Aug 07, 2009 New York Edition Vol. 5 No. 10 Events   There are currently no upcoming events listed on our New York calendar. Click here for latest updates. Baitullah Killed Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsood was killed yesterday by a US drone, unconfirmed reports say. Mehsood is reputed to be behind the assassination of fmr. PM Benazir Bhutto. Sotomayor Confirmed The US Senate approved the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States with a 61-38 vote, Sen. Edward Kennedy absent. Clinton pulls it off Fmr. President Bill Clinton made a dash to North Korea and negotiated the release of two American woman journalists who were looking at a long stretch in a labor camp. In Quotes "[Russia has] a shrinking population base, a withering economy, a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years...I think we vastly underestimate the hand that we hold." VP Joe Biden What Recovery? What Economy? Everyone talks of the economic recovery, but is there still an economy to recover? Manufacturing has fled, as have large segments of the service sector. The debts are mounting and the defense budgets show no signs of looking back. If this portends recovery, as Paul Craig Roberts writes, then we have indeed moved to a virtual reality. More... Today, Henry Gates; Tomorrow, You! The beer bash at the White House -- an event a wag termed a Menage-a-Stella Artois -- is now over. While the traditional lines have been recited by both sides, the larger issue of citizen rights remains unaddressed, says Kelley B. Vlahos. More... The Zen Tiger Fareed Zakaria is a well-known commentator, the International editor of Newsweek and host of a Foreign Affairs program on TV. When he says the Indian elections were a ringing endorsement for the neo-liberal state, people listen. That, as Pubali Ray Chaudhuri writes, may be a problem, because Zakaria is dead wrong. In this article she refutes Zakaria's thesis. More... The Yard Sale of the Economy Leave it to Joe Bageant to lay it all out in black and white. A giant garage sale of the nation's assets has commenced, and who can say it is not required, given that we have been living far beyond our means and the bills are now coming due? As Gandhi said, quoting an Urdu poet, "Spring is a short season in the garden of the world. Enjoy the brave spectacle while it lasts". More... The Peasant Mutiny of 2009? The period of the past twenty years has seen a growing gap between the interests of urban and rural India. Will 2009 be the watershed marking the "Just Say No" by the peasants and the tribals to the exploitation of their lands and wealth?, asks Aseem Shrivastava. More... Compradors in C Minor What happens to a nation that disdains its own heritage and hankers after stray pieces of fashionable, often chintzy, exotica? In the past week, two doyens of Indian music, Gangubai Hangal, and DK Pattamal, passed away. The Indian press was far too busy covering Michael Jackson and AR Rahman's Oscar (still). Jawed Naqvi on the poverty of pride in India. More... The Commentators Richie Benaud is retiring. Veteran of the greatest test match ever played and in recent decades the most competent TV cricket commentator, the loss for cricket viewers is immense. It leads Aakar Patel to a reverie on the art of cricket narration. More... Movies     There are currently no Indian movies playing in New York. Updates... Giduism Today Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger." Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication. Identity Crisis? An Indian MP wants a special squad to deal with monkeys. The animals are quite numerous in the South Delhi area where many members of parliament also live. Animal protection activists say rampant growth of the city has depleted forest and natural cover which earlier provided food and shelter to the primates who are now forced to forage in densely populated areas.More... Great Balls of Fire? An English reveler at a Greek coastal resort received a swift punishment when he tried to misbehave with a young woman from Crete at a bar. More... About us |Submit articles |Advertise | Contact us |Subscribe FREE |Privacy Policy |Archives Copyright© indogram - the global Indian village in your neighborhood™