Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai
Music : Laxmikant Pyarelal, Director: A. Bhim Singh,
Singer: Mohammed Rafi.
Mysore Devi Mahatmya 1830-1835
“This place with its counterfeit cosmopolitanism became the center of all that was false, affected and weak in contemporary Bengali culture. (On Santiniketan)” — Nirad Chaudhuri
“Muslims do not have the slightest right to complain about the desecration of one mosque in Ayodhya. From 1000 AD every temple from Kathiawar to Bihar, from the Himalayas to the Vindhyas has been sacked and ruined. Not one temple was left standing all over northern India. They escaped destruction only where Muslim power did not gain access to them for reasons such as dense forests. Otherwise, it was a continuous spell of vandalism. No nation with any self-respect will forgive this. What happened in Ayodhya would not have happened had the Muslims acknowledged this historical argument even once.” — Nirad Chaudhuri
- Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore: Sharmila converted to Islam (renamed herself Begum Ayesha Sultana). They named their children: Saif Ali, Saba Ali and Soba Ali.
- Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh: Amrita converted to Islam. They named their children: Sara Ali and Ibrahim Ali
- Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta: Children's names: Junaid and Ira, both Quranic names.
- Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Chibber: Children's names Suhana, Aryan and Abram. While Suhana and Abram are clearly Quranic names, Aryan is a Indo-European name (Sankrit and Persian) meaning noble one. Aryan is not a Quranic name, but is used by Muslims in the Persian influenced parts of the Islamic world.
- Salim Khan and Sushila Charak: Children's names: Salman, Arbaaz, Sohail and Alvira. Of these Alvira seems to be a neologism but the rest are clearly Quranic.
Bill Gates has loudly and incessantly talked about his decision to donate most of his fortune to charity. In 2000, Forbes listed him as the richest man in the world with a net worth of $60 Billion. The 2014 Forbes list has him at number 2 with $79 Billion.
Gosh Bill, how hard is it to give your money away? Can't you just write a check for the whole amount to the US Treasury? After all, thats what you want the rest of us to do.
How about taking some time out of your busy reading schedule and writing the check? I think that is a better use of your time than dreaming up new taxes for the rest of us.
For those who think this is an ad hominem attack, my response: Getting Bill to empty his bank account is a pretty big first step to reducing inequality. So think of my proposal as a sober policy prescription. The Bill Gates expropriation bill of 2014.