PRIVILEGE AND POVERTY IN VOGUE INDIA (1)
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Abby K. sent me a link to this New York Times article about the August issue of Vogue India. The issue has sparked controversy because of a fashion spread that shows poor Indians modeling extremely expensive brand-name accessories, such as this child modeling a Fendi bib that costs around $100 while being held by a woman prominently missing teeth: Or this one of a barefoot man, also missing teeth, holding a Burberry umbrella that costs ...
31 Reasons Why you Shouldn't Buy an iPhone 3G! (2)
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The much hyped iPhone 3G was launched in India a few weeks back and we have seen many issues and open security flaws in the new iPhone. Today, I have compiled a comprehensive list of 31 Issues - (yes 31 issues) with the new iPhone 3G. This is a must read for anyone planning to get this so called UberGizmo. The short comings of the new iPhone 3G are simply endless I suppose.No 3G video ...
Me to We Tees Promote International Development (1)
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Image source: Me to We There are lots of eco-tees out there today, we'll admit it. The tees designed by Me to We clothing have improved on the design of most eco-tees in that they fit better because they are cut longer and larger than your standard organic tee. They fit a little lower on the waistline so you don't have to worry about sporting a muffin-top while trying to wear your conscience on your ...
Protests Halt India’s Plant for Cheapest Car - NYTimes.com (2)
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Tata Motors said that violent political protests over land had compelled it to stop building a plant in eastern India where it was to manufacture its much-awaited Nano model.
Poverty + Fashion = ? (1)
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A man modeled a Burberry umbrella in Vogue that costs about $200. Some 456 million Indians live on less than $1.25 a day. Vogue India editor Priya Tanna’s message to critics of the August shoot: “Lighten up,” she said in a telephone interview. Vogue is about realizing the “power of fashion” she said, and the shoot was saying that “fashion is no longer a rich man’s privilege. Anyone can carry it off and make it ...
Bihar Floods - What can you do? (1)
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How bad is it? It is bad enough to be declared a national calamity and 5 million (50 lakh) people are said to be directly affected. Worst hit are children who are estimated to be more than half the number. Some news coverage: On how children are being affected Google News What can you do? If you are religious you [...]
iPhone/Touch Roundup: Control, Art, Snow Patrol, Visualizers, Recording, One for India (10)
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What could a pocket-sized computer be? It could be a new kind of album extra (yawn), a new kind of generative musical format that samples and responds to the world around it (whoo). It could be a more effective controller (fun), or an Indian drone (really). The Apple iPod touch / iPhone, as always, brings both wonder (potential as an art platform or recording device) and trouble (respectively, restrictions on who can see your art ...
HTTP vs Indian Penal Code. (12)
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What’s common between HTTP status codes and the Indian Penal Code ? Code HTTP IPC 204 No Content Destruction of evidence. 301 Moved Permanently Culpable homicide. 305 Use Proxy Abetment of suicide. 307 Temporary Redirect Attempt to murder. 402 Payment Required Assembling for dacoity. 410 Gone Stolen Property
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Rocking All the Way (1)
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Last time I featured Taare Zameen Par in this blog as I liked it very much and this time its Rock On!!. Written and Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, Music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. In first thought lyrics are undigestible but then it flows very well with the movie and strengthens the grip. And yeah these lyrics are unbelievably written by Javed Akhtar and mostly sung by Farhan Akhtar. Its a story of college friends, flashing ...
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I’m truly shocked by the turn of events in the students union(SU) elections. Majority of students voted for ‘none’ instead of the only candidate(Rachit) in the fray(after the other candidate’s nomination was canceled). Now that would be understandable if Rachit wasn’t good enough to be a president. But that is certainly far from the truth. You rarely ever get a Aditya Birla scholar, Goldman Sachs leader and an NTS scholar standing for a post like ...
Hindus refuse to believe that Christians did not kill Hindu leader; attacks continue (1)
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Even though a Maoist group has claimed responsibility for killing World Hindu Council (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his disciples in Orissa state on August 23, his followers are determined to blame Christians for the killing. Saraswati was a rabidly anti-Christian agitator and his followers are following his example by rejecting claims by the Maoists to have killed him,
Pray for India (1)
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Pray for India (1)
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by Phil Johnsoneports out of India over the past week or so describe a dramatic increase in violence against Christians, mainly at the hands of radical Hindus in the state of Orissa. The conflicts are to a large degree rooted in Hinduism's caste system and Hindu resentment over lower-caste people who have converted from Hinduism to Christianity.But the incident that sparked the current violence was the August 23 murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, Orissa's top ...
Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India (7)
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The juxtaposition between poverty and growing wealth presents an unsavory dilemma for luxury goods makers jumping into India.
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Chloe Jewel said:
Prentension
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Estieler said:
Eventhough I understand the severity of the fact that Vogue made light of the impoverished conditions of India, I actually agree with Vogue's motive in trying to make a luxury such as fashion more "universal", and not assigning it to one social class only. However, at least they could have listed the "models'" names in the magazine, and at least given them some money for posing...
India’s cheap car plant remains shut (1)
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When India's leading industrialist Ratan Tata announced launching of World's cheapest car couple of months back in crowded press conference he would have never anticipated the current problem his project is going on....read more
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Frederic said:
even the most succesful face resistance!
La muerte del captcha (o “de donde salía tanto spam”) (9)
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El hecho de que el volumen de spam siguiese siendo creciente a pesar de la popularización de modelos destinados a evitar su funcionamiento automatizado dejaba clara una cosa: algo no estaba funcionando. Y efectivamente: los viejos sistemas basados en los llamados captchas (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), esa serie de caracteres deformados y mostrados sobre fondos confusos para evitar su reconocimiento automático, pueden considerarse ya completamente superados. Tres son, ...
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willygru said:
Je! No es noticia nueva pero no deja de desmoralizar
on tolerance, hindu style (1)
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It’s not always the Religion of Peace fundamentalists terrorizing people of other faiths. Even Hindus have their hardline nutjobs. All emphases mine. Thousands of terrified Indian Christians are hiding in the forests of the volatile Indian state of Orissa after a wave of religious ‘cleansing’ forced them from their burnt-out homes with no immediate prospect of [...]
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Amid protests in West Bengal, India’s Tata Motors is moving forward with plans to sell an electric car in Norway in about a year.Shared by Alexis (23)Contribute commentwashingtonpost.com - Technology (6) permalink
Avast human experiment is afoot. And no one is taking good notes.Shared by Mike F (465)Contribute commentGordon Cheng's blog (4) permalink
Team Pyro have a useful and important post urging prayer for Christians facing violence in India, particularly from Hindus in the Orissa province.Shared by tim (35)Contribute comment
