AK Hangal and Unmukt Chand unmask our two-facedness

On a day when the government should have offered condolences on the death of AK Hangal – one of the pioneers of Indian cinema – the Rajya Sabha was thumping the desks congratulating India’s win at the under-19 cricket World Cup. Vice-president Hamid Ansari, who chairs the RS, was quoted as saying: “This victory has added another feather in the crown of Indian cricket”. It appears that Indian cricket is a naked bird which is in dire need of feathers to cover itself up. No one seems to realize that it already has too many feathers which will one day make it too heavy to fly.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/ak-hangal-and-unmukt-chand-unmask-our-two-facedness/2288/

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Is Apple’s victory over Samsung a threat to innovation?

The survival of any business is ensured by innovation. Samsung’s defeat, or should we say Apple’s victory, is a monumental hurdle in the path of innovation itself and therefore threatens the survival of business. The jury in the US court where Apple and Samsung locked horns for one of the biggest legal battles decided in favour of Apple which meant that Samsung had ‘stolen’ certain key-features in both software and hardware from the company founded by the late Steve Jobs. The US jury has ruled that as alleged by Apple, Samsung also copied the designs of iPad and iPhone.


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VVS Lakshman was the Ram of Indian cricket

For a moment imagine what would have happened if Lakshman had never been there in the Ramayana. Would there have been a Ramayana at all? Not at all. But the story of the Indian cricket team is very different from what was written by the great sage Valmiki in the Treta Yuga. The writers of this story never felt the need of a Lakshman but were forced to feature him in some chapters because of his sheer brilliance. To these writers, it makes no difference to the Indian cricket team whether or not VVS Lakshman wields the willow.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/vvs-lakshman-was-the-ram-of-indian-cricket/2250/

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The way to escape greed

We are all driven by aspirations. In this day and age, we want to remain ahead of each and every person we know or we do not know. We want all the pleasures of life – the swanky car, the huge mansion, the glittering accessories and the uber cool lifestyle. We want them all and we will do whatever we can to get them; even adopt unjust, immoral or unethical means. Our desire to remain ahead of everyone in all things material transforms us into machines devoid of the sense of right and wrong. But we are so blinded by our aspirations that to us whatever we do is right. We expect the other person to do the same, don’t we?
But why are we such?

To know the answer, read the complete article here:

http://www.newsyaps.com/the-way-to-escape-greed/2245/

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Why is India silent?

In a democracy (if we still call ourselves that), the power of the people is supreme. We know that the government is at fault, corruption has eaten our country and there are more religious leaders than there are social reformers. But strangely, we are all silent. We treat every incident individually. So if Assam burns, we ignore that as a problem to be handled by the people of the northeast alone. Whether the Biharis are targeted in Maharashtra or the exodus of the northeasterners, the rest of India remains silent. Something has gone very wrong in the last couple of decades that India has come to a stage where a section of the population fears for its life in a part of the country and flees to another part of the country for safety.


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http://www.newsyaps.com/exodus-of-northeasterners-why-is-india-silent/2241/

P.S: The last line of the article written yesterday is especially significant because it is exactly what has happened in the morning newspapers today.

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Independence Day: Is there anything new?

We are too great to pen down in mere words. Thus we Indians are not surprised that every year on Independence Day we have the same stories repeating themselves. The President congratulates the nation every year for surviving a difficult year. The Prime Minister makes an address to the nation which sounds similar to the one he delivered last year. The national flag is hoisted everywhere but often the saffron turns to orange. It is no different to students in school who sing the national anthem everyday just like they half-heartedly rote their subjects. To the office-goers, it a holiday which means going to the theaters to catch up on the latest release and to the businesses it is an opportunity to make more money.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/independence-day-of-a-positive-indian/2218/

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Article on Fareed Zakaria

There are many Fareed Zakaria’s in the world of media. If you do not know their names, it is because they steal from unknown sources. They say that you are not a thief until you are caught. Zakaria was simply foolish to have lifted off from a well-known historian and therefore caught in the act. But Fareed Zakaria should not be called dishonest because what he did has been created by the environment in which he works.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/fareed-zakaria-is-a-product-of-his-environment/2192/

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A letter to Krishna on Janmashtami

My Lord, your world is nearing its end. From up there, you must be getting a clearer picture of what is going on down here. Can’t you see that the voice of the truth is regularly silenced by those very unrighteous individuals you so successfully annihilated when you last arrived? This world has many Kansas and innumerable Duryodhanas who are ably assisted by thousands of Shakunis in their evil deeds. The Kansa you killed was responsible for the deaths of the children born to your mother Devaki before your arrival. The modern-day Kansas kill children by subjecting them to work as labourers and/or trafficking them into the dark alleys of prostitution.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/lord-krishna-it-is-time-for-a-new-janmashtami/2183/

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Hunger games: Talk on cellphones to forget hunger

‘Har Hath Mein Phone’ appears nothing but a stupid gimmick, a cheap political stunt in the world’s biggest democracy. But there is another side to it too. Much of India is full of people who are myopic; they see the immediate benefit and fail to see or intentionally overlook the long-term complications. This is what happened with the 1991 economic liberalization. India progressed but humans didn’t develop. India continues to remain trapped in its “need to uphold tradition” mentality and “need to go modern” approach. Those falling in the BPL category or hanging just above it may be too impoverished to fund education for their children but there are many from the same category who will buy cheap liquor. Thus was born the idea of freebie.....

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 http://www.newsyaps.com/hunger-games-talk-on-cellphones-to-forget-hunger/2170/

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