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Category Archives: India
I want you, so you’re fired
According to the Iowa Supreme Court, you can be fired by your boss, without cause, if he wants to have sex with you but doesn’t tell you. It isn’t considered sexual harassment. It’s family values. (From AP via TPM): The … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Back in the USA, Business, India, Law, Pseudo science, Religion, Sexuality
Tagged Civil Rights Act of 1964, India, Iowa Supreme Court, Lamborghini
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Failed states
Foreign Policy magazine put up a fascinating listing last month ranking failed states, or nations on the brink of collapse. There are a number of stories on why states are failing (Somalia clocks in at No. 1) and details on … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Back in the USA, China, Europe, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, North America, Politics, Poverty, Terrorism, U.K.
Tagged Failed state, Finland, Foreign Policy, Fund for Peace, Somalia, United States
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Stop the presses
Newspapers are consolidating, circulation is declining and jobs for reporters are shrinking. One news organization in California is even outsourcing local news reporting to India. What else could go wrong? One example of this new, super-capable form of artificial intelligence … Continue reading
Posted in India, Journalism, Science and Technology, Sports
Tagged ArtificialIntelligence, India, Skynet, StatSheet
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Coming attractions: in overdrive
There’s a new science fiction movie in India called “Enthiran,” and the trailer is absolutely insane: Here’s the thing: How can any filmmaker keep this kind of action up for two hours? In trailers, you get brief glimpses of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, India, Movies, Science and Technology
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Stolen kisses in India
India is the world’s largest film producer, having overtaken the U.S. back in the 1970s, but other than the crossover Academy Award winning “Slumdog Millionaire” we Americans aren’t very familiar with what the country produces. A couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading
Posted in India, Movies, Religion, Sexuality
Tagged Anushka Sharma, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Richard Gere, Shahrukh Khan, Slumdog Millionaire
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