Category Archives: U.S.

Roller Coaster Ride at Cedar Point

by Mahendra Posted on June 17, 2009

A few weeks back, when I real­ized that the world’s largest automaker was head­ing towards bank­ruptcy, I did a nos­tal­gic photo-post of Gen­eral Motors World Head­quar­ters at the Renais­sance Cen­ter and Detroit. This week, Six Flags, one of the world’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Dark Ages at the Renaissance Center, Detroit

by Mahendra Posted on April 29, 2009

Yesterday’s news about GM cut­ting 21,000 more jobs and killing the Pon­tiac brand evoked nos­tal­gia and some mixed feel­ings. So this is a photo-sequel to my almost two year old post about life in Detroit.   For two years, I … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Wordle US & Indian Constitution, Congress & CPI(M) Manifesto

by Mahendra Posted on March 31, 2009

Since it was intro­duced last year, Wor­dle has been very pop­u­lar with blog­gers and the gen­eral pub­lic. So I decided to join in the fun. Here are the US and Indian Con­sti­tu­tion wor­dle out­puts: Obser­va­tions? Noth­ing sur­pris­ing here. Putting aside Law, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Dubai: World’s Trade Center?

by Mahendra Posted on October 17, 2007

These images tell a story. The Twin Tow­ers, a sym­bol of US cap­i­tal­is­tic super­power, have col­lapsed. The US is busy fight­ing the war against ter­ror. In the mean­while, Burj Dubai, the tallest free stand­ing struc­ture in the world, just reached a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Climate Changes Nobel Peace Prize?

by Mahendra Posted on October 12, 2007

There is wide spec­u­la­tion that Al Gore will win the Nobel Peace Prize today, and the bet­ting odds are highly in his favor. Let’s get this straight. Alfred Nobel’s Will says that the Peace Prize shall be given to: the per­son … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Weekend Flea Market 5-Oct-07

by Mahendra Posted on October 5, 2007

An assort­ment of stuff I came across in cyber­space, offered sec­ond hand, for any­one who may be inter­ested. If you haven’t read it already, Thomas Friedman’s penul­ti­mate op-ed 9/11 Is Over, is a must-read. China has now started block­ing all … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Right to Free Speech: What does it mean?

by Mahendra Posted on October 2, 2007

The con­tro­versy started last week, when Ver­i­zon (one of the two largest tele­com car­ri­ers in the US), refused to make their net­work avail­able for a text mes­sage pro­gram advo­cat­ing abor­tion. The pro­gram allows peo­ple to sign up for mes­sages if … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Mammoth Task Ahead

by Mahendra Posted on September 27, 2007

The Indo-US Nuclear Deal has become like the story of The Blind Men and an Ele­phant. Let’s see how. #1: Man­mo­han Singh hang­ing to the Tail Think­ing that this was the end of the rope for energy ambi­tious India, Singh decided to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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