'Dawood's daughter to marry Miandad's son'

Made in heaven or rather made in Pakistan.

'Dawood's daughter to marry Miandad's son' - Sify.com

Indian Republic Day

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

1949? Wtf! I thought the constitution was enforced in 1950. Turns out this is the preamble to the Constitution passed on 26th January 1949. So much for my knowledge of Indian history. I also discovered that the Indian constitution is the worlds lenghtiest constitution and was written by a Columbia University graduate!

Well turns out I'm way better than 90% of my fellow FOBs in the US of A, who are so busy in their own little desi ghettos in New Jurshee, Kaalifornia, Seeyatul and other places in the US of A, that they forgot India's Republic Day. Oh you remembered this morning when you were browsing up Times of India online with your cup of coffee? Then how about you open up your email, skip the porn mail and jokes and instead email a few friends reminding them of this days significance. Jai Hind!

Republic Day

Hindus reclaim the Swastika

Hindus in UK and other European counties are apparently trying to cleanse the Swastika of its Nazi past. Not a bad idea. But after the number Hitler did on that one, I'm betting its going to be one heck of an effort to make the Swastika PC again in Europe and North America. Prince Harry is not helping any.

KRT Wire | 01/13/2005 | Report: India, China will be major powers in 2020

Surprise! Surprise! Close to 2.5 billion cannot go wrong

KRT Wire | 01/13/2005 | Report: India, China will be major powers in 2020

Philadelphia radio show host offshores his racist, sexist and hatred filled views against an Indian Call center worker.

In case you were too busy to notice or just too occupied cooking your chicken curry and dal chaaval, this happened on December 15th 2004.

On the above clip is part of a show that aired last month in Philadelphia's Power 99 without complaint. The host of Star and Buc Wild Show, Star posed as a white father trying to buy beads so his 6-year-old daughter could look like tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. After learning his query had been answered by a call center in India, he exploded, blasting the woman who answered as "a filthy rat eater" and threatening to "come out there and choke the... out of you.".........

From Ed' blog
Apparently, the wakeup crew at Philadelphia's Power 99 radio think that it's absolutely hilarious to call a customer service line outsourced to India and berate an employee with sexist and racist banter.

Here's a transcript:

NARRATOR INTRO: Wakeup with Star and Buc Wild in the mornings of Power 99 FM.

STAR: I'm going to play this call from earlier before we get out of here. This is the, uh, call that I made to -- I thought it was a company here locally. Not that I was surprised.
(laughter)

STAR: I saw this infomercial about, uh, what are these things called again? Oh, the, uh...

FEMALE VOICE: Bead? Oh shoot.

STAR: Anyway, let -- let's just play the call. I was surprised when I got somebody on the line in East India. These little beads that I saw. Little white kids, uh, a little machine that puts them in their hair.

FEMALE VOICE: Mm'hm.

STAR: Play it.

(tape begins)

STEENA: This is Steena. How may I help you?

STAR: Hi, Stain-a, you say?

STEENA: Yes.

STAR: (in fake Indian accent) Yeah, I called and I just got hung up on. I'm calling from America about the quick beads for my daughter's, uh, hair. Quick beads.

STEEA: Okay. May I have your ZIP code please?

STAR: 10274.

STEENA: 10274?

STAR: Yes. Get it right. Now are you in India? Because I just spoke to someone in India who hung up on me.

STEENA: Thank you. I am from India, ma'am.

STAR: Okay. So my call is being outsourced to India.

STEENA: That's right.

STAR: In... in regards to my six year old, white American daughter who wants to get the quick beads like Serena and Venus Williams.

STEENA: Now. I'll definitely place an order for that. See...

STAR: What's that?

STEENA: ...in the ad, she called to place a quick bead of counier. To ensure proper handling...

STAR: Ma'am, I don't know what the hell you're saying. Hang on a second. Let me try and get something straight here. The quick beads, like Venus and Serena Williams, that to advertise to -- to the white kids on television. This call has been outsourced to India?

STEENA: That's right.

STAR: Well, ma'am, what the eff would you know about an American white girl's -- uh, uh -- hair? And quick beads.

STEENA: Just to inform you, ma'am, we're a national chain services company. And we're just taking calls on the opposite...

STAR: Listen, bitch! Don't get slick with the mouth! Don't you get slick with me, bitch!

STEENA: Now if you continue to speak this language, I will disconnect the call.

STAR: Listen to me, you dirty rat eater. I'll come out there and choke the eff out of you.

(laughter)

STAR: You're a filthy rat eater. I'm calling about my American six year old white girl. How dare you outsource my call? Get off the line, bitch!

(laughter; end of tape)

STAR: Pull it up.

(laughter)

STAR: Heard they listen well out there.

Filthy rat eater? I dont know about you, but that kind of language makes my blood boil. My brother works at a call center and this could happen to him too. I have only this advise for my brother: if this happens think of it as part of your training and handle it professionally like the call center girl in the above clip did.