View of the Oregon coast along US 101
Submitted by bill on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 19:44. photographs travel travel photosSunset in Yachats Oregon
Submitted by bill on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 19:39. photographs travel travel photosWHAT IS WRONG WITH US IN INDIA?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sun, 08/17/2008 - 06:29. Alexander Chankya Chinkhilij Khan corruption hyderabad Ja nd K Kautilya Magadh Marshal Tito MK Gandhi NAM nasser Nehru Nizam Patel robert clive Salabat ung subhas Sukarno Terrorsim UNO usa USSROn the political front, India basically suffers from the self-glorification as a world peacemaker and apostle of peace. It beats it’s drum as the world peacemaker although it fought many wars with Pakistan and continues to fight in Jammu and Kashmir ( J & K) a proxy war. It is fighting many separatist outfits in North Eastern front apart from the militant communists all over the country except in few states. Yet it claims as the land of peace. With departed MK Gandhi in backdrop as father of nation, many acclaim it as a unique nation that won freedom by non-violence and admired India. During the tenure of Pundit (Enlightened) Jawaharlal Nehru, the first and much acclaimed Prime Minister, it founded Non Aligned Movement (NAM) along with President Sukarno of Indonesia, Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, Charismatic President Gamel Abdel Nasser of Egypt and preached world peace and some world nations joined the out fit. Most of these nations were insignificant and poor nations and had no say on world affairs. They were just clapping crowd and trying to find some identity on world forums. Super powers had their own inhibitions about NAM and cared hoots to it. John Dulles the famous Secretary of State, USA in the past called Non alignment as a sin much to the indignation of the NAM leaders who fumed and fretted..................
Politics As Usual
Submitted by bill on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 16:33. politics sea lionsHere's a picture of politics sea lion style, in honor of our current, "presumptive" presidential nominees.
Standing on pier 39 in San Francisco watching the sea lions vie for whatever, reminded me of the presidential campaign currently afire in the USA. Beyond the growls and barks; beyond the philosophical semaphores; the embedded message on each side is as simple as this: "I want to win."
