A portion of this segment was inspired by the Sept 29th Washington Post Column by Steven Pearlstein: I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled. I am a private-equity fund manager. I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly creating wealth and prosperity despite all the obstacles put in my way by […]
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The conversations covered new rules related to foreign direct investment rule changes in India, iPhone5, Walmart in India. Date of broadcast: 2012-09-21 Audio language: Telugu http://media.blubrry.com/mmgl/telugu.tharangamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MMGL-2012_09_21-Part-5-of-5-Foreign-Direct-Investment-in-India-Apple-iPhone5-Wal-Mart-in-India.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:30 — 17.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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On the 150th birthday of Late Sri Gurazada Vankata Apparao – I remember him for his “Asammathi Patram” – a voice of dissidence against the establishment which was pushing ‘grandhika’ Telugu in to the curriculum at University of Madras. In this scholarly letter he made a cogent argument for teaching in colloquial Telugu. Citations in […]
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This week’s take on Facebook preachings and preachers… Date of Broadcast: 2012-09-21 Audio language: Telugu http://media.blubrry.com/mmgl/telugu.tharangamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MMGL-2012_09_21-Part-3-of-5-Facebook-Pravachannalu.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:32 — 5.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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The Republican nominee for the office of the President of United States, Willard (Mitt) Romney was caught saying the 47% of American who voted for Obama actually pay no taxes and they believe that they are entitled to welfare…. Date of Broadcast: 2012-09-21 Audio language: Telugu http://media.blubrry.com/mmgl/media.blubrry.com/tharanga_telugu/p/telugu.tharangamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MMGL-2012_09_21-Part-2-of-5-Callers-Inspiring-Teachers-Comment-on-47pct-Comments.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download () | […]
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Happy 89th birthday to the legend! A couple of callers weigh in with their reverence to the man. Broadcast date: 2012-09-21 Audio Language: Telugu http://media.blubrry.com/mmgl/telugu.tharangamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MMGL-2012_09_21-Part-1-of-5-Happy-Birthday-ANR-gau.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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Wrap up segment of the show with some wall posts I thought to be funny. Date of Broadcast: 2012-09-28 Audio Language: Telugu http://media.blubrry.com/mmgl/telugu.tharangamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MMGL-2012_09_28-Part-3-of-3-Funny-Facebook-Posts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:10 — 15.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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This segment (in Telugu) relies on the arguments put-forth in the Matt Taibbi’s Rolling Stone article: This Presidential Race Should Never Have Been This Close Romney is an almost perfect amalgam of all the great out-of-touch douchebags of our national cinema: he’s Gregg Marmalaard from Animal House mixed with Billy Zane’s sneering, tux-wearing Cal character […]
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NFL Referee dispute and its subsequent resolution is a proxy for the battle of ideologies. If you want to know how quickly people abandon their ideology when the outcome is not in their favor, look no further than the union-busting, Koch brother lapdog Governor Scott Walker. Walker walked back on his ‘anti-union’ stance because he […]
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What do Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina in common? They are all either controlled by a GOP law makers or have a Republican secretary of state. In the name of voter ‘fraud prevention’ they are making a lot of citizens who are likely to vote Democratic difficult […]
Forget the Presidential elections. Forget the congressional elections. The most powerful institution in this country is neither the Office of the President, nor the Congress nor the Supreme Court – it is the Federal Reserve Board and a band of unelected economists who live in and breathe in a la la land. The Congress can […]
What started out as a simple idea in 2005 has helped connect, entertain and educate 100s of thousands of Telugu people around the world today. There are spin offs to that original idea and there are also copycats. Unleashing the power of that simple idea beyond Telugu people and to all people of Indian origin […]
Obama may have come out of DNC with a big bump. But… don’t count Mitt Romney out. Why, you ask? Remember the conservative trio who pretty much ruled the Republican party for nearly 15 years? Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed and Jack Abramoff. Jack Abramoff is now a convicted criminal. He is out of lobbying, he […]
MMGL Podcast 2012-08-31 – GOP Convention, Republican Part 2 of 2 Paraphrasing Jay Leno and Jon Stewart: Clint Eastwood and his talk to the empty chair personified today’s average Republican – as senile old white man yelling at an imaginary person who doesn’t exist, the room full of Republicans who could see that imaginary person […]
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