April 2014

Indian > Chinese > Koreans

A comment on US Homeland Security figures for temporary residents in 2011-12, sorting countries into temporary workers, students who will go home and exchange visitors, and noting that the first…

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Affidavit written in blood

A comment, with a news extract, on a Texas murder case in which a mother’s affidavit denies harming her child; the poster finds her behaviour not that of a normal…

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Dr Mattu (hero) vs. NHS (bully)

A comment, with a news extract, on a doctor who won a case against the NHS; the poster calls it a relief that British courts rescued a whistle-blower and says…

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(God like) humans replace (Toyota) robots

A comment, with a news extract, praising Toyota for putting skilled human craftsmen back into plants in place of robots, calling it a desperate but admirable fight against automation.

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Kargil War: mother of GPS

The author argues that India’s space programme is justified because the US denied GPS data during the 1999 Kargil War, driving an indigenous navigation system, while saying India spends too…

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Tech-savvy Santa(s) bearing rich gifts (votes)

A sardonic comment, with a news extract, on a malfunctioning voting machine in Sindhudurg that reportedly transferred all votes to the Congress candidate and was caught by voters.

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Jamia Hafsa (Lal Masjid) builds a new shrine

A comment, with a news extract, on Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad naming its library after Osama bin Laden; the poster remarks that one man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter and…

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“Dad, don’t worry. I’ve got a life vest on…”

A reflection, with a news extract, on the text messages of a teenage girl on the Sewol ferry telling her father she had a life vest on, and the comfort…

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Last night on the Desi web

Last night I saw two things of note with regards

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17/7 Rajputs for 24/7 defense (against China)

A comment, with a news extract, on the 17 Rajput battalion assigned to guard India’s north-eastern border with China, recalling its Second World War service against Japan at Kohima.

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