Doosri Nazar ... My Perspective

You’ve seen these pictures before - email forwards, blogs, facebook! Here is a chance to see them live! U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad in association with the Sarojini Naidu School of Performing Arts, Fine Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad bring to you American street painter Tracy Lee Stum. She is best known for her spectacular 3D anamorphic and interactive street paintings. Come, watch her paint and learn more about this fascinating artist. November 16-18, 2009, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at DST Auditorium forecourt, University of Hyderabad. To know more about Tracy visit her website http://www.tracyleestum.com/ ( All pictures from Tracy Lee Stum's website)

As the ‘Great Indian Election Jamboree 2009’ draws to a close and everyone waits with bated breath for the results to come out on May 16, 2009, poll analysts are working overtime to analyze who voted for whom and who will come out trumps. From politicians, political parties and their supporters to the ubiquitous media crews, it has been a tough two months for everyone involved. Campaign tours have been rhetorically charged. On several occasions it was difficult to say what was generating more heat – the election speeches or the torrid summer! As the decibel levels at election rallies and television studios increased, one question that everyone was asking was “who would the Indian Muslim vote for?” This is one question that never ceases to amuse me. In fact it always brings forth a counter question – Is there an Indian Muslim vote? Let me try to answer this one. The ‘Muslim vote’ theory is an extension of a common myth – that the Indian Muslim community is a monolithic block...

Today I want to tell you about an Indian who makes us all feel proud. So just take a little time out and read what I have written. His name is Suneel Yadav. A few of you here reading this blog might know him personally or might have heard about him from other Picketians. Suneel joined me in Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket, Secunderabad in 1988 in the eighth. His father was a soldier in the Indian Army. Suneel was an average student in school and Maths was his Waterloo (like for many of us here). But he was a sportsman par excellence. He was especially good at cricket and kabaddi. He was keeping wickets for the school senior cricket team in the 9th standard itself. After his 10th he joined the Humanities stream (finally getting rid of Math!). He was the Sarojini House captain in the 12th and continued his good work on the cricket field leading the school team and later the regional team, finally playing the KVS Nationals. Despite participating in various sports, Suneel cleared the 12t...

Ok here is one more at the expense of our beloved neighbours: An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly that made the world community smile.A representative from India began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named. When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath.' He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Pakistani had stolen them.'The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The Pakistanis weren't there then.'The Indian representative smiled and said, 'And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech. 'And they say Kashmir belongs to them.'