Tweets of the Week

Comrade Jyoti Basu ko Shraddhanjali

@acorn: If decency says you don't speak ill of the dead, honesty says you don't eulogise them merely because they died.

Delhi_Alchemist 'The country mourns the death of a patriot'-MMS http://is.gd/6uX1q What a joke! - this patriot was under house arrest in 62 war with China

NishkaK Jyoti Basu betrayed India against China - CIA declassified documents http://is.gd/6s74N

ZoomIndianMedia RT @Bhaskarchat @swapan55 Jyoti Basu voted for whole bengal to go with Pakistan when vote was taken in Bengal constituent assembly in 1947!

A powerful piece from @kanchangupta "I feel nothing for Jyoti Basu" http://bit.ly/420basu
http://kanchangupta.blogspot.com/2010/01/destroyer-of-west-bengal.html

offstumped RT @swapan55 Jyoti B's achievements far exceeded vision & performance. stellar role in WB's marginalisation. History will judge him unkindly

indiamahesh It was by turning illegal immigrants from BANGLADESH into 'CITIZENS' that COMMUNIST managed to rule the state for so long.

Cartoon of the week
sudhirtailang http://twitpic.com/yvxj7 - UPA Junior Ministers hv plenty of work! CARTOON TODAY .

ssudhirkumar 38 of 78 ministers in UPA 2.0 have no work. Another 15-20 dont work at all. Why is my money being wasted then?

centerofright Why can't the out of work ministers be given employment under NREGA? Food for thought

centerofright RT @anucoonoor: Probably like the IT industry the juniors are "bench resources" in the government...time for a layoff in the parliament? :-)

Must Reads

Deportation of a nation
Tarunvijay My piece on Kashmiri Hindus' exile. http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indus-calling/entry/deportation-of-a-nation

centerofright @offstumped: Manmohan Sonia lead UPA's unapologetic Communal Socialism http://is.gd/6wyuV all Muslims will be considered BPL

philotweepic @centerofright Muslims will be called minorities & automatically treated as BPL; Kasabs Dawoods RahulBhatts Madanis Azmis Akhtars all BPL :

centerofright VOTES VOTES RT @PrabhuChawla: As countdown for Kerala electn begins UPA comes fwrd to save CPM brainchild Islamic Banking concept of Kerala.

Worshipping False Gods

barbarindian UN is now all goofy about Haiti, won't talk about their eco-terrorism on Haiti which reduced Haitians to eating mud pies

offstumped Now Rahul Gandhi wants his "looks" to be a measure of his "morality" and "values" http://is.gd/6wwP0 how stereotypical of Nehru-Gandhis

On Mainstream Media

Twitter Mob Rules People Power
ZoomIndianMedia RT @swapan55 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jan/19/twitter-mob-rules-people-power

ssudhirkumar Excellent piece by Mrinal Pande "Who moved my news" http://bit.ly/6QAPLh. Must read.

pragmatic_d In the name of simplifying, the tendency of media to dumb down a story & sensationalise it to force govt's hand on policy issues is damaging

ZoomIndianMedia Kudos to Lalit Modi for bypassing India's corrupt/cronyist rogue media and delivering IPL matches online http://is.gd/6IESc

manunsharma do not worry about this snub to Pak as "Non State Actors/Actresses" in India did it!!!

sudhirksingh Lol! RT @harikatha: 3 idiots spoofs the system which made sagarikas n sardesais. Quite natural for them to feel insecure. :) @PritishNandy

KVSarmaJ http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/16/stories/2010011658580100.htm Will atleast now the MSM stop denying the obvious - local hand in 26/11 ?

centerofright http://bit.ly/8TRGmt Why is the MSM not covering this Cong rebels in Goa as they covered BJP rebels in karnataka, Selective News

Policies/News/Views

acorn UPA govt again fails on responsible management of nuclear chain of command: NSA position can't be left vacant at any time

pragmatic_d Bravo! Nirupama Rao to Karan Thapar on those asking for talks with Pak: Dialogue does not flow from the barrel of the gun http://is.gd/6vFAw

offstumped How UPA played politics with sugar prices http://bit.ly/6svtXz shameless and cynical

jnsbmi Govt played havoc with higher education: BJP http://bit.ly/7dCPKO #correct

acorn This is cool: File an RTI application online for Rs 125 at http://www.rtination.com (LT @DeepaPrabhu)

centerofright http://bit.ly/72bAcr After Blasting schools these #naxals killing students :(

centerofright RT @proaudience: A novice Gujarat takes advantage of the IT slump elsewhere. http://bit.ly/4rr1jH

centerofright http://bit.ly/83mnbN Villagers build a tourist resort in Gujarat

Chellaney Good one. @acorn When Beijing said "peaceful rise" they meant for others to be peaceful while they rise. They are misunderstood, the Chinese

jnsbmi China moving with "specific design" to control Indus in Leh http://bit.ly/92HJiW
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Tolerance/Intolerance
offstumped How do you like this - coup in britian could bring sharia http://bit.ly/8M3K8S



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