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Open Letter to Hindraf Makkal Sakthi   Borneo-based and led national 3rd Force in Parliament Dear Waytha and Uthaya, Johore may be set for interesting times as it faces an uncertain future as an Umno bastion. Muhiyiddin is reportedly trying to do a number on Najib here by planning to get rid of Ghani in [...]

Guru Dutt’s 1957 classic Pyaasa, about a struggling poet and his friendship with a prostitute, is included in Time magazine’s Valentine’s Day list of Top 5 romantic films of all time. Time magazine’s website has composed a list of Top 10 romantic films on Valentine’s Day for “lovers” and “for people with broken, bitter hearts [...]

Yes , I got it wrong. My prediction was out. Sorry guys. Hulu Selangor has got a new Member of Parliament, Mr Kamalanathan and I congratulate him. He got 24,997 votes and our Datuk Zaid Ibrahim  got 23,272 votes with votes cast 48,935 and  the percentage turnout was 75.87%. Anyway also Congratulations to the Barisan [...]

Happy Pongal To All ‘My Anbullangals’ And All My Wonderful Readers Who  Are Connected To Me By Love. Hope This Year’s PONGAL brings tons of happiness….good fortune,And lights up your home with hope and prosperity….Today and Always! YEN  INIYA PONGAL NAL VALTHUKAL……. A little about Pongal…. Pongal is one of the most important popular Hindu [...]

Today is International Meatless Day – Animal Rights Day. I am not having any meat today and I hope all my friends who had pledged to go meatless today will abstain from consuming all forms of meat, fish and fowl for the entire 24 hours. It is so nice to know that nearly 11 thousand [...]

The historic house in Johannesburg where Mahatma Gandhi lived almost a century ago has been snapped up by a French tourism company, for what is believed to be almost twice the asking price of $3,77,029, outbidding others, including Indians. Voyageurs du Monde plans to turn the property into a museum, in line with its philosophy [...]

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan becomes the ninth person of Indian origin to win the coveted Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, 57, who was born in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, is the senior scientist and group leader at the Structural Studies Division of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. An American [...]

For me, John Elliott is one of the top renowned American journalist based in India and his views on India is definitely worth reading and a must read for any India -Watchers. If we talk about John and his writings on India, it is immediacy, accuracy, and plain old reporting and always delivered with a gentle punch. [...]

Want to retain your sight as you age? Well, eat a diet full of fruit and vegetables daily, say researchers. A new study, led by Indian-origin scientist Usha Chakravarthy of Queen’s University in Belfast, has revealed that antioxidants found in fruit and vegetables may slow down sight loss in many elderly people. Age-related muscular regeneration [...]

Yes its confirm LTTE supremo Veluppillai Prabakaran is dead. A report was posted on the site of Al Jazeera television channel on Sunday quoted by LTTE confirming the death of its leader, Velupillai Prabakaran. It said he died on May 19 in the last phase of Eelam IV war. According to Selvarasa Pathmanathan the LTTE’s [...]