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This is what we paid for

14/05/04 23:03 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in: Reference | Political
An article by George Monbiot in the Guardian 'This Is What We Paid For', which one can read here

This Is What We Paid For

Britain's foreign aid has been used to bankroll a programme for mass
starvation
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 18th May 2004

Tony Blair has lost the election. It's true he wasn't standing, but we won't
split hairs. His policies have just been put to the test by an electorate
blessed with a viable opposition, and crushed. In throwing him out of their
lives, the voters of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh may have destroyed
the world's most dangerous economic experiment. Read More...

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Bush on Stamp

12/05/04 06:29 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in: Political
Political humor always are this good. Subversive yet very well noticed. Like this stamp on Bush, which debates about why it would not stick. Sent via email, without any mention of the creator. Gnu effect?

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Gender Gap and the price tag

03/05/04 08:01 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in: Reference
A new study on managerial pay involving more than 2,000 managers from more than 500 organizations finds that not only do women managers earn approximately nine percent less than male managers, but that pay of both men and women managers is also related to the gender and age of those they work with.

Mere interesting or sheer alarming? On May 1, its important as well. Click here to read the rest.

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Happy May Day!

01/05/04 01:59 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in: Reference
Lest we forget, the Eight Hour Song:

We want to feel the sunshine; we want to smell the flowers;
We're sure that God has willed it, and we mean to have eight hours.
We're summoning our forces from shipyard, shop and mill:
Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will.

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