Get ready to uninstall Opera, Safari, IE and sadly Firefox too. Google Chrome is here and what a beast it is! After using every browser availabele on the net I had zeroed on the Firefox. It was my favourite browser till now but then came Google’s killer application…..It promised many innovations for the changing net …
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. [Applause] Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of …
To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially …
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ON THE AMERICAN PROMISE Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story – of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren’t well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. …
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On 15th of December 1953, when Potti Sriramulu succumbed to death not able to sustain 52 days of marathon fast that was undertaken to demand a separate state for Telugu speaking people, little did he realize that his death would become a launch pad for the dawn of Political Regionalism in India – that would …
The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) and the North Western Frontier Provinces (NWFP) were always been the breeding grounds of Taliban under the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) and Pak military supervision.
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, my copartners in Government, gentlemen-and ladies: The Constitution imposes upon me the obligation to “from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union.” While this has traditionally been interpreted as an annual affair, this tradition has been broken in extraordinary times. These are extraordinary …
By Vinay G B I live in a village, a beautiful village and I am very proud of it. India lives in villages, not one or two but in six lakh villages. Their collective conscience forms the soul of India. When these villages breathe India breathes, when they wilt India wilts. Each village has a …
By Mamatha Govianu Majority of the nations and their governments strive for the Development and welfare of its people. In a democratic setup such as ours It is our politicians- the representatives- the law makers, and the people who lay foundation for the development. And it is the Election Commission which is vested under Article …
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By Vinay If, on 22nd July Mr.Manamohan Singh manages to win the vote of confidence, he will be remembered by the generations to come not because he staked his government for the deal but because he withstood the onslaught of naysayer and stuck to the conviction that the deal was good for India. If on …
By Vinay History does not repeat for those people who have never read the history and for those people who are buried in the past. The most advanced nations of the contemporary world are still buried deep in the past, in their perceptions of the world order and disorder. They are blinded by their misconceptions …
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By Vinay Revolutions never cease to occur. Some revolutions transform the lives and some transgress the good. Political revolutions are difficult to predict and scientific revolutions are difficult to comprehend. Former decides the destiny and the latter defines the destiny. In 1989, when Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web while working at CERN (European …
Higher education in India needs urgent attention and massive reforms if India wants to become a Global leader tomorrow. National Knowledge Commission’s report must be implemented as soon as possible.
The speech that I love most from the pages of history is the one given by Jawaharlal Nehru addressing the first Constituent Assembly of sovereign India on 14th August, 1947. His speech is etched on the pages of world history as one of the best eloquence ever used. His magic words make me feel …
By Vinay We are living in the Asian Age. World is all praise for Asia. China and India are touted as the next superpowers. And everyone knows this story. Other Asian countries, especially Tiger economies are also not lagging behind in the race. World’s focus is on Asia now. What is that makes world take …
