My Favourite Song:
Jinhe Naaz Hain Hind Par Woh Kahaan Hai
Songs lyrics: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/8/804.html
My Favourite Satirists: Rediff.com (Forget Voltaire or Swift or even Bierce, Rediff.com take my breath away with their open satire; cataloguing India's ills and labelling them India Rising, India Shining etc is the best form of Satire, to date)
My Favourite Slogan: India Shining, India Rising etc
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Headline: Slums Demolished in Cleanliness Drive, Thousands rendered homeless
Headline: Hawkers relocated reduce Congestion near City Centre
"ye luTate hue kaaravaa.n zi.ndagii ke"
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Headline: Children of Prostitutes Denied Admission into Schools
Headline: NGO accuses Police of Extracting bribes from Prostitutes and Govt. Officials of Complicity
"ye purape.nch galiyaa.n, ye badanaam baazaar"
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Headline: More Foreign Junkies Filling Goa's Beaches
Headline: Foreign Paedophiles make a beeline for India
Headline: Tourism Minister and Industry Predict Larger Tourist Inflows next Year
"ye gumanaam raahii, ye sikko.n kI jhanakaar"
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Headline: Defence Minister Denies Large Scale Corruption in MoD and Armed Forces
Headline: Minister, Army Brass caught on Tape Accepting Bribes and Babes
"ye isamat ke saude,
Headline: Army Official Not Satisfied With Bribes, Demands Babes
Headline: Excessive Greed Leads to Detection
"ye saudo.n pe takaraar"
"jinhe naaz ..."
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Headline: India and Nepal Deny Large Scale Trafficking of Young Girls across Porous Border
Headline: Young Nepalese Girls Rescued from Brothel in Calcutta
"vo ujale darIcho.n me.n paayal kii chhan chhan"
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Headline: Old man dies at Workplace
Headline: Too Many of Indian Aged People are in the Hard Labour Market
Headline: Govt. Finds Old Age Pension Idea too Expensive
thakii haarii saa.nso.n pe tabale kI dhan dhan (2)"
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Headline: India's State Spending on Health: < 1% of GDP
Headline: India's Health Care System Creaking, State Hospitals Dysfunctional
Headline: Official Visits State Hopsital, Shocked by Absence of Doctors, Exortortion of Patients by Staff
"ye berUh kamaro.n me khaa.nsii ki Than Than
jinhe naaz ..."
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Headline: Schoolgirls Exploited in Sex Scandal
Headline: Minister Denies Involvement, Blames Opposition.
"ye masalii huI adhakhilI zard kaliyaa.n"
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Headline: Starlet Accuses Director of Demanding Favours
Headline: Director Denies Accepting Favours from Starlet
Headline: Industry Decries Negative Image, Vows to Reform
"ye bikatii huI khokhalii ra.ngaraliyaa.N
jinhe naaz ..."
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Headline: Central Govt. Denies Largescale Malnutrition in Tribal Districts of Orissa
Headline: State Govt. Accuses Media and Opposition of Complicity in Malnutrition Cases, Denies reported Malnutrition Deaths
"ye Dhalake badan aur ye biimaar chehare
jinhe naaz ..."
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Headline: State Minister Denies Involvement in Sex Scandal
Headline: Minister's Son Accused of Raping Maid
"yahaa.n piir bhii aa chuke hai.n, javaa.n bhii
tan-o-mand bete bhI, Abba miyaa bhii"
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Headline: Woman in-charge of Orphanage Accused of Supplying Girls to Important People, Names Minister
Headline: Women's and Family Affairs Minster Protests Innocence
"madad chaahatii hai ye havaa kI beTI"
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Headline: India predicted to become the World's Second Largest Economy by 2025
Headline: Corporate India Upbeat about India's Econmomic Transition
Headline: President Upbeat about Fulfilment of Vision 2020
Headline: Congress Praises India's Strides in Empowerement of People
Headline: World's Largest Democracy praised for its Commitment to Democratic Ideals
"zaraa is mulk ke rahabaro.n ko bulaao
ye kuuche ye galiyaa.n ye ma.nzar dikhaao
jinhe.n naaz hai hind par unako laao
jinhe naaz hai hind par vo kahaa.n hai.n
kahaa.n hai.n, kahaa.n hai.n, kahaa.n hai.n"
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Hum Honge Kaamayab,
Jai Hind!!