tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79505712600806909932024-02-18T19:51:07.081-08:00cosmicstardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-86331212832051548722011-07-15T21:10:00.001-07:002011-07-15T21:17:58.485-07:00Milly Dowler<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfvaG1enftSKFnigg2rPM6VrzFMKPLaJFf9rwrW6-gboctW7KqVx-yuYZPRK83I7YjqlA4KEgpiHmQN1hbbdbREDZ0vcGT4Al1wQBmKbcakJBC82C2-IG2c1G8WIU4dJdhh1FyaZmFjo/s1600/Milly_Dowler.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfvaG1enftSKFnigg2rPM6VrzFMKPLaJFf9rwrW6-gboctW7KqVx-yuYZPRK83I7YjqlA4KEgpiHmQN1hbbdbREDZ0vcGT4Al1wQBmKbcakJBC82C2-IG2c1G8WIU4dJdhh1FyaZmFjo/s320/Milly_Dowler.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629799527629634466" /></a><br /><div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Most people in the Indian subcontinent wouldn't know much about the hacking affair that has led to an upheaval in Rupert Murdoch's media empire, least of all about a murder of a teenage girl in Britain 11 years ago. This prompted me to look up the net on the Milly Dowler case that is one example of how journalists went overboard in their 'line of duty', wrecking in the process the News of the World a 'national <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid" title="Tabloid">tabloid</a> newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011, printing its last edition on 10 July...'<br /> <br /><br />Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World_phone_hacking_affair" title="News of the World phone hacking affair" class="mw-redirect">News of the World phone hacking affair</a></div> <p><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> reported on 4 July 2011 that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a> had discovered Dowler's voicemail had been accessed by journalists working for the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> and the newspaper's private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler#cite_note-42"><span>[</span>43<span>]</span></a></sup> During their ongoing investigation into that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World_phone_hacking_affair" title="News of the World phone hacking affair" class="mw-redirect">newspaper's phone hacking activities</a>, police detectives discovered that journalists had deleted some messages – potential evidence – in Dowler's voicemail box because it was full; that freed up space for new messages, which they could listen to. The deletions misled family and friends into thinking that Dowler was still alive.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler#cite_note-43"><span>[</span>44<span>]</span></a></sup> Dowler's parents announced via their solicitor that they would pursue a claim for damages against the <i>News of the World</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler#cite_note-44"><span>[</span>45<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler#cite_note-44"><span></span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler"><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The determination of the people and the police in western countries to bring to justice criminals is simply amazing. The link to the Dowler case</span>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler</a></sup></p>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-41372786848924115952011-07-03T13:46:00.001-07:002011-07-03T13:46:43.467-07:00Marina Tsvetaeva still lives!<div id=":cg" class="ii gt"><div id=":ch"><div> <div> <h4><a href="http://whitewings.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/10/toon-mainu-pyaar-kita-si-marina-tsvetaeva-in-punjabi.htm" target="_blank">toon mainu pyaar kita si - Marina Tsvetaeva in Punjabi</a></h4><span> Posted on Oct 15 2009 </span><br><div> toon mainu pyaar kita si - Marina Tsvetaeva in Punjabi toon mainu pyaar kita si tera pyaar sachcha lagda si tera jhoot sachcha lagda si tera pyaar sab de pyaar ton uchcha si tera pyaar akaal tak lagda si hun toon haath hawaa wich phila phila ke mainu</div><span>420 Views </span><a href="http://whitewings.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/10/toon-mainu-pyaar-kita-si-marina-tsvetaeva-in-punjabi.htm#comment" target="_blank">Leave a comment</a><span><a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/" target="_blank"><strong>Tags:</strong></a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=marina%20tsvetaeva" rel="tag" target="_blank">marina tsvetaeva</a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=poetry" rel="tag" target="_blank">poetry</a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=punjabi%20translation" rel="tag" target="_blank">punjabi translation</a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=russian%20poetry" rel="tag" target="_blank">russian poetry</a> </span> </div> </div> <h4><a href="http://whitewings.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/10/you-loved-me-marina-tsvetaeva-in-urdu.htm" target="_blank">You Loved me - Marina Tsvetaeva in Urdu</a></h4><span> Posted on Oct 14 2009 </span><br><div> You Loved me - Marina Tsvetaeva in Urdu tu ne mujh se mohabbat ki thee. tumaray jhoot main teri safaai thee - har jhoot main teri sachaaee thee. koi bhi dewaana aisa na thaa jiski mohabbat is se bhuland thee. aisa lagta thaa tumari mohabbat waqat se bhi</div><span>568 Views </span><a href="http://whitewings.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/10/you-loved-me-marina-tsvetaeva-in-urdu/comments.htm" target="_blank"> comments (1) </a><span><a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/" target="_blank"><strong>Tags:</strong></a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=love" rel="tag" target="_blank">love</a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=marina%20tsvetaeva" rel="tag" target="_blank">marina tsvetaeva</a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=poetry" rel="tag" target="_blank">poetry</a> <a href="http://blogs.sulekha.com/tags/tag.aspx?tag=urdu/english%20translation" rel="tag" target="_blank">urdu/english translation</a> </span> </div></div> stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-69674972519073028532011-06-27T12:39:00.000-07:002011-07-03T13:20:36.184-07:00Maria Tsvetaeva's love life (in Hindi)How or why is it that such accomplished writers/poets/philosophers like<a href="http://pratibhakatiyar.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=50"> Marina Tsvetaeva</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Tsvetaeva">, </a>Boris Pasternak and Rainer Maria Rilke and Sophia Parnok and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir">Simone de Beauvoir</a> were so openly bisexual in the conservative times that they lived? Simone was known to have had underage female lovers. And she along with other intellectuals later petition for the abolition of all age of consent laws in France. Today, pedophilia is a serious crime.<br />Simone among other books wrote <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Second Sex</span>, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism. She is also noted for her lifelong <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamorous" title="Polyamorous" class="mw-redirect">polyamorous</a> relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre" title="Jean-Paul Sartre">Jean-Paul Sartre</a>.<br /><br /><br />Pratibha Katiyar in her blog:<a href="http://pratibhakatiyar.blogspot.com/"> Pratibha ki duniya</a> has devoted herself to converting from the English translation the gist of the correspondence of some of these writers.<br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://pratibhakatiyar.blogspot.com/2011/07/7.html">रिल्के, मरीना और एक सिलसिला... 7</a> </h3> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8599406076981452750"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;" ></span><br />इधर मरीना बिगड़ते हुए हालात को संभालने के लिए खुद को गहन दुख में डुबोने तक को तत्पर थी, उधर उसके भीतर का प्रेम हर लम्हा उसका जीना मुहाल किए था. वो यूं तो रिल्के को कोई पत्र नहीं लिख रही थी लेकिन असल में हर वक्त वो रिल्के से अनकहे संवाद में थी. आखिर तमाम वादों, चीजों को संभालने की उसकी जिद, किसी को दु:ख न देने की प्रबल इच्छाशक्ति पर प्रेम ही भारी पड़ा और उसने 3 जून को रिल्के को एक पत्र लिख ही दिया.<br /><br />माई डियर राइनेर,<br />तुमने एक बार अपने किसी पत्र में लिखा था कि अगर मैं कभी गहन खामोशी में चला जाऊं और तुम्हारे पत्रों का जवाब न दूं, तब भी तुम मुझे लिखती रहना. मैंने इस बात का अर्थ यूं लिया मेरे प्रिय कि तुम्हें एक खामोश राहत की दरकार होती है जिसमें तुम आराम कर सको. मैंने खामोशी की वही राहत तुम्हें पिछले दिनों अता की. उम्मीद है अब तुम अपनी शान्ति को जी चुके होगे और मेरे पत्रों का बेसब्री से इंतजाऱ कर रहे होगे.<br />मेरे प्रिय, तुम्हारा साथ मुझे आकाश की ऊंचाइयों तक ले जाता है और मेरे भीतर की समंदर की गहराइयों तक भी. तुमसे मिलना है खुद से मिलना और मिलना समूची कायनात से. जब मैं तुमसे बात नहीं कर रही होती हूं, असल में मैं तब भी तुमसे ही बात कर रही होती हूं. मैं तुमसे मिलना चाहती हूं रिल्के. मिलकर तुम्हें बताना चाहती हूं कि एक व्यक्ति किस तरह दूसरे व्यक्तिव का हिस्सा हो जाता है. जैसे कि तुम हो चुके हो. रात की गहन नीरवता में तुम्हें हर पल अपने करीब पाती हूं रिल्के और खामोशी के बियाबान में खुद को गुमा देती हूं.<br />उम्मीद है तुम अच्छे होगे.<br />प्यार<br />मरीना<br /><br />यह पत्र मरीना ने रिल्के को लंबे अरसे बाद लिखा था और इसमें उसका रिल्के के प्रति प्रेम एक आवेग के रूप में बह निकला था. इस पत्र में उसने बोरिस के साथ घटनाक्रम का कोई जिक्र नहीं किया. हां, यह जरूर है कि इस पत्र को लिखने के बाद उसने एक लंबी पीड़ा से मुक्ति पाई.<br />एक तरफ मरीना रिल्के को पत्र लिखकर राहत महसूस कर रही थी और दूसरी ओर उसके भीतर यह उधेड़बुन जारी थी कि उसे बोरिस के साथ घटे घटनाक्रम के बारे में रिल्के को बताना चाहिए. आखिर 14 जून को उसने रिल्के को फिर से पत्र लिखा.<br /><br />सुनो रिल्के,<br />न जाने क्यों मुझे लग रहा है कि मैं बहुत बुरी हूं. बहुत ही बुरी. पिछले दिनों की मेरी लंबी खामोशी इसी अहसास के चलते थी रिल्के. बोरिस को लगता है कि तुम्हें पत्र लिखकर और तुम्हारे करीब आकर मैंने उसे कोई धोखा दिया है. राइनेर...मैं सचमुच बुरी हूं मैंने उसका दिल दुखाया और पिछले पत्र में तुमसे इस बात का जिक्र भी नहीं किया. असल में मैं जब तुमसे बात करती हूं तो तुम्हें और खुद को खास और एकान्तिक माहौल में रखना चाहती हूं जहां हमें किसी और का ख्याल, कोई और बात छू भी न सके. लेकिन यह तो ठीक नहीं है ना राइनेर, तुम्हारे और मेरे बीच सब पानी की तरह साफ होना ही चाहिए इसीलिए आज तुम्हें यह पत्र लिख रही हूं. मैं अपनी जिंदगी में झूठ के लिए कोई जगह नहीं रखना चाहती हालांकि मेरे हिस्से में बहुतों के झूठ आये हैं, फिर भी. राइनेर, रिश्तों की ईमानदारी और सच्चाई पर विश्वास करती हूं. उम्मीद है तुम अपनी मरीना को समझ सकोगे.<br />प्यार<br />मरीना<br />(जारी...)<br /></div> </div> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">Pratibha Katiyar</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> </span>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-77680608597755699212011-02-16T20:03:00.001-08:002011-02-16T20:13:40.819-08:00Lucknow University Students Club<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagVLp9l6SZSQq6kccNzqgj_8TY7bxlqNEpn_rGGwFpJOEfB7MLpy3m6qWjlsAU7pPTmkuX3W5q4M1nI_GHYRJGYK39MPgtjIs4edIyy6drS9N2NaVkhUL1iBG_rkqWbz-s-YFFVe8VGA/s1600/feb16.11+002-726187.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagVLp9l6SZSQq6kccNzqgj_8TY7bxlqNEpn_rGGwFpJOEfB7MLpy3m6qWjlsAU7pPTmkuX3W5q4M1nI_GHYRJGYK39MPgtjIs4edIyy6drS9N2NaVkhUL1iBG_rkqWbz-s-YFFVe8VGA/s320/feb16.11+002-726187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574504310237117810" border="0" /></a></p>February 17, 2011.<br /><br />This decrepit building located in Narhi under the Hazratganj area of Lucknow is a recreation club of the Lucknow University. It is known that a tent house that supplies all the necessary paraphernalia for fetes, weddings et cetera uses the compound as its base.<br />It's not known when or whether this place ever functioned as a students club. This has been highlighted in newspapers before but nothing has been done to improve the situation.<br />Does this prove that today's students don't need the type of recreation that such a club could provide. Now this building is located a few km from the university campus. Recently, a report of the rundown condition of the LU gymnasium, located on the campus, showed where the root of the rot lies.stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-56109903701855644322010-01-18T06:34:00.000-08:002010-01-18T06:42:20.604-08:00Texting and driving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFX9R9OkEUFma9LNHHyk6pY09VbmuzyipXyyPhrUL9kWoggxmo9F0Au25Chd71hLfRxYiP5TzZjtgxmdf2tOVAxDEMkFj7cxxDomp2jERdyNPuY1pkDiXUZFBowgT8p6PDCfnWufUfHo/s1600-h/acc1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428089756945211122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFX9R9OkEUFma9LNHHyk6pY09VbmuzyipXyyPhrUL9kWoggxmo9F0Au25Chd71hLfRxYiP5TzZjtgxmdf2tOVAxDEMkFj7cxxDomp2jERdyNPuY1pkDiXUZFBowgT8p6PDCfnWufUfHo/s320/acc1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLzGG52nNX9w3hKeLbRBPk7IhSQQikEqOS2VsBtpZnEYFxLCecTSlHD6M0Do_JE4-uhd0DXjAds6VjO4LzosNuNE00Il78Bghr1WsMgdlfXJ3GICmZor5Adhc8IfAXOxCPG6RKHJkQ_I/s1600-h/acc3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428089046114383426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLzGG52nNX9w3hKeLbRBPk7IhSQQikEqOS2VsBtpZnEYFxLCecTSlHD6M0Do_JE4-uhd0DXjAds6VjO4LzosNuNE00Il78Bghr1WsMgdlfXJ3GICmZor5Adhc8IfAXOxCPG6RKHJkQ_I/s320/acc3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br />WARHING you may not be able to stomach the next pic.<br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This guy was texting a friend when he crossed the center line!!!!</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br />WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE TEXTING OR USING YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING?<br />This is the last few feet of a car that hit a semi head on!!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPbp0jE-Z_ch4No0SltfYTrXEtkbHp3ExJY3f-ECMujMf3UClbNtN1cNbGoqAKKaHIPg-Mm0dh-utiJqwieJcVK-lOKRnE3LftOb1Sv-YzZb2FdB62-oHmslGpZSCQcnXbRXZYo6tyz4/s1600-h/acc4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428088490310530546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPbp0jE-Z_ch4No0SltfYTrXEtkbHp3ExJY3f-ECMujMf3UClbNtN1cNbGoqAKKaHIPg-Mm0dh-utiJqwieJcVK-lOKRnE3LftOb1Sv-YzZb2FdB62-oHmslGpZSCQcnXbRXZYo6tyz4/s320/acc4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-29766293288542517332009-11-03T20:59:00.000-08:002009-11-03T21:03:38.466-08:00We endanger others<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5TvLvRIanh_m2QIuMAFfdLPnDxyL7iGFgANFdAmtc-vT2Td3Ew09Vf5-QUvpkzXIZresfninUijd4glqcIazz0JJ55BRTTlFhdfmFx9Wv7ku7UjUYtUQhDln3NZBwhOZecLdJVTpBS8/s1600-h/ATT00003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400109582637523618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5TvLvRIanh_m2QIuMAFfdLPnDxyL7iGFgANFdAmtc-vT2Td3Ew09Vf5-QUvpkzXIZresfninUijd4glqcIazz0JJ55BRTTlFhdfmFx9Wv7ku7UjUYtUQhDln3NZBwhOZecLdJVTpBS8/s200/ATT00003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A driver's foolishness, very common all over the world, led to the death of the two occupants of the car and the motorcyclist.</div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-30509826013971632982009-11-03T20:51:00.000-08:002009-11-03T20:57:37.400-08:00Do you see the motorcycle?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsnXvqh_2dhXpet04scJsfHX63l5tuXtwRhFFnhI9_v7MRcGPxexpLC97oyxuHealGrW1diWjZ78oirNMFIuL3mTzodPmKRBcutOOZIVi_0ChZAxf7TLmjut52pyMgBNdW3nTrvZrx2U/s1600-h/ATT00001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400108028766746178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsnXvqh_2dhXpet04scJsfHX63l5tuXtwRhFFnhI9_v7MRcGPxexpLC97oyxuHealGrW1diWjZ78oirNMFIuL3mTzodPmKRBcutOOZIVi_0ChZAxf7TLmjut52pyMgBNdW3nTrvZrx2U/s320/ATT00001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A motorcycle travelling at 85 mph hit a car whose driver, while talking on the phone, swerved out from a side street into its path. The motorcycle smashed right into the vehicle. Naturally the motorcyclist and the two occupants of the four-wheeler died on the spot.</div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-74346271838926833202009-11-03T20:46:00.000-08:002009-11-03T20:50:18.700-08:00Talking and driving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcB_aysbr0a6pJUY53kVfHGpCi42CVys8S8FL7aWMJk5VTqPjtkRS9nX3W5whRE21tja-c1avo95qSqnk4YSQLoXTh_IAJRnjYL8TlWZgNSYQ2jdduXo4vKhkVhygWqgqZVYPDuY7woQ/s1600-h/ATT00004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400106028909633954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcB_aysbr0a6pJUY53kVfHGpCi42CVys8S8FL7aWMJk5VTqPjtkRS9nX3W5whRE21tja-c1avo95qSqnk4YSQLoXTh_IAJRnjYL8TlWZgNSYQ2jdduXo4vKhkVhygWqgqZVYPDuY7woQ/s320/ATT00004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This crash was put on display to educate the public on the dangers of driving while talking on the cell phone and texting messages.</div>stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-67963354414167829902009-10-05T11:22:00.000-07:002009-10-05T11:32:06.827-07:00GBS telling the truthThere was one interesting quotation on speaking the truth by Shaw that went something like: My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world."<br />However, experience shows that people find it easier to tell lies. Perhaps I'm a lazy chap because I know that if I tell a lie it means, if it is important enough to be questioned, I will have to tell several more to cover up the first one and that is what I can't do.stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-47137005289780409332009-07-13T00:38:00.001-07:002009-07-13T00:38:03.588-07:00Trial runChecking out how this works stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-45091954982257242022009-07-13T00:00:00.000-07:002009-07-13T00:25:07.936-07:00End of statue `fixing'<strong>Published in Capital Notebook of</strong> <em>The Times of India</em> <strong>dated July 17, 2000</strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">`Our leaders are not traffic constables'</span><br />The End of Statue Fixing<br />Statue fixing finally seems to be on its way out with the housing and urban development minister Lalji Tandon announcing that no statue shell henceforth be installed at traffic intersections. The minister made the announcement while unveiling a bust of Munshi Newal Kishore on Friday. This, he said, was being done as our great leaders were not traffic constables! City folks, however, have already been made traffic constables? After all, Bhimrao Ambedkar is there at Charbagh while Maharana Pratap `controls' Hussainganj. Likewise, there's Rabindranath Tagore at IT crossing, Suhel Dev Rajbhar at the Nur Manzil trisection and Uda Devi at the Sikanderbagh crossing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Note:</strong><br />Since 2000 we have seen a lot of change in Lucknow with statues, colossal ones at that crowding the city. Saying that our leaders are not traffic constables is true. What no one understands is that these same leaders who are being venerated `in stone of bronze' would have themselves been against the waste of money involved.stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-4944287117422590152009-06-28T02:27:00.000-07:002009-06-28T02:33:05.827-07:002,700 crore on memorialsWhile the Supreme Court will be taking up the issue of Lucknow's memorials that have crossed the Rs 2000 crore in costs not counting the demolition of a stadium to add to the memorial, what is surprising is that when this was being planned nobody took up the matter. What can be done now that the money has been spent? What can be done with 60 life-size elephants and the numerous other statues? They simply have to remain.stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-2385193912835273612009-05-18T06:00:00.000-07:002009-05-18T06:33:43.835-07:00Elections are over<span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;">The little man goes back to work</span> May 18, 2009<br />All the excitement is over and the UPA gets to form the government. Thankfully this is without having to work with a sword dangling over its head. The nation, rather the whole world, watched last year when the nuclear deal had to be passed, witnessing all the <em>natak </em>(drama) in Parliament. Now one can expect some smooth governance with the country progressing at a comfortable pace. The opposition, unlike in the past, should provide some balance to help keep the Union Government on track and not place boulders in the way to derail it. If anything this election has proved that the people cannot be fooled much longer. They will now be watching what the government does as well as what the opposition parties in Parliament are doing. A party that can recognise the good being done by the government is a party that will be respected and remembered in the next election. On the other hand the Congress Party should build upon the present success and get back to Uttar Pradesh where it had been all but forgotten.<br />Now, the little man who didn't really stop working during the election perion, as he cannot afford to, works harder.stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950571260080690993.post-40915944828062498452009-05-10T02:59:00.000-07:002009-05-10T03:03:42.176-07:00This is something more I didn't know10 May, 2009.<br />How can one get a blog without even starting one? Or does it mean that it's that easy now to start one?stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09828268093079984885noreply@blogger.com0