The world has just got to stop exploiting each other. Here's an article from Robert Fisk of how the West (US, Britain) is (re-)exploiting Pakistan.

Beijing awarded the Olympics for: 2008 Number of Internet cafes closed by Chinese gov't: 2000 Number of cafes told to suspend operations: 6000 Days after being awarded the Olympics: 6 Human Rights and Freedom: Priceless Source: Popular Science

So I have allergies to milk. In fact, I would go as far to say that milk is racist, because most of the worlds population (in fact most non-white people) are allergic to milk. So I went to Whole Foods to buy Rice Dream, because they sell it for a lot less. This was my frist time at Whole Foods. And wow, I was amazed. Everybody should go.

I'm connected to the net wirelessly via iPaq. This is so cool!

The Taj Mahal was vandalized yesterday. [ the Dawn Group ][ Rediff India ].

I've been watching this slow pattern of visible anti-Muslim rhetoric spewed by the BJP/RSS/VHP (unholy trinity that acts in the name of Hindusim). It's out of hand, and if India wants to stay a true republic for all people Muslim and Hindu alike, it will need to change the climate.

India is on the verge of turning into a racist state that abuses its religious and racial minorities like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Israel. Right now its in the hands of a signle party, the BJP.

The BJP has remarkable similarities to the National Socialist party of 1930s Germany. Given the chance they'd remove any remnants of the Islamic period of India - including the 14% Muslim population.

I'm being harsh and extreme, but it is deserved. This is not the Gandhiesque Indians, these are not the open minded Hindus, these are extremists who defile Hinduism by claiming all Islam and foreign cultures as an enemy to it.

This offends me to no end as an Indian American. The Taj Mahal is one of the greatest monuments of India. The wonderful intermixing of Hindus and Muslims is a beauty. I strive to understand Islam and relate it to the teachings my family has passed onto me. It is remarkably similar. If only the extremists would realize this.

They cannot blame Islam for the terror in Kashmir. True - many Islamic groups have committed acts of terror in Kashmir - but we as Indians must accept our acts of terror, our occupation in India. The moral high ground will always win.

My "stand in" logo, until I actually work on my crescent moon, is in the top left corner ('be like water'). It was quite an adventure to learn that IE for windows (any version) does not support PNG propperly.

The Photo Gallery is still available here. In the coming weeks I will begin to import it to this new site.

Its surprising how we can cover up tactlessness with patriotism. "Keep America Rolling" is a phrase that pretty much every company has using. (The security system companies have been doing a good deal of exploiting our sense of fear as well). The theory is in order to keep America great we need to keep spending money to keep our great economy thriving.

layout: post title: Hack the Planet — Today I went to the Suburban Civic Fair at the local Harper College in Palatine, IL. It was quite interesting. The keynote was Jim Hightower a radio personality, author and radical.