The mystic mystery!

Of late, the number of God men originating from one state has increased dramatically, from almost none to a count that is getting larger by the day. The number of remarkable discoveries of 'god men' living in the state of Kerala has increased ever since an expose of sorts was carried out against one of the alleged 'god men', who was then found to be guilty of both fraud and criminal acts against minors.

These god men have been in the news, albeit for the wrong reasons, with most of them being guilty of crimes ranging from fraud, embezzlement, rape and even murder. It is sad to see that there are many gullible people who get taken in by such misfits, time and time again.

It seems that 'god man' is indeed a lucrative career for many aspirants, for nearly most of them get away with their crimes as the people are too scared to report them. These god men use the religious beliefs of such people to their own advantage, take for example the latest god man to hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Madhavan, a self declared ascetic, or that is what one thought of him, was proven to be anything but that. For besides indulging in all that a god man should not indulge in, from the pleasures of the flesh to that of alcohol, Madhavan saw it fit to defraud some honest people of their hard earned cash as well.

Madhavan's case should serve as a wake up case for the people all over the world, for such heinous crimes continues to be committed, not just in India but at almost all the places in the world. It is a much better thing to believe in god than in a god man, for man is not perfection!

Hayden goes 'nuts' on Bhajji!

We have all heard of the infamous sledging talents of the Aussie cricketers but never has it been proven to be more true than now especially with Hayden calling Harbajan singh 'an obnoxious little weed' on national radio. This is what would pass for the norm by the Aussies but then again, to the rest of the cricketing world, this is a big no-no on so many levels.

When you invite a host team to play cricket in your country, as the hosts, certain behaviour and decorum is expected of you, at the very least. You may not like that team that much, you may even hate a thing or two about the players on that team, but you never ever present that point to the public at large. To the rest of the Aussies, they may accept this as 'sledging' and push the dirt under the carpet, but this is one piece of dirt that is not going to go that way.

Most of the other cricketing nations are already appalled at the boorishness shown by the Aussie players and now the line that should not have been crossed has been crossed. Frankly, with just three more games to play with the Aussies, the Indian team may well decide to stay back and play those games. But the damage to the cricketing relationship between the two nations has already been done. In the end, no matter what twist you give to the whole episode of 'he called me that' and so on, the real loser is Cricket Australia. Whether they realise it or not, it is Indian cricket and in particular BCCI that is holding the reins of the game firmly in their hands and soon Cricket Australia is going to have to kiss goodbye to most of the sponsorship payments.

Id theft on the rise!

You must have all heard of 'phishing' ,it is a form of ID theft, where the criminal in question makes you think that you are receiving an email from your bank and make you click on the link in that email. On clicking that link, you would be taken to a site which would resemble your bank's site but in reality it would be just a mirror site set up by the scammer. In the end, you would end up revealing all of your passwords to a criminal who would naturally use them to siphon all of your money away. These days, in order to prevent such forms of Id theft from ever taking place, it has become pertinent to use LifeLock.

The digital age has certainly made it easier for the criminals to attack us and to get away with it. As a result of our job or personal reasons, we tend to use the internet most of the time for our financial transactions, from something as natural as booking an airline ticket to reserving a hotel room. For such transactions, we would probably use our credit card. To prevent our cards from being hacked, it is always a good idea to use Life Lock.

These days 'prevention is indeed better than cure' as getting hold of these criminals is so difficult. Which is why it is always a good idea to use sites like LifeLock.com to protect your identity and these guys do such a good job of it, even going as far as to guaranteeing your identity up to 1,000,000$. So, if you want to know more, just click on the links above and come on in!

CBI starts its 'Kidney probe'.

CBI has finally started to crack on Dr. horror's network and by that I mean Dr. Amit kumar, the kingpin of the kidney racket. He was captured in Nepal and deported to India, where the judge promptly awarded his custody to the CBI until the 22nd for more grilling by them.

Naturally the CBI are interested in knowing all the details of this doctors network and have already started raiding a few places in Mumbai and Delhi. Soon, the Kidney kingpin's network would be laid bare to all of us. What this episode has taught us is that the laws governing the trafficking of human remains are not strict enough and that there is a need for more draconian laws so as to discourage anybody else.

Kidney kingpin captured in Nepalese resort!

I have to say that Nepal seems to be a homing beacon for all sorts of criminals from the likes of Charles Shobraj to dr.Amit kumar. This doctor would have even given Megle a few lessons in how to make money effectively by selling human body parts.
The laws governing the sale and trafficking of human body parts may be a bit vague but it is still considered a crime.

This doctor from hell, had duped about 600 odd patients and sold their kidney parts and made off with all the money. According to the recent expose conducted by the NDTV and a few other television channels, this doctor assured you of a kidney just for the payment of 10 - 15 lakh rupees. Most of his patients were from Europe and the United states. In the end, the doctor took advantage of the poverty of many a native Indian, paid them a few thousand rupees upfront and lied to them about how safe it is to donate a kidney and took their kidneys and sold it for lakhs of rupees.

Today, the many who were duped of their kidney suffer from one ailment or the other while this doctor enjoys a good life in a nice resort with both his kidneys still intact.

This profession was supposed to safeguard the human life whereas thanks to the likes of Amit kumar, it has now become a whole sale market. So the next time your doctor tells you that it is perfectly safe to donate a kidney, be careful!

Cash worries?

These days one never knows how long will the pay last, that is, will it be possible for us to make ends meet? That seems to be the most common question that we all ask ourselves these days. The economy as a whole seems to be staggering from post to post, with the recent news of some of the major banks coming out and telling us that they have been more exposed to the recent Mortgage crisis than we all thought before. All this has done is to exert more pressure on the financial markets and this news has also managed to send the Dollar to the basement. What this translates for us is that with the cost of living soaring high these days, it may no longer be possible for us to make ends meet just with our pay alone.

If you are planning to ask the bank for a loan, you may as well forget it. With the credit crunch not over yet, it may be a bit too soon to ask for one. And even if you do so, the chances that your application will get approved quickly seem to be fading fast with the Dollar value. At times like these, we may need to approach companies like this one for a payday loan as that seems to be the most effective method of acquiring a loan.

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Monkey madness at Down Under - Aussies see monkeys and Indians go Bananas!

The Sydney match will be remembered for all the wrong reasons and I have to say that this is one match that is going to go down in History as a case of 'Monkey madness'. I am truly puzzled by Symonds obsession with the moniker 'monkey'. After all, a name is just that, a name, so why is all the fuss being made about this?

The match would also be remembered for some of the worst umpiring decisions made in a game of Cricket. As it is, the game started out just like any other game, both teams on the edge and each wanting to best the other. Ricky pointing the ignominious captain seem all too pleased with his teams performance until Sachin Tendulkar started blasting away. All one can wonder is that kind of pep talk did Ricky pointing give his team mates before the second innings? Did he tell Symonds to go and talk to Harbajan shingh and make up the entire story about being racially abused or did he provoke Harbajan and did the mess begin that way?

Either way, halfway during the Indian batting in the second innings, Symonds walked up to Harbajan and had a few words with him. Replies were exchanged fast and it seems to me that both were out of order at the least. After all, if one is provoked to uttering a racial slur, then it is only right that both the person who uttered it and the person who provoked it, both should be taken to task. As it is, that does not seem to be the case here.

And to make matters even worse, the Aussies have proved themselves to be utterly bad sports in the sense that they cannot even begin to understand the concept of the Gentleman's game. Many a call was given against the Indian team in favor of the Australian tea, even a rank amateur could see that on the telly, yet the Aussie players did not behave with the amount of honor that this game requires of all its players.

They stood the ground when they were clearly out and the idiot of an umpire, Bucknor did not even bother consulting the third umpire before giving them the all clear. Then to further compound his mistakes, he gave the Indian team raw deals especially in the case of both Dravid and Ganguly. I have to say that the rules say that when you grass a catch, then, it is considered as a dropped catch, that is the rule, but evidently not where the Aussie team is concerned.

Now, the matter has gone beyond the point of no return, and to say that Harbajan is a racist is laughable at the best. Indians may be a lot of things but the one thing that they are not is that of being a racist.

Racism is a purely western idea and even today, there are many western societies that define people based solely on their skin color. But here in India, we have religion, caste and a whole lot of other baggage except for racism. For most of us, we tend to think of skin color as just that, skin deep, no more,no less.

The Aussies seem to have thought that by accusing Harbajan like this, they can throw off the focus of the Indian team. That may well have been their ploy, but now it seems to have backfired as it should have. The Indian team as well as the BCCI is not in any mood to take this insult and defamation to an Indian as well as to the very idea that India stands for, lying down. This is one foot a bit too big for Ricky pointing to fit into his mouth and he is going to have to eat it all, sooner than later especially with the fury increasing by the ton in the Indian camp.

We all talk to each other every single day, does it mean that by talking to you I can be accused of racism? Where is the due process of justice? Do the Aussies not know that as Indians we have been racially abused by the British for a long time until we fought for our freedom? We Indians have always stood against racism and apartheid, our record in that is truly impeccable. All in all, this does not mean well for the Indo-Aussie relations!

The Rising Rupee!

These days as the U.S dollar seems to be plummeting to new depths, it seems that nothing can hold the rupee back. The exporters cries are getting shriller by the day as the rupee marches head on, becoming stronger by the day.
Almost every day seems to be bringing about the further rise of the rupee, and it is not only the exporters who are being hit, but also the countless number of companies who had moved their operations to India as it was profitable for them to do so. But now, that may no longer be the case, we all want a strong rupee, but not this quickly as it would only deplete our forex reserves and bring about inflation.

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The new year crunch!

It is that time of the year when we all love to go out and party, and need I say that our wallets are going to take a hit? We all need some assistance with our money every now and then, and this is all the more true, especially at this time of the year. We must all be tapped out with the holidays and the gift purchases, so it is not all that unusual to go in search of some assistance like some cash advance.
But one of the things that we should all take care to remember is that these days the banks are dragging their feet to even lend us a meagre sum of money and any application with them would take time to get approved. So to make sure that we do get the cash loans that we need, we may have to look to other reliable sources like this site here.
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Thinking about debt consolidation?

Today with the impact of the sub prime and the mortgage crisis still resounding on the markets today, we end up waking to the realisation that our investments are no longer that valuable as we thought them to be. What is more, the mortgage market is falling steadily in spite of some measures taken to counter that by the president.
The U.S dollar is at its lowest against the yen and most of the other major currencies, the price of Oil is reaching for new heights and naturally when the cost of fuel increases, most of the other essential items also increase as well.
With this state of affairs that is persisting today, is it any wonder that our money does not any longer come as far as we thought that it would have. Most of the times, when in times of dire financial need like right now, we tend to go to the banks first.
But the banks, as usual, being the first to react to any bad news, have tightened their purse strings very tightly and getting a loan from a bank would take a long while to process.
Often, under such circumstances, it is better to take out a debt not with the intention of spending it but rather with the view of consolidating debts. It is high time that we all thought of trying to Consolidate Debt instead of trying to get more and more debts as that would only get us into a debt trap. This site gives one all the helpful tips one needs regarding debts and debt consolidation and as such, it is really good in that. So do check it out for the latest on this!

The autograph that really gets to you!

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