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Hey, nobody's perfect! Why experts don't know Jack...
Professional musicians, wine tasters, book judges, film critics and ice-skating judges are all fallible. Why would rating agencies, who gave AAA ratings to securities that turned to junk, be any better? #Moody's #TheOddAngle #Standard & Poor's #Rating agencies
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Dogs of War: Urinating Marines and the bestiality of conflict
The video clip of US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters is the latest in a long history of conflict situations where the objective is the total dehumanisation of the enemy. Why societies must never look away. #War/Conflict #TheOddAngle #Abu Ghraib #Seymour Hersh
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Rahul Gandhi, the gawky, poor little 'Richie Rich' politician
Rahul Gandhi's gawkiness as a politician is only matched by his cynical exploitation of caste and communal identities that masquerades as empathy for the underprivileged. #Politics #Uttar Pradesh #Mayawati #Congress #Rahul Gandhi #TheOddAngle #Caste #Dalit politics
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Mamata Banerjee, the domestic (abuse) Goddess
Mamata delivered her fatal blow against the Lokpal Bill. But the UPA is still standing steadfastly by its woman like a battered spouse who has nowhere else to go. #Mamata Banerjee #Manmohan Singh #Trinamool Congress #TheOddAngle #Jan Lokpal Bill
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Ayes and Noes? Lets say nahin to this archaic tradition
Why do we persist with mindless British traditions - and archaic English words - in our decidedly desi parliament? #Parliament of India #TheOddAngle #British Parliament #Westminster
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Mirror, mirror on the wall. Kim Jong-il the looniest tyrant of all?
It's hard to say with certainty, but Kim Jong-il ran a close race, with his numerous idiosyncracies. #TheOddAngle #Kim Jong-il #North Korea
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The dirty picture of India: A nation of petty marketers
Every success story in India, from Kolaveri di to The Dirty Picture, has to have a marketing moral. But isn't there more to success than being enshrined in a business school course? #TheOddAngle #Marketing #Vidya Balan #The Dirty Picture #Dhanush #Kolaveri di
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Justice for Bhopal victims as elusive as India's Olympic golds
India will not boycott the London Olympics. No one expected it to, not even the Olympians who called for it. It did put the Indian government in a Catch-22 situation. But will that make any difference to the victims of the Bhopal gas leak? #Bhopal disaster #TheOddAngle #London Olympics #Olympic boycott
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Cult of corporate personality: Hero-worshipping Ratan, Mukesh et al
Corporate tycoons are the new heroes of post-liberalisation India, each of us eager to bask in their reflected glory. But in this new era, Ratan Tata is a god of a lesser kind, less beloved than his more nouveau riche peers. #Tata family #Mukesh Ambani #Ratan Tata #TheOddAngle #Cyrius Mistry