http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/22/five_rivers_to/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/22/five_rivers_to/comment-page-1/#comment-282443 Rahul Rvd Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:26:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6456#comment-282443 <p>How about the magnificent <i> Humble The Poet </i> track <b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_6L-brMQg"> Imagine 2009 </a></b></p> How about the magnificent Humble The Poet track Imagine 2009

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/22/five_rivers_to/comment-page-1/#comment-282436 KamSingh Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:34:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6456#comment-282436 <p>On that note - sex trafficking in India through Mumbai has been a huge problem and the NGOs had little attention from the outside world. But when Bush came into power, because of his moral politicking, things like sex trafficking mattered to him when providing foreign aid and suddenly these NGOs in India, that were being ignored by the Indian government were suddenly getting funding. It 1. made me realize the extent of American influence (I mean, I knew in the abstract, but not really) and 2. not everything that came out of Bush was shit.</p> On that note – sex trafficking in India through Mumbai has been a huge problem and the NGOs had little attention from the outside world. But when Bush came into power, because of his moral politicking, things like sex trafficking mattered to him when providing foreign aid and suddenly these NGOs in India, that were being ignored by the Indian government were suddenly getting funding. It 1. made me realize the extent of American influence (I mean, I knew in the abstract, but not really) and 2. not everything that came out of Bush was shit.

]]> http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/22/five_rivers_to/comment-page-1/#comment-282435 Horus Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:06:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6456#comment-282435 <p>Speaking of <i>Bhangra vs Bush</i>, while I still wish that the USSC <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html">Bush v Gore</a> verdict had gone in Gore's favor (as I still think that the country and the planet needed <a href="http://www.algore.com/">Al Gore</a>'s pro-environmental leadership at that critical juncture), George W. Bush proved to be the most pro-India US President through his time. The bilateral relationship between the two countries, the world's two largest democracies, should naturally have been one of two "natural" allies, but it had unduly been mostly icy until Bush came along. He deserves credit for turning things around and setting the relationship on a course for significant thawing and warming.</p> Speaking of Bhangra vs Bush, while I still wish that the USSC Bush v Gore verdict had gone in Gore’s favor (as I still think that the country and the planet needed Al Gore‘s pro-environmental leadership at that critical juncture), George W. Bush proved to be the most pro-India US President through his time. The bilateral relationship between the two countries, the world’s two largest democracies, should naturally have been one of two “natural” allies, but it had unduly been mostly icy until Bush came along. He deserves credit for turning things around and setting the relationship on a course for significant thawing and warming.

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