Comments on: Stocking stuffers for the Orissa government

By: debasis

debasis — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:08:53 +0000

i m a fashion designer , and as adesigner i want to say , this is a offensive work , a person before designing these type product , which hurts somebody & is not hurting a single person , its a whole nation , is not a fair work.

By: cookiebrown

cookiebrown — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:09:38 +0000

What? An Indian politician is actually voicing an objection publicly to something he finds upsetting? Ridicule/scorn/laugh at/question the enlightenment of/ that corrupt/lazy/ineffectual/cynical/ignorant man.

By: Whose God is it anyways?

Whose God is it anyways? — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:53:31 +0000

“I was there and boy was it fun especially after India had Australia on the ropes.”

lucky you! i was tempted to call it a night at the lunch break but fortunately i stuck it out to see india make a match of it.

By: melbourne desi

melbourne desi — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:33:19 +0000

ndian fieldsman Wasim Jaffer watches a streaker wearing the Indian flag being escorted from the field by police during the first day of the first Test match at the MCG in Melbourne, 26 December 2007.

I was there and boy was it fun especially after India had Australia on the ropes.

By: brown_dbd

brown_dbd — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:34:24 +0000

Blasphemy!

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/top/photo?slug=14514f350d7d0e39c738584d72a22575-getty-cricket-aus-ind&prov=getty

Indian fieldsman Wasim Jaffer watches a streaker wearing the Indian flag being escorted from the field by police during the first day of the first Test match at the MCG in Melbourne, 26 December 2007.

By: BlackCat

BlackCat — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:54:30 +0000

Why are Indians so insecure about anything and everything? Are our leaders and icons so frail that they need us to constantly defend them whenever some idiot fashion designer chooses to "defile" them?

I second that.

Our deities, leaders, and icons will be worthy of admiration or worship regardless of what people say about them. In the end, who is going to be remembered... random designers and CafePress or Ganesha and Gandhi?

Reacting like small children doesn't exactly prove your maturity. If anything, flying off the handle for little things like this, while ignoring cases like the Anjana Mishra case, makes you appear remarkably unworthy of any sort of power.

By: louiecypher

louiecypher — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:00:22 +0000

What about the image of Jesus on sanitary pads and toilet tissue? Strange how that never strikes someone as fitting a neat market niche? This guy talks about some "nobody politician" in Orissa (a state with a larger population than, say, Louisiana, where students get murdered in broad daylight), but what do you think a famous guy like BAAAAbby JindAAAAl would say about the products suggested in the first sentence of my comment? What would you say, Abhi babay of the land of milk and honey?

Svaha: We in the US have the right to abuse religious symbols and we regularly do so. India has a law against "hurting religious sentiment" and does not respect free speech. Abhi already pointed out that the same shop that Orissa is protesting has this Jesus stuff. We have shows in the US like Southpark where the creators regularly make fun of Jesus and other religious figures without any civil disturbance. So the Orissa government can protest over the fact that we in the US have an iconoclastic sense of humor, but they should be aware that we don't have any stupid laws against "hurting religious sentiment" that we can use to give them the "justice" they seek. And what point are you making about lawlessness in the US ? Do you really think violent crime doesn't happen in India ? Do you contend that the justice system works better in India ? BTW, as much as I dislike Jindal you are going out on a limb suggesting that he should show special consideration for these victims just because they are Indian. This is the job of law enforcement, his job is to give them the funding they need. I am happy that the police in this country are not the hired goon squad of the ruling party as they are in India

By: svaha

svaha — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:42:07 +0000

What about the image of Jesus on sanitary pads and toilet tissue? Strange how that never strikes someone as fitting a neat market niche? This guy talks about some “nobody politician” in Orissa (a state with a larger population than, say, Louisiana, where students get murdered in broad daylight), but what do you think a famous guy like BAAAAbby JindAAAAl would say about the products suggested in the first sentence of my comment? What would you say, Abhi babay of the land of milk and honey?

By: muralimannered

muralimannered — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:48:07 +0000

Abhi, this is a sure way to NOT GET LAID.

Strutting is surely not a catalyst for rutting.

By: Chitta

Chitta — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:22:04 +0000

Preeti (96):

You are confusing the “Patnaiks”. The recent comment was made by JB Patnaik, the Congress leaders of opposition in the Orissa assembly; and he was the one involved in the scandal you mention.

Biju Patnaik is a different person. He passed away in 1997.

For info on Biju Patnaik see the NY Times article on him at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E4DD173EF932A15757C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

There is also a nice article on him in the Economist that needs premium access. http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TQRDNG&CFID=940248&CFTOKEN=419d2b23a46727b1-0F17E8A1-B27C-BB00-014302BDF1A0F080

Another Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik, the current chief minister of Orissa, is the son of Biju Patnaik.