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POPSAn Indian Hymn to Obama America needs more money. Much of the infrastructure is second rate or crumbling. The education system calls for renovation. Almost half the population has no health cover. A completely new social security system needs to be put together . The disparities have reached unacceptable level...The US economy, in other words, has hit a wall. A deadend has come. A complete change of course is necessary. The question is to provide the country a more sustainable future. Obama's challenge is on the one hand to shepherd his countrymen through the present downturn. At the same time, he needs to explain to them that physical resources are finite. He must underscore that America needs to get to save again both at the national and family level. He is striding a political minefield. He will have to sound convincing when he says he does not hold a magic wand to wave the situation away.
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POPSZajímavost http://www.novinky.cz/clanek/152175-riziko-cestovani-v-britanii-je-stejne-jako-pred-peti-sty-lety.html
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POPSThe Humanity Since its inception, The Humanity has been giving thrust on people’s empowerment, people’s social development, pro-poor policy and sustainable approaches to development. The organization had undertaken a historic survey on status of child labor in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Paradip and generated awareness on the issue by organising seminars, workshops and public meetings to stop Child Labour in Bhubaneswar in early nineties.
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POPSAnother First for India India thrashed the 'Big Mouthed' Australia in Cricket yesterday. Good going. Bank loans burdens made1000s of farmers commit suicide. Most 'Rural Areas' have no electricity and drinking water facility. High/Low Caste crimes prevention is meagre for lack of funds to educate illiterate people. Considering all these the 'Moon Launch' proves two points: India is a False Democracy and Worse than China in violations of Human Rights.
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POPSCaste in the colony: How fate is determined between workers and queens
How, then, is it determined which individuals, as developing larvae, becoming queens or different types of workers? A collaborative research team of scientists at four universities has found that caste determination in the Florida harvester ant is much more than meets the eye. Larvae become different castes (small workers, large workers, or new queens) based largely on the nutrition they receive. Those fed more insects than seeds are more likely to become larger individuals (queen>large worker>small worker). However, genetic differences also contribute and bias the larva's developmental pathway. Even once caste is determined, nutritional, social (colony size), and genetic factors all contribute, but in different ways, to how big an individual grows. "Caste determination in most social insects likely involves both nature and nurture, but most interestingly in this species, these two forces contribute differently in different castes," says lead researcher Chris R. Smith of the Univers
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POPSThe Fascist Blueprint Naomi Wolf It not only can happen here, it is happening here. Mussolini created the blueprint (with inspiration from Lenin), Hitler elaborated on it, Stalin studied Hitler... Here's how it works (notice how many Bush & Co. is using now.): 1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy 2. Create a gulag 3. Develop a thug caste 4. Set up an internal surveillance system 5. Harass citizens' groups 6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release 7. Target key individuals 8. Control the press 9. Dissent equals treason 10. Suspend the rule of law Wolf's conclusion? Impeachment of Bush and Cheney is not enough. Prosecuting (and jailing) them for crimes committed is the only rational solution. Share this video widely.
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POPSReligion, Caste, and Fear This has been brewing for some time in India with no coverage to speak of in the US. For a country like India with such a long history it's bewildering that they haven't eliminated such blatant rigid social expressions of division which lead to this bloody encounter.
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POPSHindu Cooties Unambiguous religious discrimination against a class of people fuels violent unrest in India. Directed mainly towards Christian, it has been seen that Christian converts are disproportionately found to be from India's lower castes. Thus there appears to be not only a problem with friction between Hindus and Christians but the age old problem of class discrimination to boot.
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POPSInvoking Fear of Faith "Believers are mocked (if not too publicly at election time). Sen. Barack Obama's behind-closed-doors remark in San Francisco to the effect that worried blue-collar chumps cling to God and guns perfectly captured the left's worldview, equating faith and firearms as equal menaces to an enlightened society." " I don't see extremism in Palin's faith. I see the love of God that prevails beyond the Beltway. The media's bigotry toward her tells us far more about the political biases and snobbery of journalists than it does about Sen. John McCain's running mate. In recent years, a succession of pundits has compared our country to ancient Rome. Most of the assertions are silly. But our governing elite certainly shares the Roman patricians' disdain for the faith of the common citizen. "
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POPSProtect Child from uncouth 'Marriage' An 8 year old Girl Married off to 50 year old man.Does it sound okay to any society in the world,irrespective of caste,creed or community?We should rise in unison to prevent such happenings in the name of Marriage.
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POPSMore on Obamanomics Obama's economic plan also calls for mandating a "living wage." He plans to saddle retailers with a $10 minimum wage indexed to inflation, along with a mandate to provide seven days of paid sick leave to workers. Obama assumes business owners will just eat the added costs.
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POPS Kosovo lives: Between two worlds An interesting story of an English teacher....it is very difficult for outsiders to fathom what (caste/religion notwithstanding) people in the region have been through...
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POPSFast moving to a new India Clipped from an interesting article in the NY Times about Mukesh D. Ambani, the most powerful business person in India. I think it 's fascinating and exciting to see how a connected, exposed world (largely due to the Internet) is leading to massive changes in customs and practices that have lasted centuries. The combination on the Internet and alternative energy should make the 21st century prove to be a bridge between the old and the new.
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POPSFighting for a Downgrade Cultural divide — The Hindu social and cultural system in India is divided into castes that are inherited or married into and has been dated to 1,000BC — There are thousands of castes and subcastes in India. Hinduism ascribes degrees of purity to different jobs — Brahmins are traditionally the priestly caste, while Dalits are a “scheduled caste”. Dalits and tribal communities represent half of India’s poor population — Caste discrimination was outlawed in 1950, and 22.5 per cent of university places and government jobs were reserved for Dalits and tribal people
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POPSGlobal compassion - photos Discrimination is an act of depriving individuals of their fundamental human rights and treating them unjustly in any aspect of their lives, be it political, economic or cultural. In Japan, Buraku discrimination happens against people who were born or live in the Hisabetsu Buraku (discriminated districts). The roots of Buraku discrimination come from feudal Japan, when the Buraku were areas separated from the other social classes. The people there lived under tight restrictions in every part of their lives, such as clothing, jobs, and home, due to the feudal class system formed by a variety of political and social factors. These historical areas are the origins of today’s Buraku, people who are still the target of discrimination due to the influence of subsequent social systems. This discrimination is what Japanese call, “Buraku issues.” (via boing-boing)
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POPSIndian "Honor" Killing At the risk of sounding like Bones, I understand, anthropologically, why it was forbidden in the past for people of a village to marry, and it even may be a valid action now ( I live in a town of less than 500 people, and trust me, almost everyone is related), but the murder was, I think, wrong. There should be limits to tradition.
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