Empire State Building Goes Red

If there has to be a looming sign of emergence of chimerica.. it is this. For a nation which preaches ideology of freedom, what message does this send out ?

Malaysia – Indonesia Enigma

Underlying the enmity between Malaysia and Indonesia are negative sentiments that date back to the 1960s. At that time, former President Sukarno belligerently played on nationalist sentiment with his “Konfrontasi” campaign leveled at Malaysia, which was emerging from British colonialism and becoming a regional power in its own right.

The resentment lingers, particularly in light of Malaysia’s relative economic success.

‘Familiarity breeds contempt.’ The two countries are, at least at first glance, too much alike and therefore competition becomes the logical outcome.

Recently Indonesian protestors burned Malaysian flags and threw rotten eggs at the country’s embassy for allegedly pilfering their traditional dance, conveniently ignoring Discovery Channel’s apology for its faux pas.

Cry of war by hate-mongerers is a warning sign that democracy that appears to be in these parts of the world is not healthy enough.

Thekkady Boat Accident

Two-decker boat of state-run Kerala Tourism Development Corporation – Jalakanyaka – has capsized in Thekkady – part of Periyar Tiger reserve, one of the most hottest tourist destination of Kerala. Around 40+ are feared dead. Around 76 including boat employees were in the boat.

Most likely cause of the accident is said to be “loss of weight balance” as tourists could have moved to one side of the boat to see wild animals on the side of the periyar river.

Accident is supposed to have taken place around 5.00 pm IST. Cause of the accident not clearly known. Boat is just one month old. Anyway, one thing is clear.. there were no rubber floaters (life jacket) in the boat.

It is the first biggest boat accident in Kerala after Thattekad boat accident around 2 years ago. Indian navy divers from Kochi are also involved in the rescue activities.

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Audacity of Hope was Banned ?

Read on google that the book was banned in federal prison citing some national security reasons. Wonder what that security issue was all about. It did not make news in the main stream media.. so i guess that was a made-up story by someone for some overnight fame.. lot of obama haters out there..

No Michelle Kiss for Berlusconi