BG Mahesh | Mahesh | mahesh.com » india http://www.mahesh.com Internet in India Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:57:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Elections: By-polls should be banned in India http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/31/elections-by-polls-should-be-banned-in-india http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/31/elections-by-polls-should-be-banned-in-india#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:02:09 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=722 ECI

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Rs 10,000 crore is going to be spent on General Elections 2009. For every election there is a ‘side effect’ in India – bypoll :-( I wrote a small piece on Oneindia.in about by-polls,

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/31/elections-by-polls-should-be-banned-in-india/feed 0 Should NSG first attack the TV cameras and politicians? http://www.mahesh.com/2008/11/28/should-nsg-first-attack-the-tv-cameras-and-politicians http://www.mahesh.com/2008/11/28/should-nsg-first-attack-the-tv-cameras-and-politicians#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:04:19 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=277 The Wall Street Journal has come down heavily on the UPA govt. I guess every international and domestic media house will attack the current government in the wake of these attacks in Mumbai.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2008/11/28/should-nsg-first-attack-the-tv-cameras-and-politicians/feed 0 I wish it was Wednesday, not Thursday.. http://www.mahesh.com/2008/11/27/i-wish-it-was-wednesday-not-thursday http://www.mahesh.com/2008/11/27/i-wish-it-was-wednesday-not-thursday#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:19:19 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=268 Today’s Mumbai hostage drama was a big blow to our democracy. I have written a small article about my thoughts, “I wish it was Wednesday, not Thursday” [Hindi], which has been published on Oneindia.in few minutes back…

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2008/11/27/i-wish-it-was-wednesday-not-thursday/feed 1 Happy Birthday India! http://www.mahesh.com/2008/08/15/happy-birthday-india http://www.mahesh.com/2008/08/15/happy-birthday-india#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:31:52 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=115 Today India celebrates it’s 61st Independence day and it happens to be a Friday, so it is a long weekend! At least in the urban world in India the long weekend has taken off.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2008/07/23/google-news-india-launches-tamil-channel/feed 0 Happy Republic Day.. http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/happy-republic-day http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/happy-republic-day#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:38:48 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/happy-republic-day While we were growing up as kids, I never recall we wishing each other “Happy Republic Day” or “Happy Independence Day”. It is very good to see the euphoria of these two holidays. Since morning there have been so many emails wishing everyone a “Happy Republic Day”. I received this email from my classmate Freddi,

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/happy-republic-day/feed 0 Hindu Gods bitten by telecom revolution in India http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/hindu-gods-bitten-by-telecom-revolution-in-india http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/hindu-gods-bitten-by-telecom-revolution-in-india#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:46:09 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/hindu-gods-bitten-by-telecom-revolution-in-india Yesterday I was reading about Bill Clinton running for President in 2008. The banner on that page was..hmm..you decide – funny/ok/offending/tasteless.

Hindu God Telecom

The banner is for promoting an atlas. Not sure what is the exact connection with Malaria.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2008/01/26/hindu-gods-bitten-by-telecom-revolution-in-india/feed 2 Technology SUCKS :-( http://www.mahesh.com/2007/06/10/technology-sucks http://www.mahesh.com/2007/06/10/technology-sucks#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:42:58 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=23 I guess I may get be fired for making such a statement, after all Technology is my bread earner! Hang on..

I read in the papers (Times, Deccan Herald etc) today about International Women’s Conference being held at Art of Living International Centre. Few statistics which will worry you (and me),

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2007/06/10/technology-sucks/feed 0 Why is it cool to bash India? http://www.mahesh.com/2007/05/30/why-is-it-cool-to-bash-india http://www.mahesh.com/2007/05/30/why-is-it-cool-to-bash-india#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 05:30:13 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=15 In October 2006 Dr. Vidyasagar asked me to read his article “Why are India’s Achievements So Little Known?“. Unfortunately I read it only today. A very well written article (as usual) from Dr. Vidyasagar. If you love India you got to read it..

This brings me to the point of the article. I believe the correct question to ask is not why it is so cool to hate India. Rather, we should ask: Why is it so easy to slander India and get away with it? My suggested answer is: Because one does not pay any price for doing so.

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