Yezdi

" I have posted a shot of Ambassador and one of BSA, both companies wrapped up in UK long time ago. Here is another company that doesn't exist anymore. Yezdi used to make twin cylinder 2-stroke 250 cc motorcycles, earlier by the name of Java and then Yezdi and unfortunately...

Pesticides? No thanks I will have milk

Manu seems to have made up his mind and has opted to go for Milk instead of pesticides laced cola. This is not the first time the case of pesticide in colas have come up and it is really surprising that the companies are not being fined, the plants are not being shut down and...

India Bans Arab TV Channels Under Pressure From Israel

"In a country widely referred to as the world’s largest democracy, the Indian government has succumbed to mounting Israeli pressure and ordered a nationwide ban on the broadcast of Arab television channels. The Indian government’s ban on Arab television stations is in...

The Seattle Times: Books:

"Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond"by Pankaj MishraFarrar, Straus and Giroux,336 pp., $25On Feb. 27, 2002, Hindu activists were returning from a pilgrimage to Ayodhya, the site Hindu nationalists claim marks the...

India bombings shatter train friendships (AP)

" BOMBAY, India - Every weekday, Ashok Shah met up with his diamond-merchant friends as they headed to work on Bombay's clattering rail network: same train stations, same cars, same times. They talked business — prices, shipments, carats and quality — and chatted...

350 detained over Bombay train bombings

"AP - Indian police have detained about 350 people for questioning in connection with the Bombay train bombings, officials said Thursday, amid suspicion that Kashmiri militants could be linked to the attacks that killed at least 200 people."

Bomb attack on Bombay trains kills 147 (AP)

" BOMBAY, India - Eight bombs exploded in first-class compartments of packed Bombay commuter trains Tuesday, killing 147 people and wounding hundreds in a well-coordinated terror attack on the heart of a city that embodies India's global ambitions. Suspicion quickly fell on...

PM reviews security situation after blasts

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in the wake of the series of bomb blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar."

Scores dead in Mumbai train bombs

"At least 130 people have been killed and 300 injured by seven bombs on the train network in the Indian financial capital Mumbai (Bombay), police say."

Death toll in India train bombings at 131 (AP)

" BOMBAY, India - Seven bombs hit Bombay's commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, killing 131 people and wounding more than 300 in what authorities called a well-coordinated terrorist attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility in the bombings,...

Indian Shares Rise With Global Markets

"Indian shares rose with the benchmark index gaining 1.1 percent Tuesday, a day after it fell sharply amid worries over inflation and higher interest rates."

Asia wakes-up to Mittal's success story

"Asian stock markets, including the second best performing Bombay Stock Exchange, on Monday saw metal stocks coming to centre-stage aided by the industry's biggest buyout deal between Arcelor and Mittal Steel."

Bombay bunkum!

"The name Mumbai is unlucky for the city. In fact, leading astrologers say (without a trace of irony), 2005 saw the beginning of the Shani dosh (Saturn rules the city making it unlucky), which will continue for the next seven-and-a-half years. "