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Rasheeda (L), 17, and her mother Nooran cry as they beg for help in Hyderabad, 160 km (100 miles) from Karachi February 26, 2007. Rasheeda whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to middle-aged relative. [Reuters]
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This is an ad appearing in newspapers, a public service ad by the Delhi Police. When I first saw this picture, my immediate attention went to that auto wala in the picture. 5 years of my stay in Chennai have made me hate them to the utmost degree. They look like extortionist to me. There have been very few occasions in which I happily parted out with the money. The meters are doctored so never ever go my meter in Chennai. Plus being non-Tamilian is a big factor, it basically multiplies the fare my 1.5 or even 2. There have been few incidents worth of a mention-
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Aishwarya Rai has already married thrice, once in Varanasi,then in Bangalore and finally in Ayodhya. Her husband on two occasions have been, most interestingly, not human but trees and a god’s idol on the third. The reasons, well they are purely mythological and puts me in a state of bewilderment that an educated and open minded liberal like her did all that (Amitabh’s family is deeply religious but I never expected them to go this far)
A calf with two faces is photographed Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at Kirk Heldreth’s dairy farm in Rural Retreat, Va. The calf, which was born Dec. 27, 2006, breathes out of two noses and has two tongues, which move independently, according to Heldreth. There appears to be a single socket containing two eyes where the heads split.
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Someone by the name Santhi Soundarajan isn’t sure of her gender. Or she is deliberately forcing people to consider her a woman because competition is easier compared to men. Anyway she even won a medal at the Doha games and now officials are in awe over this. Someone who wasn’t even selected for the Southern Railway team because of her controversial gender was selected in the Indian contingent to represent India at an international meet!
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