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Happy Sweetest Day

I just found out tomorrow, October 18th is “Sweetest Day”. Whether it is celebrated worldwide or not, who cares. Another reason to have fun and enjoy.

Blog Action Day 2008

Today is Blog Action Day where bloggers/sites around the world will publish, donate, or promote the issue of poverty.

Alan Johnston: My kidnap ordeal

As he neared the end of a posting in Gaza, the BBC’s Alan Johnston was seized at gunpoint by militants. Here he tells the full story of his 114 days as a hostage.

Read the complete Alan Johnston kidnap ordeal at BBC News

India are the Champions of the World

60 Years of Asian Heroes

In its Anniversay Issue, Time Magazine has Featured many Asian Heroes over the last 60 Years.

some of the notable names include Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Dalai Lama, Bruce Lee, Jinnah, Sachin Tendulkar, Mother Teresa and many more.

See the complete list over at Time Magazine

Frankfurt Book Fair

The ongoing Frankfurt Book Fair has generated quite a bit of media attention in India due to India theme adopted by the fair. The German media has also joined the party by going for a Hindi masthead. Taz, a German newspaper (http://www.taz.de/) has published a Hindi masthead in its issue dated 4th October.

This is the probably the first time I’m coming across a situation where a newspaper has tweaked it’s masthead to suit a particular occasion
http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/10/04.1/s1pdf.php