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The
troubled life and times of Rahul Mahajan
 New
Delhi: His life is the kind of spectacle that television
thrives on. One reason perhaps is that Rahul Mahajan
understands television very well.
Not so long ago, when he was still an unknown entity,
Rahul Mahajan was a television producer for Doordarshan
but the spotlight turned on him, in May 2006 when
he lost his father to an alleged fratricide and
even before that faded in public memory, came another
shocker.
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1984
Sikh carnage was wrong: Rahul
 Amritsar,
November 18 Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
condemned the anti-Sikh violence in the aftermath
of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, saying “whatever
happened was wrong”.
“The 1984 riots were wrong. I strongly condemn
the carnage,” Rahul said at a news conference
in response to a question on Operation Bluestar
and the riots. “There is no truth that there
is hatred among Sikhs against the Congress party.
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Indian
Navy sinks pirate vessel off Somali coast
 Gulf
of Aden, Nov 19: Within days of preventing the hijack
of an Indian merchant vessel, Indian Navy’s
warship INS Tabar, after exchange of fire, sank
a pirate vessel off the Somali coast.
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FM calls for
price cuts, CEOs divided
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DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday
called on sectors like housing, automobiles, hotels
and airlines to cut prices to boost demand
and beat the slowdown. The auto sector ruled
this out as unrealistic in the current situation,
while airlines — looking for
a lifeline from the government —
seemed more receptive to the suggestion. Real estate
companies, however, remained noncommittal.
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Season of
pinkslips? Here are the firms hiring in India
 NEW
DELHI: Citigroup on Tuesday decided to cut 53,000
more jobs, triggering fears of more layoffs across
industries. A lowdown on some sectors and companies
which are on a hiring spree (TOI) TOI, however,
has decided to be contrarian. Instead of only writing
about pink slips, it hunted out companies that are
actually hiring. Here are the sectors that are hiring:
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Asian Insider does not endorse the opinion of
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are more than welcome. They should be between
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SAMMA:
MAKE AN EFFORT
R N Rao
Lee Strasberg, a prominent
acting teacher in America said "Make an Effort".
I hope that is what it took for the Indians that organized
the "South Asians in Media, Marketing & Entertainment"
(SAMMA) Summit 2008. They brought in a big name like
Peter Liguori, CEO of Fox.
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MUCH
ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Ardesar
With the Parliamentary vote
of confidence behind it, India still has two more
obstacles to overcome, before it can achieve energy
growth through nuclear power. The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) meet on August 1st, to be followed
by approval from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
India is canvassing members of both organizations
to assure approval is obtained.
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THE ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT
Ardesar
It seems every week brings
another piece of news which forebodes an Israel-Iran
conflict in the near future. First, Israel conducted
a military exercise, then Iran set off several missiles,
then Israel conducted air force exercises in Iraq.
The writing is on the wall - Israel will attack
and it will happen before the end of 2008. Such
a move would have to be sanctioned by the United
States and what better time than under the auspices
of a cowboy administration? Israel’s well
funded military which has struck with immunity in
the past - remember Syria and Iraq - will have the
advantage when it strikes Iran, but will the goal
be achieved? Will Israel ever be able to say “mission
accomplished’.
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TOWARDS MORE PEACE IN ASIA
Joseph
Aranha
Throughout many countries
in Asia there are moves by various, and new governments
towards peace. People have voted out governments whose
focus was confrontation with their neighbors as in
Taiwan. The Chinese have kind of settled down due
to the catastrophic earthquake that hit China in the
recent past - the largest in 58 years, which showed
them that power does not come out of the barrel of
a gun. In Malaysia more Tamil representatives were
elected to office and in South Korea a new president
was elected who doesn’t seem to be confrontational.
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Confucius on Peace and Tolerance
John
Kung
The
influence Confucius had on peoples’ lives and
behavior was and is as life changing as any religion
would have. Yet, Confucianism is not a religion in the
usual sense. It does not possess a priesthood, nor does
it have any creed, its scripture is not considered a
“revelation.” You do not have to be baptized
or sign any membership form. Yet, 1.3 billion Chinese
are affected by Confucius’ teachings. Though not
attesting to the existence of a personal God, Confucianism
acknowledges the supreme Heaven, or Tien (alternately
translated as Heavenly Way or Heavenly Principle), that
humans must answer to. Master Kung himself reveals that
his conscience always tells him to follow Tien.
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