2014

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Heart-bleed cyclone devastates Mums (and babies)

A warning, with a news extract, about the Heartbleed bug after the British parenting website Mumsnet said users’ login data had been accessed before it applied a fix.

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NDTV projects clear majority for NDA!!!

A comment, with a news extract, on an NDTV poll projecting 275 seats for the NDA; the poster is unconvinced, estimates 200-230, and hopes Mamata Banerjee stays out of any…

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$70 Bil (from coolies) for Motherland

A comment, with a news extract, on India topping global remittances at $70 billion, more than its software exports; the poster asks why better opportunities are not created at home…

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Sikhs (15th Ludhiana infantry) save Sahibs

The poster notes that Britain gained hugely from Indian soldiers in the world wars and that a few words of gratitude would be welcome, citing David Cameron’s praise for a…

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Desert ports (Singapore dreams)

A comment on desert ports such as Duqm, Chabahar and Gwadar as rival strategic assets, noting India’s talks on a deep-sea gas pipeline with Iran and Oman and speculating that…

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Modi-Mao: may a thousand shakhas bloom

A comment, with a news extract, on a surge in RSS shakhas, which the poster calls the real Modi effect, warning that polarisation is bad for the country and for…

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Losing my (muslim) religion (voting for BJP)

A comment, with a news extract, on clerics’ conflicting advice to Muslims about voting for the BJP, which the poster reads as showing Shia-Sunni divisions that could help Modi in…

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Persiana

A recommendation of Sabrina Ghayour’s Persian cookbook Persiana for its simple, no-frills recipes, with an extract from a newspaper profile of her London kitchen.

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Problem solved: 500 rapists, 499 innocent

A comment, with a news extract, on French police DNA-testing over 500 students and staff after a rape, which the poster says gives no real choice and risks matches to…

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Nigeria

A bitter comment, with a news extract, on twin Boko Haram bombings at a bus station outside Abuja that killed 71 people, showing the group’s attacks have reached the Christian-majority…

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