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GOP’s Voter Fraud (Watch the Video)
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 […]
QE Today. QE Tomorrow. QE Forever!
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 […]
Tharanga Media in Top 75 of “The Power of Ideas”
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 […]
Don’t Count Mitt Romney Out.
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) The 2012 GOP Convention, Definition of a Republican – Part 2 of 2
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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(MMGL Podcast) The 2012 GOP Convention, Definition of a Republican – Part 1 of 2
MMGL Podcast 2012-08-31 – GOP Convention, Republican Part 1 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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(MMGL Podcast) First Day of College, Separation Anxiety (Callers) – Part 2 of 2
Podcast of MMGL 12-08-31: 1st day of College (Part 2 of 2) Scenes like this are common on college campuses across United States. Indian immigrants who went to college in India and also in USA, can see the differences in campus experience like night and day. But what is common is the uniqueness of first […]
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(MMGL Podcast) First Day of College, Separation Anxiety – Part 1 of 2
Podcast of MMGL 12-08-31: 1st day of College (Part 1 of 2) Scenes like this are common on college campuses across United States. Indian immigrants who went to college in India and also in USA, can see the differences in campus experience like night and day. But what is common is the uniqueness of first […]
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MMGL 8-31-2012: RNC Convetion, Back to School
After a two week gap, MMGL will be back on air today at usual time: 11 AM US Eastern, 8:30 PM IST Today’s topics: Back to school, Paul Ryan, Todd Akin, RNC Convention, Mitt Romney, Clint Eastwood and anything that you have in mind. Stay tuned to Telugu Tharanga.
Prof Mohan Interview with Avadhani Sri Narala Rama Reddy 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2: Chit chat with Avadhani Sri Narala Rama Reddy. In this part – some refresher bits about Telugu grammar. Listen to him take a dattapadi challenge: make a poem praising the beauty of a Bapu art-like female with names: Clinton, Bush, Romney and Obama. అలంకారాలు. యతి ప్రాసలు. దత్తపది: క్లింటన్, రామ్నీ, బుష్, ఒబామా […]
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Prof Mohan Interview with Avadhani Sri Narala Rama Reddy 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2: Chit chat with Avadhani Sri Narala Rama Reddy. Techniques and items in an Ahstavadhanam, Sathavadhanam. Difficulty levels in each. Avadhanam during the time of Thirupathi Venkata Kavis vs now. అష్టావధానం, శతావధానం, సహస్రావధానం – అంశాలు, మెళకువలు. ఆధునిక అవధానాలకు తిరుపతి వెంకట కవుల కాలం లో అవధానాలకు వ్యత్యాసం. అసలు కవిత్వం ఎందుకట? ఇవి ఈ భాగంలో ముఖ్యాంశాలు. […]
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MMGL 2012-08-10 – Special Guest, Avadhani Sri Narala Rama Reddy
On August 10, 2012 – Sri Narala Rama Reddy, a well known avadhani who performed over 1000 avadhanas. Program starts at 11 AM US Eastern (8 AM US Pacific/8:30 PM IST) సహస్రాధిక అవధానాలు నిర్వహించిన ప్రముఖ అష్ట , శతావధాని శ్రీ నరాల రామారెడ్డి గారితో ప్రత్యేక మోహన మురళీ గానాలహరి – ఈ శుక్రవారం, ఆగష్టు 10 , 2012 న అమెరికా […]
US National Memory Championship, 2006: Jashua Foer
Here are six “Mental Athletes” competing at US National Memory Championship in 2006. Dasaavadhaanam, if you will. Impressive stuff. But, this would be a lame competition for a typical Ashtaavadhaani in Telugu. Watch the video first. This will be first of a few dots I am giving you out. Make me connect the dots on […]
Zynga – Morgan Stanley’s Another Pet that Pooped on Shareholders
(I am in a foul mood today. I am angry at the criminal enterprises called Wall Street, Investment Banks, Too Big to Fail Banks, The Federal Reserve and the US Government. So, pardon my language.) Not too long ago – before taking AssBook stock public, Morgan Stanely brought another stinker in to the market and […]