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Shiv Sainiks perform puja at Taj Mahal
Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!After calling for Hindu suicide bombers, Thackeray’s people now want to anoint the Taj Mahal a Hindu temple. [TOI]
Taj Mahal is really Tejo Mahal per Shiv Senaimg: via NYT
In an attempt to reclaim the Taj Mahal as [...]
Knocked Up: Desi septuagenarian edition
Sri. Charan Singh Panwar and Smt. Omkari Panwar are proud parents of newborn twins. [Fox News]
Boldly going where no septuagenarians have ever gone beforeimg: via Fox News
Here’s the twist, Omkari Panwar is 70, and her husband, Charan Singh Panwar is …… 77! And the twins were produced through IVF treatments! Science is wonderful, even when [...]
The Summer of My Discontent
June has given way to July and what promises to be a long and hot summer. And I have had the dubious pleasure of watching a brutal, unforgiving presidential primary come to its end. Last time around , I was still a newbie , getting used to life in Amrika. This time I followed the [...]
Freed Indian prisoner sent back at border by babus
An Indian national, Ram Prakash, who was freed from a jail in Pakistan after 10 years on charges of spying, was denied entry into India by our bureaucratic babus for ‘not possessing valid travel documents’. As a result he had to go back into Pakistan where he was promptly jailed. All this because our babus [...]
WWII Nazi captured in India ?(UPDATE 2 )
In news that seems more like a film plot gone awry, news spread in India via email of an 88-year-old man alleged to be a former high-level Nazi officer being arrested by German and Indian authorities. Johann Bach alleged to be a manager of a concentration camp during WWII , fled Germany after the [...]
The Love Guru central: Were the protests misguided?
Does the movie “Love Guru” pick on Hinduism? It does use some references to some elements of Hindu origin but there are no direct references to the religion or any gods. Rajan Zed, leader of the protesting Hindus in the US, finally purchased a ticket and watched the movie.
[News Track India]
On the other hand, guru [...]
Gandhi’s statue placed next to a trash can …
… at Madame Tussauds and this is news, why? [Timesnow]
Break out the tissues, someone’s offendedimg: via TimesNow
And to top it, National Enquirer style news coverage by the TimesNow reporter who covered this non-story.
Two gems from the TimesNow writer:
In a shocking instance of apathy towards one of the greatest figures of peace and non-violence, Mohandas Karamchand [...]
Uber desi nominates worst parents ever- not!(Update 2)
From across the pond in England comes this story of unarguably the worst parents in the world.
A British couple, who travelled to India for fertility treatment, abandoned their twin babies in the UK because they wanted a male child.
The mother aged 59 and father, 72, conceived in India with fertility treatment and dumped [...]
An Indian Guantanamo?
This is a sub-plot to the Jaipur blasts that makes me somewhat uncomfortable. Being that Bangladeshi terror outfit HuJI is the prime suspect, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, went into CYA mode and revealed a conversation between her office and the Central Government’s Union Home Ministry in June 2007. The gist of the conversation: Raje [...]
Anatomy of a hooch tragedy
Hooch a.k.a desi a.k.a tharra a.k.a moonshine (illegal liquor) has claimed over 150 lives in South India wtih several others hanging in balance. [BBC]
Here is what happened:
1. Local elections held.
2. Historically, politicians bribe illiterate electorate with, among other things, liquor, to vote for them.
3. Local/state authorities, in their infinite wisdom since they know what is [...]
Roy’s world: Utopia or Disneyland?
A few days back a post showed up on my feedreader that raised some red flags for me. The post talks about this gentleman named Roy, who claims he voluntarily gave up everything to live in an eco-commune in Kerala, and I had a lot of issues with what Roy was preaching. I debated long [...]
Wedding gifts and WCs
I appreciate many things about life in the USA. Amongst these are great sanitation and wedding registries. I am one of those crackpots who cannot use the “facilities” unless they are up to par.(Remember George Costanza’s trip to India on Seinfeld? He simply didn’t go).
Wishing the couple a happy married life and plenty [...]
Mission Accomplished, not!
Remember the huge PR campaign that “Mission Accomplished” was? 5 years later, depending on your perspective and political leanings, it is either the biggest lie or biggest “no big deal” in the brief history of the 21st century. I prefer a desi word, “KLPD“. Following the aftermath of 9/11, the goodwill it generated for the [...]
Olympics and the freedom of choice
Much has been said about the Olympic torch relays and the fact that some people are calling for the torch bearers to boycott it to express solidarity with the Tibetans. I have a couple of things to say, things that seem to have been conveniently forgotten in all the politics and events of the past [...]
The Hindoos are coming! (UPDATE)
The #1 Most popular story on CNN.com today is titled ” Is Mike Myers’ new film asking for trouble?” with sub-headings :
- Mike Myers’ new film, “The Love Guru,” raising concern among Hindus
-”Guru” concerns spiritual leader offered money to solve love affair
- Hindus wondering if film mocks rituals, or whether it’s all just good fun
Excited [...]
Clinton’s $109 million includes desi donor
By now you’ve probably heard of the $109 million earnings of the Clintons since they left office in 2001, which some pundits predict could put the final nail in the coffin of a struggling Hillary Clinton campaign.
One the major donors of the Clintons’ fortune is InfoUSA founder, Vinod Gupta.
From TOI
An Indian-American technology entrepreneur, whose connections [...]
Bend it like Bhutia!
Bhaichung Bhutia - the captain of the Indian football ( aka soccer) team - has made a career out of - pardon the mixed sports metaphor - swimming against the tide.
Bhutia stands up for himselfimg: via Telegraph India
After all he is a sports hero to millions in India- a country where cricket [...]
Immigrants: First generation or not
I often refer to myself and my fellow FOBs* as “first generation” invariably leading to emails and passing remarks from friends and acquaintances questioning the validity of the term “first generation“. The other side of the aisle invariably argues that first generation refers to the first generation of children of immigrants. This is my opinion [...]
Indian Chicken Curry
Jug Suraiya blasts the Indian government’s lily-livered response to the Taslima Nasrin and Tibet issues. [link]
By stopping Tibetan protests on Indian soil, India has again failed to take a stance against the Chinese crackdown on Tibet. But Suraiya’s main beef seems to be with India’s handling of Taslima Nasrin (previously discussed on Über Desi 1, [...]
Indian students’ safety on US campuses
DNA India picked up on recent reports of deaths of Indian students in the US and ran a story/op-ed with the sensational headline “Are our children safe in the US?”. [link]
BBC followed up with an even more sensational headline “Insecurity grips Indian students in US”. [link]
As a background to this story, in the last 12 [...]
Turbans and a magical formula for veep
By now you’ve probably seen pictures of Barack Obama in a turban circulating the Internet. [link]
The target audience of the pictures of Obama in a turban is the bigoted section of the American population that views anyone in a turban in an unfavorable light. The Obama campaign alleges the pictures were sent by Hillary Clinton’s [...]
When Jodhaa met Akbar
(Note: Special thanks to Santosh for allowing me to write this one )
Jodhaa Akbar is like a cupcake : sweet, ornate, decorative but not substantial. In essence it is a love story but with swords, sand, elephants and lots of color. Ashutosh Gowariker’s labor of love /depiction of labored love -is a 3 and a [...]
Hindustan Times redefines ABCD
Über Desi is a group blog primarily brought to you by first generation desis. We still lovingly refer to other first genners as FOBs. But one thing we seldom do is refer to second generation desis as ABCDs. In fact, an instant search of UD, returned only 3 instances where the word had been used [...]
10 reasons I hate Valentine’s day
Image from Ella’s Dad
10. My local Safeway store looks like someone threw up Pepto-Bismol all over.Pink balloons, Pink Roses, Pink Ribbons - you get the idea !
9. Too much candy and chocolate - like romance, the sugar high lasts for a short while the inevitable crash lasts much longer.
8. Useless gifts - how [...]
Worshipping on taxpayer rupees
The Andhra Pradesh government will now pay Christians to visit Israel. [link]
The Andhra Pradesh government will subsidise pilgrimage trips for Christians who want to travel to Israel, officials said.
There are about 1.2 million Christians in the state, representing nearly 2 percent of the state’s population. Among them is Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy.
Lest we be [...]
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