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The Exorcism Of Susan By The Young Piyush Jindal

By Anantha ⋅ June 12, 2008 ⋅ 14 comments

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Via Boing Boing comes this amazing story about dark forces and spiritual healing, an incident that will be out of place on a Twilight Zone script. And we, at UberDesi would not have even batted an eyelid, [...]

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This Day in History: 1991

By Santosh ⋅ January 16, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

The Persian Gulf War begins. A U.S. led international coalition launched the First Gulf War a.k.a Operation Desert Storm primarily to remove Saddam Hussain’s invading forces from oil-rich Kuwait. The war ended in abject defeat for Saddam’s forces.
The Kuwait invasion mattered at that time because a number of Indian and South Asian expatriates suffered as [...]

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This Day in History: 2004

By Santosh ⋅ December 26, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Today marks the 3 year anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami that ravaged Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and other nations lining the Indian Ocean. [link]
The Indian Ocean Earthquake/Tsunami killed over half a million people and ranks among the top 10 natural disasters in modern history. Sambol, did some great work in raising money for those [...]

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This Day in History: 1992

By Santosh ⋅ December 6, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

I can’t believe its already been 15 years.
15 years ago, on this day mobs belonging to the BJP, Shiv Sena, VHP, RSS and other Hindu extremist groups tore down the Babri Masjid. This was followed by days of communal riots throughout the country, followed by another round in January 1993 triggered by the Radhabai chawl [...]

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British military tested poison gas on Indian soldiers in 1930s

By Santosh ⋅ September 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

There are some questions in life that seem paradoxical. Why are desis intent on making their skin lighter while goras suntan to make their skin darker?
Finally, we may have discovered the answer to this question - nerve gas. I read this story on numerous websites about the British military using Indian soldiers as guinea pigs [...]

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Japanese PM meets controversial Indian judge’s son

By Santosh ⋅ August 23, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his recent visit to India met with Pransanta Pal, the son of controversial judge Radhabinod Pal.
Radhabinod Pal - the controversial Indian judge
The meeting was controversial because Radhabinod Pal was the lone dissenting judges on a war crimes tribunal on Japanese war crimes (1,2,3). Pal was of the opinion that [...]

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India’s Heroes

By Santosh ⋅ August 15, 2007 ⋅ 8 comments

Before their now controversial list of villians, Outlook came up with a list of 50 heroes in post-Independence India.
As with any list, there are some great selections, surprise picks and some WTF picks. Instead of concentrating on the negatives, on the occasion of India’s 60th Independence Day, here’s a list of some underappreciated folks on [...]

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This Day in History 1945

By Santosh ⋅ August 6, 2007 ⋅ 8 comments

62 years ago, the United States of America on August 6th 1945 dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima and 3 days later on Nagasaki, effectively bringing an end to World War II.
The bomb killed around 80,000 people on the spot injuring another 35,000 while levelling the entire city within a matter of [...]

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On this day 32 years ago …….

By Santosh ⋅ June 12, 2007 ⋅ One comment

The high priestess of politics and corruption in India, Indira Gandhi, was found guilty of corrupt electoral practices by the Allahabad High court.
When members of the opposition, admittedly not any less corrupt, took to the streets to protest, she declared a state of emergency and clamped down on civil liberties including freedom of press [...]

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