Archive for December, 2007

Skeletons In India’s Closet?

December 23, 2007
By amreekandesi

I occasionally come across stories/articles that send shivers down the spine This one shook me to the bones. Literally. This was about the awful hideous practice of illegal trade of a unique kind – of bones. Of real people. These people steal corpses from graves, and from cremation grounds. They then sell their souls...
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Keepin It Real

December 22, 2007
By amreekandesi

Dear Readers, Subject: I am not Dead This is for you the millions of you crazy people who read this blog and appreciate my writing, and adore me and dream about me and want to build temples for me and have come to expect so much of me. I have not been able to...
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Sadda Vicky

December 13, 2007
By amreekandesi
Sadda Vicky

Sadda Vicky… are baba apna Vikram Pandit. You don’t know him? He just became the CEO of Citi Group, known in Industry circles affectionately as Shiti Group. Another Indian does the country proud! haha…its funny when the media just jumps in on the achievements of Indians wherever they are. But then, at least he...
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Old Toys New Story

December 12, 2007
By amreekandesi

Back in the days when i was an 8th grader, we used to play cricket, have little parties, watch tv, and all that boring stuff. Apparently, that is passe now… An 8th standard kid(yes that would be about 13 years old) in a Gurgaon school shot to death a classmate. In cold blood –...
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Holy Crap!

December 8, 2007
By amreekandesi

In India (and else where) people find exotic woods to make the doors of their houses. Some doors are made of metal for enhanced security. Some doors are even made of glass, albeit the people living in those houses not being allowed to throw stones. But take this. Soon, you might actually be able...
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