The buzz is all about Rahul Gandhi’s comments on the ordinance.Just love the expressions of Ajay Maken in this 2 minute clip-his face changes from being happy (Rahulji is saying he phones him/consults him) to alarm (Rahulji is saying ordinance is nonsense) to poker face (nods his head vigorously when Rahulji finishes)
The last word belongs to Subramaniam Swamy
Got inside info : Buddhu/moron was high on cocaine
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 27, 2013
The parallels between today’s Pakistan and Weimar Germany are striking.Here is a comment which highlights the sickening killings happening in Pakistan:
Dear Ali, I have just read your article, and honestly, I am lost for words. Yours is a very, well-researched article couched in passionate terms. As a Shia myself, I am very, very grateful to you for taking up the issue of the Shia genocide which we the Shias believe is sanctioned by the United States, sponsored and financed by Saudi Arabia, and supervised by the Pakistan Army-ISI, and executed by Deobandi Lasklar-e-Jhangvi. Being a Shia, I am fit to be killed anytime, anywhere. But a non-Shia like you writing for the Shias is equally at risk. Your courage in writing this piece is stupendous.
Thanks also for writing for the Ahmadi Muslims. Thanks to the Amhadi Muslims for giving us Dr Salaam, and shame on us for not honoring him
The Brelvis and the liberal Pakistanis must stand up against the likes of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Otherwise there turn will come sooner than later. They think that the Islamofascists will not touch them, so they have closed their eyes to the Shia genocide. They are very wrong. Let them act before it is too late.
Thanks you very much once again. Keep it up! There are not many Pakistanis like you.
Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:
Raghuram Rajan: Line of Credit (Caravan)
Nandan Nilekani:Unique ID of his own (Outlook)
Pakistan:No country for minorities (Tehelka)
Rahul Gandhi dumps inner party democracy in Amethi (Open)
The man who saved the world by doing absolutely nothing (Atlantic)
The best way to get a cheap airplane ticket (BusinessWeek)
A brief history of Scotland Yard (Smithsonian)
China’s richest man wants to be a movie mogul (Economist)
Back to British (Mediacrooks)
The great Marijuana crash of 2011 (BI)
The largest food fraud in US history (BusinessWeek)
How one Iranian Commander is reshaping the Middle East (NewYorker)
Culture:Some interesting music tracks (MumbaiBoss)
How to buy a used car in India (TeamBHP)
Gangs of Social Media (Wired)
The worst of times (Dawn)
I was amongst the first people to attend the investor presentation of Lavasa. I didn’t invest as I did not like the fact that maintenance fees etc would be arbitrarily decided by Lavasa Corporation.However lots of people in the meet came with their cheque books and invested.Everyone thought that this project was backed by Sharad Pawar and so nothing would go wrong-Pune after all is the fiefdom of the Pawar family.
All realty investors must read this-How Lavasa investors were cheated http://t.co/S32EDqtipc
— alphaideas (@alphaideas) September 27, 2013