Sep 9, 2007 New York Edition Vol. 1 No. 3 Events   There are 31 upcoming events listed in our New York calendar. Click here for calendar. Khabar-dar -Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, returns tonight from eight years in exile. The Musharraf government has threatened to arrest him and revive all the cases against him. But Sharif is hopeful the Supreme Court will let him contest the polls.With Benazir Bhutto having buried the hatchet with Musharraf, events in Pakistan promise to be even more stirring than the 20-over series! Why we Oppose the Nuclear Deal Three nonpoliticians, public servants who have founded, driven and led non-party organizations for social change,speak out against the US-India Nuclear Deal. In a brief but powerful essay, Sandeep Pandey, Aruna Roy and Medha Patkar explain why they think this deal is bad for India. More... Little Minds and Large Empires "Of all words by pen and mouth, the saddest are, it might have been" -- so goes a saying. As one more anniversary of 9-11 comes around, one cannot help but reflect how another president might have used the crisis to elevate the nation. Far from doing that, the president and Congress -- and we the people -- abandoned a number of safeguards and civil liberties with a speed and alacrity that could not have been anticipated. In this article, written in 2003, Niranjan Ramakrishnan imagines what a leadership less stricken by fear might have done. More... Aurora Bangalorealis And so it must follow, as the night the day: as high tech moves in, so do high land prices. In this latest B2B photo-essay from Bangalore, our correspondent Srilakshmi Renganathan rediscovers the wisdom of the adage that everything that glitters is not gold -- and perhaps the one about there being are two sides to every story -- or should that be storey? More... Just a Femtosecond, Dahling... The receipt of a casual note from one of his readers sets Melvin Durai in pursuit of obscure words. He picks a few choice ones for elucidation, but that is ample. We won't spoil the gravid, especially as his codicil is just a phonemic away, so all we'll do is stand back and wish you a Happy Perusal! More... Movies     There are 5 movies playing in New York. Details... "In Quotes" How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answered that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. -- Henry David Thoreau, 1849 Char-Toon™ Sen. Larry Craig's confessional, Alberto's alvida, or Musharraf's misfortunes, are all grist to Vijay Char's mill. Click here for the latest. Joke Sabha --What if there were no hypothetical questions? --If FedEx merged with UPS, would it become FedUP? -- From Gidu Sriram About us |Submit articles |Advertise | Contact us |Subscribe FREE |Privacy Policy |Archives Copyright© indogram - the global Indian village in your neighborhood™