Praja Rajyam

That's the name of the long awaited political party launched by Mr. Chiranjeevi today.

Related links:

1. Mahalo
2. Idlebrain
3. India Today
   

An image of the flag



A video of the party flag hoisting

Women's Singles in Olympics '08

Guess which country got all 3 medals in tennis Women's Singles at this Olympics?

Russia.

Guess how many Russian women are in the top 11 ATP rankings now?

6!!

Amrit Singh

Who is Amrit Singh?

From wiki:

Amrit Singh is a staff attorney at the ACLU. She is the youngest daughter of Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India. ...Singh is married to Barton Beebe, an Associate Professor of Law of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

She is a co author in a book named "Administration of Torture".

Some other links discussing her.

1. The Moderate Voice
2. Her Book
3. A 2004 post from Sepia Mutiny

Her Husband Barton Beebe:

Why India is not winning Olympic Medals

A few articles contemplating and trying to answer that question:

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/india.olympicgames2008
• http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/08/why-does-india.html
• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080813202631AAFWAsJ
• http://www.epw.org.in/epw//uploads/articles/12432.pdf
• http://www.gadling.com/2008/08/18/behind-the-olympics-where-are-all-of-indias-medals/

Indian Boxers @ Beijing

From Yahoo:

Indian hopes of a first Olympic boxing medal were high on Saturday, with three fighters reaching the quarterfinals.

The trio, coincidentally all called Kumar, a common name in India, will secure at least bronze if they win their next bouts.

Paris Hilton's response to McCain's Ad

First, the McCain ad insinuating Obama is nothing more than Paris Hilton or Britney Spears:



Then, Paris Hilton responds with this awesome video. She calls him Old guy, White haired guy..WOW. Plain Fun :).

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Eschaton's polling

Eschaton

Poll Patterns

Barring some weird event, we'll basically see John McCain hover at around 43% until the election and Obama moving between 44 and 49.