2010


Goodbye Mr. Hussain

Maqbool Fida Hussain, popularly known as MF Hussain, has recently migrated to Qatar and has accepted Qatar’s nationality. He is a well noted painter and extremely famous. But with his paintings of nude gods and goddesses, he has incurred the wrath of millions of Indians. It does not matter if Hussain is a great painter. […]



Stay Away from those “On-Line, For-Profit” Schools

Remember the pet-rock fad? People were stupid enough to buy those “pet-rocks.” Surprisingly, the business itself was legitimate. There is another ‘legitimate’ business, which is essentially fraud: several for-profit universities in USA! Online education by the ‘for-profit universities’ is the next biggest fraud to be exposed. These schools are businesses. They sell “degrees.”  Nothing appears […]


Greenspan on the Hill: “Don’t Blame Me” (Again)

Greenspud was on the hill today and tried to distance himself from any responsibility for helping the banks rob you in the broad daylight.[Via NY Times] In his testimony, an unflinching Alan Greenspan fended off a barrage of questions about the Fed’s failure to crack down on subprime mortgages and other abusive lending practices during […]







Prepaid Mobiles: How To Spend Less

Mobile phones are nowadays available to each person, but not everyone has a clear control of their spending. Especially if on a contract, you can discover that your bills can sometimes be very high without any forewarning. Some people have unexpectedly been charged thousands.