BBC - The Story of India

Six part BBC series which attempts to cover the story of India from past to current. I felt they mostly covered Aryan part, shadowing Dravidian side of history.

Armageddon

82 mins to kindle the armageddon fantasy, ABC documentary "Last Days On Earth"

$150 by July 4th ?

Last month Morgan Stanley projected oil will hit $150 by July 4th. Are we nudging close to peak or already on the summit of the peak.

Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (Trailer)



full documentary


DVDRip here.

It may be end of oil, but one shouldn't under estimate man-kind's ultimate weapon, "innovation". What if we crack the cold fusion, there may not be high hopes now, but practically feasible solution like combination of alternate energy and energy efficiency, may give us the breather for next break-through.

Imperialism or Free market economy. You decide!

Is it fair when a company pays less than 1% of a product's retail price to a toiling worker located other side of the earth; yes everyone know there is raw material and other overheads; but what kind of future are we headed, if these company's only motive is shareholder profit and they don't mind exploiting resources (men AND material!). <todo> I'll scribble my useless thoughts here on capitalism, outsourcing, off-shoring, ... from a humane point of view. Till then here is a documentary. </todo>

Trailer:


Part I


Part II


Here is part1 and part2 in hi-def format for those who are on high-speed. Rest assured there is not a single quote from Karl Marx :) But here is one that i read recently "the capitalists will sell the very noose that will hang them.". I read some criticize the film that is doesn't provide a solution or alternative.

குறை சொல்ற நாய்ங்க, பொற கூட வாங்கி தராதுங்க (எங்கிருந்தோ சுட்டது)