From the monthly archives:
August 2007
by Sharique on August 19, 2007
Chak De has highlights many important aspect of Indian sports which are responsible for the pathetic state of present day affairs-
1. Regionalism. Players are more conscious about their state rather than country. This has to do with lack of professionalism. Most of the players are not professionals because the pay is abysmally low and hence they play for state as a hobby. Regional feelings are bound to be dominant considering the fact that the imaginary boundaries of superiority/inferiority are deep rooted. Jharkhand is considered a land of forest where only adivasis exist. This superlative feeling is so profound that even the movie disparaged the girls from Jharkhand; why can’t the hero of the team be from Jharkhand? Why she is always from Chandigarh/Punjab or Haryana? I do appreciate the fact that Jharkhand is a backward state but then if this is the treatment meted out then who is going to encourage nationalistic feeling? Isn’t Jharkhand a part of India? Does only convent education guarantee quality? Does always beauty lead to success?
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by Sharique on August 18, 2007
by Sharique on August 15, 2007
A young street hawker, Shubamya, does an impromptu salute as he sells memento versions of the National flag at a traffic signal in New Delhi. [HT]
Indian can only shine completely if children like Shubamya can have access to schooling
by Sharique on August 8, 2007
I got an email for noreply@us.paypal.com asking me to confirm my account. The email looked so original that I clicked on it. Thanks to Firefox, it alerted me regarding certificate mismatch with paypal and thus I was able to avoid a big mistake. This is the email I got from paypal spoof team
Dear Sharique Ahmad,
Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails. The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team
is working to disable it.
I wanted to post so as to help others who might use google to search for this fake looking address.
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by Sharique on August 6, 2007
Displaying courage far beyond the call of duty, a petrol pump employee clings to a car whose owner tried to flee the filling station at Delhi Gate without paying for the petrol and lubricants he had bought on Sunday. The employee, Surinder Singh, was dragged for almost half a kilometre before being hit by another car. He suffered injuries to his arms, legs and face (right). The rogue car driver escaped. This photograph helped the police trace the car. The driver, identified as Yateesh Gupta, has been arrested and a case registered against him at IP Estate police station.
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