandhi did for them and what Mayawati was doing for them," he added.
Samajwadi Party state president Akhilesh Yadav said: "Mayawati's derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi are clearly a reflection of her having not only lost ground but even her balance."
Calling Mayawati's rant against Mahatma Gandhi "a shameful act", BJP spokesman Hriday Narain Dikshit said: "By terming whatever he did against untouchability as a drama, Mayawati has shown utter disrespect to the Father of the Nation."
Srivastava also condemned Mayawati's move to hold protest demonstrations June 19, which is Rahul Gandhi's birthday.
"Maybe she does not like the idea of a birthday being observed without forced collection of funds since she is so used to celebrating her own birthday solely to collect money and jewellery," he said.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Environmentalists’ concern over tree-felling
BHUBANESWAR: Environmentalists and rights activists raised their concern over indiscriminate felling of trees to make way for widening of roads in the capital city.
Works department had to cut down 173 trees to make space for construction of ambitious flyover at busy Rajmahal Square. However, trees were felled reportedly without any concrete plan on compensating the vegetation.
To be built at a cost of Rs. 67.31 crores, the three-tier flyover structure would facilitate smooth vehicular movement between AG Square and Kalpana Square.
This was not the first time when trees were being felled. During widening of roads from Airport to Infocity and current development of eight-lane road between Sainik School and Acharya Vihar, huge plants were uprooted. Many decades-old trees were chopped down along Cuttack-Puri road a few months ago.
“We don’t know where the State Government has identified alternative locations to plant trees to compensate the loss. All those green drives being announced by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) are its own programmes. The compensatory plantation against tree loss due to road-widening should clearly be spelt out,” said city-based rights activist Biswapriya Kanungo.
Works department sources said they were entrusted with the task of widening roads and it was the lookout of the Forest Department to see how compensatory forestry could be taken up.
When asked city forest division authorities said since city did not come under forestland categories, the guidelines on compensatory forestry did not fit here. But city did not have adequate vacant space to plant trees, they said adding that most of pavements were made of concrete ones leaving little scope for creating avenue plantation.
“About 60 per cent of trees could be uprooted and planted somewhere else. However, authorities lacked mindset to go for this cumbersome process to save the trees,” said Biswajit Mohanty, an environmentalist.
Even the capital city did not have a definite environment plan, he said. “Species of trees have been badly chosen. One should select such trees which could sustain wildlife and would be strong enough to withstand in cyclones,” Mr. Mohanty said.
Friday, June 12, 2009
ZooZoos Mania...
(for a bigger picture please click on the above image)Now this the funniest thing i have ever come across in my whole life.
Mr. Singh and His Tandoori Chicken
Bubbal's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of tandoori chicken and meat kebabs filled the neighborhood. The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors, and, as he rushed into Bubbal's backyard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement.
There stood Bubbal, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meats and chanted: "Oye, you waz born a chicken, and you waz born a lamb, you waz raised a chicken, and you waz raised a lamb
I am an absolute fan of Wyclef....
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A native of Haiti,[1] Wyclef Jean became a sworn Rasta at a young age as he often mentions in various tracks.
The son of a Nazarene pastor,[2] Wyclef briefly attended Eastern Nazarene College, where his younger brother Sam graduated with a degree in history.
Wyclef moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, when he was nine before they moved again to northern New Jersey. Jean has been a resident of Saddle River, New Jersey and South Orange, New Jersey.[4]
Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Jamming", "Redemption Song", "One Love" and, together with The Wailers, "Three Little Birds",[2] as well as the posthumous releases "Buffalo Soldier" and "Iron Lion Zion". The compilation album, Legend, released in 1984, three years after his death, is reggae's best-selling album, being 10 times platinum in the US,[3] and selling 20 million copies worldwide.