Shemaroo Entertainment’s Animation division adds one more feather on their cap with “Bal Ganesh“. All of 100 minutes, Bal Ganesh is a 3D animation film with 6 to 7 lilting songs. Eminent singers like Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, and Kailash Kher have lent their voices to the songs of Bal Ganesh.
Terrorism Backfires in Pakistan
Altogether 102 people have died in the operation, including 10 Army officers, a Ranger, and 91 civilians according to a report in the Dawn which quoted the interior minister Mr. Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao. The admission came two days after President Pervez Musharraf hinted in a televised address to the nation, that some women and […]
US Missile Chaos
The US will not allow Russia to stop it from deploying anti-missile defenses in Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said in Moscow. “I don’t think anyone expects the United States to permit a veto on American security interests,” she said after meeting President Vladimir Putin. But she also said: “If there are […]
Exercise Your Right To Information
Triveni is a poor woman. She lives in a slum in East Delhi. She holds an Antyodaya card issued by the government to the poorest of the poor. However, it isn’t easy to get a ration from a ration shop. She didn’t receive any grains for the last six months. Whenever she would go to […]
US H1B Protectionism
NASSCOM, the body that represents Indian software companies, has once again refuted claims made by some US senators that Indian IT companies are abusing H1B visas. H1B visas have nothing to do with US job losses and want to speak to US senators. “H1B visa is not limited to the IT sector or Indians alone […]
Blame it on Gujjars
Gujjars and Meenas, who lived peacefully as neighbors for decades, are today at daggers drawn. Lifelong friends have developed visceral hatred for each other. As politicians play their games, the nation is being torn apart. Those who think the crisis has ended need to re-think. The crisis has begun. It will spread to other states, […]
G8 Hypocrisy
India and China are coming under increasing pressure to sign up for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions at the G8 summit in Germany. But, India says it cannot take steps that will retard its economic growth, which is the only way to deliver the vast majority of its people from poverty. Indian Foreign […]
Terrorism: The American Definition
Terrorist: Any one in between America and the Oil .pOINT_bLANK: Cartoons, India: Terrorism – The American Definition
Lal Masjid Fiasco
A radical cleric set up a vigilante Islamic court in Pakistan’s capital yesterday and threatened to unleash a wave of suicide bombs if the government tried to repress his Taliban-style movement. The challenge to the authority of President Pervez Musharraf, by a firebrand cleric, Maulana Abdul Aziz, came amid growing fears of what the local […]
Iraq Exit – President Bush called it?
President Bush called it? political theater? and an? abdication of responsibilities? by Democrats. But for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the passage of legislation ordering troops home from Iraq next year was a sweet victory. ?Proudly, this new Congress voted to bring an end to the war in Iraq,? she said after the House vote Friday. […]
Arts of Seema Kohli
Seema Kohli is a self-taught artist without any formal training. And that makes her style fresh and certainly not influenced by any western art movement or the “n-vogue” post-modernism. Though she’s an artist of a few words, her canvases make you delve deep into the philosophy of life.
Indian World Cup (Non) Performance
India’s World Cup bandwagon hit an abrupt dead-end after a thorough thrashing at the hands of Sri Lanka in their last league match. No one in India was smiling. Their World Cup was over in eight days, their team had lost to Bangladesh, and had just been humiliated by Sri Lanka, that record 413 against […]
Killing Cricket
The hunt for Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer’s killers may take the lid off cricket’s darkest secret – match-fixing and betting, a racket worth crores of rupees that have tainted the gentleman’s game. – NDTV, 25 March 2007http://pointblank2006.blogspot.com/2007/03/killing-cricket.html
See No Evil, Shoot No Evil
The French constitutional council has approved a law that criminalises the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. Perpetrators face up to five years in prison and a fine of ?75,000 (?51,000). According to a French civil liberties group, the law could also be used against eyewitnesses who video […]
America Goes Green 2
The ethanol boom is coming. The twin threats of climate change and energy security are creating an unprecedented thirst for alternative energy with ethanol leading the way. That process is set to reach a landmark on Thursday when the US President, George Bush, arrives in Brazil to kick-start the creation of an international market for […]
