The U.S. would grant a patent to a piece of toilet paper. Just because the U.S. granted a patent, doesn’t mean it should be valid.
- Amar Lulla, CEO of Indian generics drugmaker Cipla
Source: Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2010
How the Pakistan Chutias View India:
Hinduon ki zahaniyat hi aisi hai.
bagal meN chhuri/ muuNh meN Ram Ram
(Source: Outlook)
Ha ha ha. And this from the whacko, Osama-loving, Taliban kissing, Jihadi nut-jobs who don’t have even a semblance of a government.
How the Bollywood Chutia Shah Rukh Khan Views Pakistan:
It’s a great neighbor to have. We’re great neighbors. They’re good neighbors. Let’s just love each other.
(Source: SRK’s interview with Prannoy Roy on NDTV)
Who’s the Bigger Chutia?
Guess, in the SRK universe our ‘good neighbors’ can come to our soil, massacre us repeatedly and still remain good neighbors.
We don’t know about you schmucks but we think Shahrukh Khan is the bigger Chutia here.
Yeah, yeah we’re talking about Vikram Pandit and Citigroup (of which Pandit is CEO).
Who else could it be when we refer to the greedy desi butcher, the bozo who fired tens of thousands while feeding like a pig at the trough. Vikram Pandit, of course.
This morning Shittygroup Citigroup announced full year 2009 results and as usual Vikram Pandit vomited all over the place.
Citigroup reported a loss of $1.6 billion (80 cents a share) for 2009. In the previous year, Citigroup lost $27.68 billion.
The fourth quarter 2009 net loss was $7.6 billion (33 cents per share), of which $6.2 billion was related to repaying the TARP loan to the U.S. government.
As we’ve said so many times, as long as the desi butcher Vikram Pandit – the moron actually boasts that firing 100,000 employees is ‘enormous progress’ in today’s press release – remains at the helm of the company, Citigroup has no future.
What are the odds that Vikram Pandit will still remain at the helm of Citigroup by the end of this year? Likely slim.
The man has been heading Citigroup for over two years and this is all he has to show for it – The hedge fund (Old Lane) that brought Vikram to Citigroup turned out to be a disaster, the man has butchered 100,000 employees, the fella tried to buy a new $50 million private jet and gorged like a pig on millions while presiding over billions in losses.
What a disgrace.
Veteran Kannada film actor Vishnuvardhan, who shot to fame with his memorable portrayal of the character Ramachari in the 1972 classic Nagarahaavu, died today of cardiac arrest in Mysore.
He was 59.
Although Vishnuvardhan acted in dozens of films in a 37-year career, he was best known for his role of the embittered young man Ramachari in the late director Puttana Kanagal’s Naagarahavu.
Even his name Vishnuvardhan owes to Naagarahaavu since that was the name Puttana Kanagal anointed him with around the time the movie was made (the actor’s original name was Sampath Kumar).
Some of Vishnuvardhan’s other prominent films include Sahasa Simha, Muthina Haara, Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu, Bandhana, Naagara Hole, Hombisilu and Apthamitra.
But for us and surely for millions of others, it’s Naagarahaavu that brings to mind Vishnuvardhan angrily marching on the ruins of the old Chitradurga fort as he whips out the song Haavina Dvesha.
Here’s an excerpt from SearchIndia.com’s review of Nagarahaavu.
Not merely a beautiful tragedy, Naagarahaavu (1972) is also a Kannada Cinemada Habba (a celebration of Kannada films).
A classic on many levels, Naagarahaavu ranks among the finest Indian movies made in the 1970s.
It’s that rare regional movie from India’s hinterlands where the acting, music and story jell, and join in unison to deliver an unforgettable masterpiece.
A rara avis, folks.
…..Set amidst the rocks of Chitradurga (a small town, about 200km north of Bangalore), Naagarahaavu is the story of a young man Ramachari (Vishnuvardhan) filled with hata, rosha, dvesha and pratikaara (stubbornness, anger, hatred and vengeance).
Schmucks, we’re not talking here of those skimpily clad Bollywood things swaying their hips and thrusting their pelvis forward in one of those crude Hindi film dances.
We’re speaking here of a real life Indian heroine, not the reel-life Bollywood or Kollywood bimbos.
Lost Cause
Given the rampant exploitation and injustice in India, we’ve often felt the country is a lost cause.
Beyond salvage.
But some valiant people soldier on, trying to make a difference in the lives of the miserable.
A short while ago, on CNN’s Global Dispatch program we watched Christiane Amanpour interview Indian activist Ruchira Gupta, one of those brave soldiers.
For several years, Ruchira has been working hard to combat the growing problem of sex trafficking in India, particularly of young girls.
Here’s an excerpt of what Ruchira Gupta said in the CNN interview a few minutes ago:
I have never seen the deliberate exploitation of one human being by another as I saw in a brothel in Bombay when I walked into a little room, which was 4×4 and saw the 10-year-old and 12-year-olds sitting on the bed….and 10 or 15 customers a night, raped repeatedly every night.
India has an estimated 1.3 million child prostitutes,
Our President Barack Obama disappointed us all mightily today.
At a morning press conference in the White House Rose Garden, President Obama said he’d accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
In his remarks, Obama justified his acceptance on the ground that the Nobel Prize is sometimes a means to give momentum to a set of causes.
Disappointed us all
Here’s what Obama said in his statement to reporters:
To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize.
Correct, Obama. You are nowhere in the league of the great leaders.
Obama also did not have the cojones to take questions from the press corps. Pussy.
Just as there’s little doubt that Obama is a welcome change in the White House after the eight years of misrule by the Republican idiot George W.Bush, there’s also little doubt that Obama has few achievements to his credit to merit the Nobel.
As many have pointed out, the Nobel is usually given to a person with a rich track record, not to an arriviste.
Obama has been in office for less than a year. Other than changing the tone of discussion, there’s been little concrete action so far that has significantly changed the lives of many for the better.
We are dismayed beyond belief.
Shame on you, Obama.
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