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Breads of India
2011-01-01 02:00:00 Breads of India is located 2448 Sacramento Street (near Dwight and right next to Homemade Cafe). The phone number is 510-848-7684. Besides their Berkeley restaurant location, Breads of India is also in Walnut Creek at 1358 North Main Street (phone number is 925-256-7684) and in Oakland at 948 Clay Street (phone number is 510-834-7684).Their menu changes every day. Check out the Breads of India website to see a sample menu.The restaurant has a great reputation and many people have recommended it to me. Unfortunately, the one time I ate there, I just wasn't impressed with the food. However, it's got such a great reputation, I really need to go back.
Puttaparthi and Misconduct of Sathya Sai Baba?s Officials
2009-12-15 23:32:00 The writer's thoughts prompted my recollections of an incident at the time I was teaching in Sathya Sai Baba's college. It involved one of the other long-stay devotees, who had come to Sathya Sai Baba in the sixties, an American man named Joseph. In 1979, in the Whitefield ashram crowd awaiting Sai Baba?s public appearance (darshan), Joseph, began to talk out aloud ? quite audibly for those who sat near on the sand, as I did. (A large auditorium now stands in that area). He was distressed and expressed moral outrage - he repeated that some college hostel boys had told him that Sai Baba had asked a number of them (in Joseph?s words) to "line up and masturbate."
The Sathya Sai Organization: Almost overnight, dissenters treated as demons
2009-12-11 22:13:00 Hard questions were being raised. It was not enough, as so many devotees do when there is a process of questioning, to assume, somehow, the unworthiness of those who question. In that direction the psychological factor of being in-denial is all too likely to kick in. Honest questions merit honest answers. During twenty-five years of deep devotion, I underwent many wonderful experiences, but, in some respects, facing the questions was not one of them. (The great benefits of doing so and I would like to address that aspect at another time). In common with so many former devotees and other critics around the world, as I began to hear the direct testimony, and, in other cases, from parents and close friends of those who had been affected, the experience was gut-wrenching. Indeed one of the ways in which the scandal that is Puttaparthi has become ever more widely known is because those who have left it have sought spiritual guidance from other religious organizations of various kinds.
Madison India Invests 15 Crores In Net4 India
2009-12-11 11:54:00 Indian hosting providers were always perceived as cheap re-sellers but that seems to be changing now as private equity flows into this vertical. Madison India Capital has invested 15 Crores in Net4 India Ltd – a listed hosting provider in India. This deal might seem insignificant in terms of amount invested but is a major one for Hosting space in India. Net4 India has allotted fresh 16 lakh equity shares to Madison India Capital HC at Rs 87.76 per share at a discount of 40% from the high’s touched in 2008. The share allotment constitutes roughly 9% of Net4India’s equity capital. Net4 primarily serves Indian Corporates with their data centre and content delivery demands. The company lacks footprint in retail hosting and has been attempting to attract SME’s with cheaper plans. It provides services like Corporate data centers, VoIP, Website hosting, Corporate email accounts solution and domain name registrations. It also owns 7 data centers and is ICANN accr...
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Stephen Carthew, A Voice of Testimony From Australia, On The Dangers of Cul
2009-12-10 00:10:00 There are many decentmen and women who, moved by conscience, have spoken out calling for proper investigation of the countless allegations against Sathya Sai Baba. One of these is Stephen Carthew, who, until 2000,was a spiritual coordinator in the Sathya Sai Organization for South Australia. Now entering his 60’s,he has been doing his Ph.D. in ...
Future Of Telecom In India – Premium Vs Rural Customer Segmentation
2009-12-09 10:04:00 At the recently held IAMAI Panel I posed a question to the Mobile VAS panel moderated by Manoj Dawane of Mauj Telecom. My question was.. ‘Do they see telecom operators offering services as per customer segments in the future i.e. premium services for premium customers?’ The answer was a unanimous ‘YES’ from the panel which also included Lloyd Mathias of Tata Teleservices and Krishna Durbha of Reliance Communications. Now before you start wondering what the hell customer segmentation means for telecom operator and how it would be implemented let me try and give a similar example from another industry. Telecom Services Could Follow Credit Card Service Model Of Customer Segmentation? Imagine if all banks offer the same credit cards with the same credit limit and the same set of discounts and services and the same service level as well. I mean no silver, gold or platinum cards concept just a plain vanilla credit card. Imagine as a customer that pays them on t...
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Questioning Sathya Sai Baba: India?s Most Famous and Politically Powerful G
2009-12-08 22:52:00 In 2000 came the publication of three articles in Nexus magazine (August-September). A person close to me, who knew well that I had deafened my ears to anything inimical to Sathya Sai Baba, strongly urged me (putting the magazine right into my hand) to read these articles, one of which was by the head of the Australian Sathya Sai Organization, Terry Gallagher, an agricultural scientist and businessman. The editor, Duncan Roads, wrote of this own experiences of disillusionment with Sathya Sai Baba, but, more particularly printed three articles that were already to be found on the Internet. See: ?BILD? Story. ?Guru Wants Sex? (Sathya Sai Baba) Before returning to Sathya Sai Baba for a few months in November 1997, and sensing a momentous issue looming, I had somehow briefly dared to look at writings on the Internet. I read the Canadian academic rationalist philosopher Professor Dale Beyerstein (now deceased) of the University of British Columbia. His very incisively-written book: "Sai...
‘Some 22 Year Old Kid Will Revolutionize Internet In India’ &nd
2009-12-07 06:14:00 Trust Ajit Balakrishnan of Rediff to be candid with his views and candid he was at the recently held IAMAI Digital Summit. Ajit Balakrishnan said “The internet industry needs 22 year old Computer Science graduates who can create products that have inherent network effects. Products like twitter and facebook are there because of the network effects.” He also said “The industry needs to support and encourage such young entrepreneurs by providing them funding and hand holding to build such products” When asked about content he said “Content has become a commodity and in my view machine learning which if applied to products to deliver network effects is what will create the next internet company with a 100 million $ revenue” Ajit Balakrishnan was of the opinion that the next big internet company would be created by a young 22 year old who would do something radical and revolutionize the internet space. He said “This is because 22 year olds do...
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Robert Priddy?s Views on Key Human Values in Relation To Sathya Sai Baba
2009-12-06 00:04:00 In the brief article - Human Values ? Sai Baba?s truncated ideas - Robert Priddy, an academic philosopher at the University of Oslo for many years, and a former head of the Sathya Sai Organization in Norway, states his view of what human values are, in contradistinction to "divinely-instated values for humans" as proclaimed by Sathya Sai Baba. Priddy writes: "The values according to [or against which] we act are unavoidable and essential links that tie together personal perceptions and judgements, motives and actions into the sphere of common cultural values. They are central to grasping the motivations of our social and political life. Sai Baba promotes his own brand of ?five human values?, which is a simple and often all too vague recipe. His biographer Kasturi writes that Sai Baba scribbled the 5 values down on the back of an envelope when Kasturi asked him to define them. Grabbed as if out of thin air without any deeper thought, it is quite evident how shallow, rigid and inco...
Yahoo Ranks Rahul Gandhi As India’s Top Newsmaker For 2009
2009-12-02 05:58:00 When it comes to internet search engines, Yahoo is not a company one might readily think of. It is easy to forget that the company still holds significant market share in the industry which is so mightily held by Google and where Microsoft has been creating a lot of noise with the Bing search engine. Based on search trends over the past eleven months, Yahoo has now relaunched its ‘Year in Review‘ site that will now take the visitors through events and people who made the biggest news over the past one year. Here are the list of the ten most searched keywords through 2009 Michael Jackson Twilight WWE Megan Fox Britney Spears Naruto American Idol Kim Kardashian NASCAR Runescape As Yahoo notes in their website, it is for the first time in five years that Britney Spears has failed to top its list. The list topper is not a surprise given the suddenness of Michael Jackson’s death and the rumors that followed which led to a huge spurt in the number of searches, so much...
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World AIDS Day, India. Sai Baba?s voice is silent on the issue!
2009-12-01 13:42:00 World AIDS Day being observed across India “As per the latest data, the HIV infections have shown a fall throughout the world due to effective HIV prevention and communication programmes. According to UNAIDS statistics, 33.4 million people are estimated to be living with HIV. Among these 2.5 million are children. One out of three people escape diagnosis ...
Metro Shoes Launches Shopping Portal – Will Metro Shoes Be India&rsqu
2009-12-01 09:21:00 Last few days we have done an extensive coverage of digital commerce and the challenges it faces as pointed out by the IAMAI panels. One of the needs of digital commerce pointed out by the panelists was the need of offline players to come online. Well this seems to be happening now as Metro shoes which is a well known retailer of shoes offline has gone online. Shoes as a segment is very popular in the west as Zappos.com the billion dollar worth ecommerce site in the US started its ecommerce foray focused completely on selling shoes. Metro shoes accomplished the pilot phase of the shopping portal in October and is now launching the site today. The site provides collection of ladies, gents and kids footwear along with accessories. Along with online they have also launched a service dial-a-shoe where a customer can order shoes over the phone. Metro also will provide international brands like Florsheim, Geox, Red Tape, Lee Cooper and Sports brands like Reebok, Nike and Fila along with ...
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Events Update: 4th India Digital Summit
2009-12-01 07:01:00 Every year IAMAI which is the Industry association that represents Internet and Mobile in India organizes the India Digital Summit. India Digital Summit is where the who’s who of the India Digital Media space gather to discuss and debate the future of the Industry. This year the 4th Digital Summit shall be held at Hotel Intercontinental – The Lalit on 3rd and 4th of December. The Digital Summit would be a 2 day event and would discuss issues concerning the Internet and Mobile fraternity in India. The Agenda laid out is as follows: Panel Discussion 1: Internet: 5 steps to Growth Panel Discussion 2: Financial Inclusion – 5 steps for making it happen through digital technology Panel Discussion 3: Digital Entertainment- The future 5 emerging areas for advance digital Technologies Panel Discussion 4: 5 Steps to grow data through mobile The speaker set would be an elite one with names like Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Rediff.com,...
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When 60, Sathya Sai Baba Said He Would Not Age Thereafter (See photo refuta
2009-12-01 00:41:00 As some stage, scholars with time to deal with all the questions it raises may interest themselves in the official and semi-official Sathya Sai Orgnization 'weeding' that has been going on in regard to documentation which - all unintentionally - got on to Sathya Sai websites.This kicking over of traces tells its own story. If the pages of history do not tell in an organization's favour it destroys or changes them. Below is a scan from ExBaba.com Guestbook of a photo sent by a writer critical of us. Note the Saibabaofindia imprimature on the upper left hand side of the photo. This Saibabofindia group contains those long associated with - and some members close indeed to - Sathya Sai Baba. It is not official in the Sathya Sai Organization sense, but to describe it as semi-official is quite apt, given that it provides much information from a close quaters vantage-point from within what is a very highly-controlled organization.
Sathya Sai Baba Birthday, 2009. Where have all the ?millions? Gone?
2009-11-28 11:53:00 Robert Priddy has written of the highly exaggerated crowd numbers attending Puttaparthi occasions, such as Sathya Sai Baba's birthday celebrations. Of his and my dear friend, the late celebrated Indian newspaper Editor, V.K. Narasimhan and some others, Priddy, former co-founder and leader of the Norwegian Sathya Sai Organization, writes: "The estimated numbers of persons during each of these celebrations was doubtless much in excess of the actual numbers. Figures of from 1 to 3 million have been suggested for the various birthdays!Sathya Sai Baba stated to several persons (Robert and Rita Bruce, V.K. Narasimhan and others) that 3 million were present, which was a total impossibility. V.K.N. told me several times that Sathya Sai Baba regularly multiplied numbers of actual visitors by 10!" -------------------------------------------------------------------- Express News Service. India First Published : 24 Nov 2009 03:48:00 AM IST Last Updated : 24 Nov 2009 11:08:59 AM IST Satya Sa...
Ireland Acts On Clergy Sexual Abuse. India Does Not Act On Sathya Sai Baba
2009-11-27 00:37:00 My readers may well have a keen sense of dj vu as they read the piece on Ireland. Inescapably one thinks of Sathya Sai Baba, his key officials in the international Sathya Sai Organization and successive local, state and central governments in India. All have have profoundly covered up in regard to both allegations of Sai Baba's (and some of his servitors') longtime, serial sexual abuse of boys and young men, and many other gravely serious wrongdoings. Ireland's Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern, appears determined to act strongly. The Guardian reports, "Ahern said there should be no hiding place for the abusers even if they wore a clerical collar. "The persons who committed these dreadful crimes ? no matter when they happened ? will continue to be pursued" "Even if they wore a clerical collar"?!
Liberhan Commission Report, India: Names Some Long-time Close Associates of
2009-11-25 03:13:00 Right now, a media furore is erupting in India, which relates to the "leaked" details of the the Judge Liberhan Commission report, a 17-year inquiry into the 1992 Ayodhya Mosque demolition. A number of the figures very seriously named are long-time close associates of Sathya Sai Baba and his core servitors. The report names the former Prime Minister Vajpayee, his Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani (not a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba) and former high-powered government minister Murli Manohar Joshi as instrumental figures in orchestrating the demolition and hiding their roles in this extremely painful episode in modern Indian history. The disgraced former Home Minister, Ashok Singhal, who along with Vajpayee and Joshi is an old adherant of Sathya Sai Baba, is also named.
Barry Pittard?s Articles On Sathya Sai Baba and His Global Movement (1)
2009-11-23 22:33:00 For more recent readers in particular, this series points to some of my articles at Call For Media and Government Investigation of Sathya Sai Baba - http://barrypittard.wordpress.c-om - on Sathya Sai Baba and his global sect, extending to January 2007.
Sathya Sai Baba 84th Birthday Celebrations. Will 21st Century India Tolerat
2009-11-22 02:03:00 Unimaginable splurgings of pomp and conspicuous waste attend Sathya Sai Baba's imperial-like birthday celebrations. The global financial meltdown will not have melted down his vast reserves of gold. Many politicians from right across India's political spectrum fall at Sathya Sai Baba's feet. Likewise industrialists, judges, many of the top brass from the armed services and police, and so forth. We know, too, via strong former devotee contacts with those who have roles at high levels, that, though there are those in foreign service who regret it, diplomats have been told "not to rock the boat" on the Sathya Sai Baba issue. This is actually a great disservice to India, because Sathya Sai Baba is NOT India!
Golden Throne of India?s Sathya Sai Baba. He says he will Rule the world so
2009-11-21 22:05:00 Soon never comes ... On November 23, 2009, he celebrates with enormous pomp and extravagance his 84th birthday. Sathya Sai Baba is haggard, weak and ailing, although on his 60th birthday he proclaimed that he would thenceforth not age. He long ago said that he will travel to other countries, actually naming some of them, and that he would perform these visits after first putting his "own backyard" (India) in order. In many respects, India is still in a parlous state.
On Leaving the Sathya Sai Baba Cult ? Ex Leaders and Rank-and-File
2009-11-20 11:43:00 In 1999, came the publication (August-September) of three articles in a piece entitled: Sathya Sai Baba Exposed. These had been taken up from other sources by the editor, Duncan Roads, who, quite separately and via his own sources in Australia, had suffered his own disillisionment in Sai Baba. A person close to me, who knew well that I had deafened my ears to anything inimical to Sathya Sai Baba, strongly urged me to read these articles, one of which was by the (then) head of the Australian Sathya Sai Organization, Terry Gallagher, an agricultural scientist and businessman of Kyama, in the state of New South Wales on Australia's eastern seaboard. Terry Gallagher?s had come to realise ? between 1986 and 1993 (the latter being the year of the grisly police executions in Sai Baba?s bedroom) that grave matters had been profoundly covered up, not only by the ashram officials but by local, state and central governments. Those who eventually leave commonly do not leave suddenly. There ...
Sai Baba?s hand-washing hypocrisy on display
2009-11-20 11:19:00 Sathya Sai Baba claims to be behind all things that happens, so – by the same preposterous claim – he is necessarily to blame for everything that is wrong. Yet he denies this and puts the responsibility for everything that is not good on us in every respect and every instance! This Janus faced teaching, ...
Sathya Sai Organization, Australia, Ex-Head Terry Gallagher?s Testimony Aga
2009-11-20 11:08:00 Below follow my excerpt from the former head of the Australian Sathya Sai Organization, Terry Gallagher. The full document is available here: Terry Gallagher?s Testimony
Basava Premanand Long Challenged Indian Governments To Come Clean On Sathya
2009-11-18 00:13:00 Among many attempts to awaken India to the great danger posed by chronic addiction to swamis, gurus and the like, the formost Indian rationalist B.Premanand tried to arouse government and public accountability. The odds he faced were utterly formidable. See my in memoriam tribute to Premanand, with whom I kept in touch over the years: Basava Premanand. Vale. A fighter for truth who lived what others preach One might have thought that the religious organizations, were they to have nothing to hide, would, in effect, have said something like this: Yes, we agree that horrible oppressions in the name of religion exist. We disagree with Premanand in regard to deism and disbelief. However, we are at one with him in wishing to stop exploitation, and we too will speak out very clearly, and do our best to ensure that you are not a voice crying in the wilderness.
Reply to a Sathya Sai Devotee?s Note re: David and Faye Bailey
2009-11-14 22:51:00 Recently, because there was the giving of a name and phone number, I replied to a note from one who would part company with the testimony of David and Faye Bailey, of whom I wrote in the recent article. My practice is to reply (usually more briefly than below) - courteously - to those followers who write with apparent sincerity, and not to reply to those who are rude: David Bailey and Thomas Wiehe. Transcript Of Phone Link: Sathya Sai Abuses
(Late) Ron and Peggy Laing: Deeply Alienated From Sathya Sai Organization
2009-11-13 23:44:00 Even before the worldwide onslaught of revelations - greatly facilitated by the sudden, dynamic growth of the Internet - of Sathya Baba's serial and widespread sexual abuse of boys and young men (and other abuses far beyond), well-loved devotees like Ron and Peggy Laing (UK) saw that Sathya Sai Baba's worldwide organization did not bear fair and reasonable scrutiny. Ron Laing was in the unusual position of being the only non-Indian (at the time) on the Sathya Sai World Council. It appears that, among the Laings other grave concerns was the extremely rude and autocratic conduct of the then world head of the Sathya Sai Organization, Indulal Shah. It was the latter who summarily sacked two widely-respected UK organization heads, Lucas Ralli and Aime Levy, simply because they disagreed with him.
India Lose ODI Series, But Vdopia Blessed With CricketNirvana
2009-11-13 08:27:00 Whatever the outcome of the India Vs Australia ODI series, fans got a run for their money as they got to watch some close encounters. Although disappointed at the end, what more can you ask from a thriller cricket game? Come to think of it, online video monetization during such huge events seems interesting to watch. ‘Huge’ because needless to say, cricket in India knows no limits which marks a bang on deal for video content be it online or via mobile. And, advertisers are all stirred up for more such tournaments lined up featuring India, which holds the key. Nimbus Communications’ CricketNirvana.com has been one of the most bang-up destinations visited by a cricket fan online to know live scores and analysis. In the recent past, news breeds Vdopia partnering with CricketNirvana.com for providing free premium content to all the cricket buffs, besides also catering leading brands a platform to reach their target audience. “Our partnership with Vdopia is a combin...
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The Late Leo Boogaard: A Dutch Voice of Conscience On Sathya Sai Baba
2009-11-13 01:07:00 In like manner, Thorbjorn Meyer sacked yet another widely-loved leader, (the late) Leo Boogaard, who was the chairman of the Dutch Sathya Sai Organization until 1984
India’s Telecom Space – A Case Of Lofty Targets & Inflated
2009-11-12 07:58:00 There are targets and then there are targets! Some targets make you smile and some targets make you wonder. Now dont get me wrong.. I may be sarcastic and a cynic sometimes but by and large I feel very bullish about the Telecom space in India. But it pains me when I see a larger than life picture being painted about the space. It pains me when I see Internet penetration numbers being inflated and multiple numbers floating in the market only to add to the confusion. Infact offlate a lot of people have been stating that the 500 million odd mobile subscribers are infact inflated due to dual sims and unutilized sim cards. Now it seems even 3G is starting to have lofty targets and claims. BSNL Punjab Telecom Circle Chief General Manager P K Paliwal has said “I think acceptance will increase exponentially when the services are available across the state.We expect to add 95,000 3G customers by March 2010.” Now this consider this: BSNL has been able to garner only 5000 3G subscribers s...
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Yahoo – Cisco Express Interest In India’s UID Project – W
2009-11-12 06:25:00 We have been tracking the UID project headed by Nandan Nilekani since its announcement in India and have been analysing its impact as well on various industries and players. We have questioned as to how this massive project would be completed and which route would it take? Whether it will be mobile? or something else? Now it seems players from the technology world have started expressing their interest in aiding this massive project. So Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz who was down in India expressed her interest in helping the Indian government with the project. The Yahoo CEO said, “The UID project involves a huge database. We, at Yahoo, have expertise in handling such huge amount of data. We met the Prime Minister today and discussed, among other things, how Yahoo can help the Government in the project,” There are ofcourse other technology players too like Cisco and Intel who have expressed their interest and are in talks with Mr.Nilekani as well as to what role they can play ...
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Sathya Sai Baba and Sexual ?Grooming? of Boys and Young Men
2009-11-11 03:33:00 Shortly before Christmas 1997, a highly capable and lovely person,with whom I worked among orphans at Puttaparthi, Maria Quoos, a Polish film and stage actress and businesswoman, came anxiously to me . She is now leader of the Polish Sathya Sai Organization. Ms Quoos brought a married Polish man in his mid twenties to meet me in my old friend Walia's restaurant (the owner was Sathya Sai Baba's former head gardener). The Polish man, a member of the group of which she led, was distressed and confused and Ms Quoos wanted me to help. He told us that in their recent interview with him, Sai Baba had covertly grasped his penis.
Now A Blackberry App Store Launches For India
2009-11-09 14:31:00 Research In Motion the company behind Blackberry phones announced that BlackBerry App World which is the the official app store for BlackBerry smartphones would now be available for users in India. The app store will provide a range of free personal and business applications for users to discover, including applications specifically built for the Indian market. Currently the Indian apps include Hungama MyPlay, CNBC TV18 Moneycontrol, Mundu Radio and Arrowmatics. Indian users can now download BlackBerry App World to their BlackBerry smartphone by visiting www.blackberry.com/appworld. One requires GPRS or Wifi connectivity inorder to use the app store. The App Store Revolution Apple App store made the app store concept famous when its own app store touched the 2 billion download mark. This got all and sundry looking at the app store model. Nokia entered with ovi though one has to say that nokia ovi vs apple app store battle is still being won by apple. We have earlier debated on the ...
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Microsoft Online Services Now Available In India At $2 Per User Per Month
2009-11-09 10:31:00 With the cloud threatening to take over the computing world Saas based models are gaining momentum. Just a few months back Microsoft had launched online tools for Small and Medium Sized Businesses on a free trial basis. Known as Microsoft Online Services which provided e-mail, collaboration, conferencing and productivity capabilities. Now it seems to have commercially launched the same service. The service is priced very competitively starting at $2 per user per month. Microsoft has tied up with partners like HCL, Infosys, Wipro to provide value added Services. Within the last 3 months of free trial over 1800 Indian businesses have come on board. Microsoft Online Services Ready Reckoner What: E-mail, collaborate, conference, IM facility online on a pay as you go basis Where to access: www.microsoft.com/india/onlines-ervices How much it costs: (excluding applicable taxes) – The standard suite costs $10 /user/month – Individual offerings are available at: - $5 per user/month fo...
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?Spiritual? Politicking Sathya Sai Baba Style. An India-UK Nexus
2009-11-04 19:22:00 After our urgent, co-ordinated actions, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie were within minutes prevented from visiting Sai Baba at Whitefield near Bangalore. They were ten minute?s drive away from his ashram when, heeding our representations, British High Commission officials were able to dissuade Blair and his wife from visiting Sathya Sai Baba.
Sathya Sai Baba Critic Serguei Badaev: An Incisive Voice of Conscience From
2009-11-02 11:16:00 Serguei Badaev was ex-President of the Sathya Sai Organization's Moscow centre, ex-deputy National Coordinator and National Sathya Sai Education in Human Values (SSEHV) Coordinator for Russia. Serguei Badaev is an incisive writer with a professional background (the physical sciences), whose writings critical of the Sai sect - no less than those of others who have raised critical questions - receive no answer from Sathya Sai Baba and his officials. Nor do they explain how those with years of loving, sacrificial and dedicated service to the Sathya Sai Baba organization (what to speak in their own professions and wider communities) should, practically overnight, become demons, naysayers, and defamers.
Links Critical of Sathya Sai Baba: India?s Most Famous Living Guru
2009-11-01 22:09:00 Links to websites and blogsites critical of Sathya Sai Baba, India's most famous living guru, who claims to be God fully incarnate, come to save the world, effectively in his own lifetime
Wayne Krantz: India tour dates
2009-10-30 16:30:00 Spotted over at guitar channel Wayne Krantz to play 2009 Jazz Utsav Fest in India : Wayne Krantz will be playing the 2009 Jazz Utsav festival in India with Anthony Jackson, Cliff Almond and David Binney. Dates and locations below. Nov 20th Bangalore: Ambedekar Auditorium Nov 21st Mumbai: Priadarshini Park Nov 22nd Delhi: FICCY Auditorium This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
3G Netbook At Rs. 10,000 – Qualcomm’s Kayak To Sail In India
2009-10-29 11:10:00 Qualcomm, the US-based mobile chip-maker announced in November that they were working on a low-cost PC, codenamed ‘Kayak‘. A ‘Kayak’ for all those who don’t know is a small, sleek and fast boat used by American Indians (Red Indians). And India might be the testing ground. The computer will be priced under Rs. 10,000 (200$) and might be tested in India by the second half of next year. Why India? Low PC Penetration Huge untapped market Attractive to those with low purchasing power The Kayak will be solely dependent on India’s 3G network. Now, we’ve been covering the 3G story for a long time. Recently, we reported how the 3G auction will finally take place in January (hopefully). With the 3G network enabled, the Kayak will have access to high speed Internet. The PC has a design model and very specific software specifications, all of which will be made available to device manufacturers. The Kayak seems to be a very basic model, for those who ...
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Opera Mini Crosses 35 Million Users – India Mobile Page Views Grow 20
2009-10-29 08:34:00 Opera the browser company which is more popular for its mobile browser Opera Mini has announced that the Mini has crossed more than 35.6 million users in September 2009 all around the world. This is an increase of 11.5% month on month for Opera mini, as well as an increase of over 150% year on year. Opera mini also announced the top 10 countries as per usage for september and they are: Russia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, Poland and Vietnam. As one can see India ranks 3rd in the above list. Here are some India specific statistics for September 2009. * Page-view growth since September 2008: 202.6% * Unique-user growth since September 2008: 61.4% * Page-views per user: 339 * Gmail is back on the list after a 2-month absence, and My Opera is back on the list after a 1-month absence. * Yahoo, which is usually at position 3 or 4, took a big drop down to position 7. Top 10 sites in India (unique users) 1. google.com 2. orkut.com 3. gm...
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Inner Ignoring of ?Warning Flags? Prior To Dissent From A Sect
2009-10-28 22:12:00 There is an ignoring, while one is still a member a questionable group, of what apostates, looking back on their process, have called 'warning flags'. The rationalising and psychological denial factors loom, but not so large as to cause deeper questioning and leave-taking. These are phenomena widely encountered in the reports of dissenters from sects. I have written of this aspect in an article, where I wrote: "Since leaving Sathya Sai Baba in October 1999, I have counted around 10 major ?flags? that I myself ignored. The realization of most of these resistances only occurred over time. Coming out of the spell?s grip is a painful, arduous process". See: A Cult?s Powerful Grip. (Sathya Sai Baba Sect Example) Posted by Barry Pittard on June 29, 2009
India Vs. Aus ODI Series Tickets Available At KyaZoonga – How Big Is
2009-10-28 11:35:00 The India vs. Australia One Day International Series is off to a fantabulous start. With body language of both the teams looking industrious, they definitely mean some serious business out here. After the first ODI victory, Indians can feel the heat of the tournament and are banking on the tickets to watch the games Live from the stadium. However, if you’ve been out there in the queues to book your North End ticket, it’s apparently the most annoying thing before you get to watch your favourite superstars in action. Of course it ought to be a tiring task, when the whole country is pumped-up to witness a historical tournament between the arch rivals. And, when it comes to India, cricket becomes a religion! KyaZoonga.com is one of those watchdogs that seems to be keeping an eagle-eyed watch on the latest and the most popular events happening in the country. Be it a cricket series or an in vogue Bollywood flick. Sales for one of the India vs. Australia ODIs have been out fo...
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More from the Guru Papers ? on sexual abuse
2009-10-27 10:24:00 ‘The Guru Papers’ by Joel Kramer and Diane Alstead is a major work exposing the exploitation of authoritarian power by gurus. It is particularly relevant to the study of Sathya Sai Baba, who fits the bill for such a guru:- “When abuses are publicly exposed, the leader either denies or justifies the behaviors by saying ...
3G India – 5th International Conference – A First Look Review
2009-10-27 06:22:00 The 3G India International Conference kicked off with the speakers and the chairperson lighting the Diya to mark a sanctum start. The first session was based upon the road ahead for telecom landscape in India from the service providers’ point of view majorly highlighting the opportunities for 3G in India. P. Balaji, Ericsson’s Vice President for marketing and strategy in India spoke at the Conference, during which he shared some persepectives revolving around the need for 3G in India. Beginning with, the survey conducted by Ericsson in metros and Tier I and Tier II cities showed results that most of the 3G subscribers across each segment use it mainly for music and imagery. Some points that he raised - Why mobile broadband? Since a user faces problems with his/her internet connection, 2 out of 5 were interested in 3G getting rolled out, after the survey results. Mobile Broadband has a strong pull from the consumer perspective. The early adopters of 3G in India - Youth Me...
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The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power
2009-10-27 00:52:00 by Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad. Published: Frog, Ltd., Berkeley, California; 1993 Some quotes from Part One of the Guru Papers have been supported as having striking accuracy in describing cult gurus and the dynamics involved. This is not least true of Sathya Sai Baba, who fits the bill entirely as such a guru exploiting his ...
Reputed Media and Other Agencies Decried By Sathya Sai Baba?s Defenders
2009-10-27 00:21:00 Those who defend Sathya Sai Baba and his global cult would tirelessly denigrate and defame all who seriously question him and his Sathya Sai Organization. Quite apart from former followers and other critics, their targets include leading journalists and broadcasters of repute who have investigated Sathya Sai Baba and his sect. This fact alone suggests the cultic mind at work. Being one of those centrally involved in approaches to Interpol, media, UNESCO, and other agencies in attempting to bring third party scrutiny to the Sathya Sai Baba and his core accomplices, I have repeatedly seen how demanding journalists and officials of these professional organizations are. Media include the BBC, DR, CBC, ABC, SBS, India Today, Times of London, Telegraph, the Guardian, the Age, Gatopado, West Australian, (Adelaide) Advertiser, and newspapers in Europe, Canada and and still others.
Amazon Kindle Launches For India With International Wireless From AT&T
2009-10-22 12:50:00 We had blogged last time as to how it might be smarter to wait and watch the kindle launch and eventual progress rather than jump out and buy one! Well maybe we got it wrong. Amazon has gone on a very aggressive note in India to promote the kindle. As per our source who attended the press conference Amazon is providing Kindle with AT&T’s US and International wireless services and this is at no monthly wireless bills and no yearly contracts as of now. There is also no software to install and no syncing required. The debatable point here is that is this wireless connection 3G or is it edge/gprs available on phones in India? Also who is AT&T’s partner operator here in India? Is AT&T entering India markets soon? AT&T was once a 2G player in India and exited the Indian markets in 2005 by selling its stake to IDEA Cellular. There is also news that AT&T now wants to enter the Indian market and will do so by buying the 3G spectrum at the upcoming 3G Auctions...
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Facebook Overtakes Orkut in India!
2009-10-20 14:35:00 Orkut and Facebook has been a favourite topic for most of us here. Who’s winning? Who WILL win? What’s the future of social networking in India? Recently, there was a huge furore over Facebook promoting itself in India by urging people to add their Orkut Friends. Then Orkut blocked their nifty little tool, so on and so forth. Look at any mention of Orkut news that we’ve covered, you’ll find subtle or obvious comparisons with facebook. With Facebook dominating almost EVERY other country, India and Brazil were Orkut’s last bastion. And that has now crumbled. As of today, Facebook is India’s fourth most popular site. Orkut.co.in lags at Number 5. What does that mean? Are more Indians now on Facebook? The last stats showed that Orkut had a huge majority when it came to volume? Now, to the extent that my knowledge of Alexa’s system goes, it records not the number of visitors registered on a site, but it checks the frequency of visits, numbe...
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Broadband Internet A Legal Right In Finland – When Will India Have On
2009-10-20 09:33:00 (With inputs by Abhishek Kapoor) In the era of stringent Tweeting bans compared to performance drug tests, this news will not come as a shock to many. An unshakable belief in something without need for a proof or evidence could be the importance of internet in each one’s life today. With India working up their internet penetration in the rural areas, it would achieve 20 million broadband users by 2010. Now we are at the end of 2009 and the TRAI latest numbers suggest that broadband penetration in India has just about managed to reach 6.8 million subscribers. Even countries of the European Union seem to be deeming high-speed internet as a vital human right. Recently in news, Finland legally mandated fast internet access to all it’s citizens and is the first to do so. Even the United Nations have okayed this particular move, where a universal service should be every citizen’s right. The minimum mandatory speed in Finland currently needs to be 1 megabit per second, b...
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Now Get Dubai Bus Routes on Google – India Will Have To Wait..
2009-10-20 07:05:00 If you are planning to go to Dubai then visit Google Maps as Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has joined hands with google to offer an interactive dubai street map which will help pedestrian & motorist to reach their desired destination easily. This will also include bus routes, hotels and restaurants. Interesting I say! Click on the screenshot below: How it works: Open Google Maps Enter address / location or pinpoint on map. After providing intended destination a choice of directions for driving or walking is given. Sitemap also shows available bus routes and estimated time it takes to reach a destination. This will also allow users to choose a district and search for restaurants and attractions in that area. In starting of 2009, RTA has also launched its own journey planner – Wojhati, but it was not welcomed by the audience because of lack of real road mapping. As of now, Google Maps is not providing Metro routes but this feature will soon be added. Its nice ...
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