Festival of Lights Charity T Shirts for Sale

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Want to get your hands on the t-shirts and support the charity drive? Contact the following:

Narain : 016- 4222734
Bakia : 014-9054929
Moganadass :016-3747332

or email folcuum@gmail.com

Want to know more about the program? Read it here

Malaysian Makkal Sakthi Party launch by PM

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I guess the guardian of Indian community won’t be squirming in his seat. After all, previous leaders have graced functions by PPP or IPF. But the move by PM Najib to launch a new party is interesting to the Indian community. Especially more so when the new party is very much linked to HINDRAF. I still remember ex-PM Badawi saying “who are they” (referring to HINDRAF) in 2007. Anyway, its an open secret that MMSP got its application super-fast-tracked by ROS  due to orders from the top.

The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation to launch the newly-formed Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party on Oct 10.

Party secretary-general Kannan Ramasamy said the Prime Minister accepted the invitation in late August to be the guest-of-honour at the party’s official launch scheduled to be held at 10am at the Malaysia Agricultural Exposition Park in Serdang.

“We are happy that he has accepted the invitation and we feel it is a good start for us with the Prime Minister launching our party,” said Kannan.

The party, which was officially registered early this year, is a splinter group of the outlawed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) which organised anti-government rallies in November 2007.

Although a large number of pioneering Hindraf members appeared to still be anti-establishment, Kannan and party president R. S. Thanenthiran ? both Hindraf coordinators ? have made peace with the Government.

So, will MMSP be in the mould of IPF, a BN supporter but remaining outside the coalition, with the lure of Senatorship for its leaders, special appoinments and cabinet positions a strong possibility after the next general elections?  Or will infighting, sabotage, and other malaise affect it, eventually condemning the party into oblivion?

3rd Higher Education Seminar 2009

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Indian Graduates Association of UPM in colloboration with Taylors University College are jointly organising the 3rd Higher Education Seminar 2009 on:

Date: 4th October 2009 (Sunday)

Time: 8.30am to 2.00pm

Venue: Taylors University College, SS15 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Fee: Participation Fee is RM10 per person.

Registration: http://www.igaupm.org.my

Target group: SPM/STPM students and parents

Topics of discussion include:

1. Effective study methods

2. Preparing your kids for higher education

3. Seeking financial assistance for higher education

4. Opportunities in public higher education

5. Opportunities in private higher education

6. Study abroad opportunities

royalty not neutral

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Well, contrary to what the textbooks and leaders tell, some royalties are not exactly neutral or beyond politics. Maybe need to take care of rice bowl 🙂

Back BN for progress, says Sultan of Pahang

TEMERLOH: Sultan of Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah has called on the people to continue supporting the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure the long- and short-term development agendas will continue to benefit them.

The construction of the RM64mil Kuala Krau bridge across the Pahang river, for example, was one of the sustainable developments that would benefit the people living along the river banks, he said.

The bridge will help reduce the time to make the 55km trip between Bandar Tun Razak in Jengka and Kuala Krau to just 20 minutes from one hour previously.

“The bridge will also act as a catalyst for economic development in Bandar Tun Razak, Jerantut and Temerloh. It will benefit 60,000 people in Jerantut, Temerloh and Maran by reducing the trip to just 22km,” Sultan Ahmad Shah said after visiting the construction site yesterday. — Bernama

Or is it miscommunication between the speech and the reporters who covered the event? 🙂

India Trip Day 6

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Read the caveats here before proceeding.

The following are events that took place on 9th July 2009 and covers Kumbakonam-Tirunageswaram-Uppiliyappan-Tirukarugavur-Darasuram-Swamimalai-Thanjavur route. Read about the previous day here.

Photo of the day:

Checked out from Hotel Green Park, Kumbakonam, early in the morning and went to Tirunageswaram at about 7.30am. Tirunageswaram houses another important nava graham deity – Lord Rahu.

Left the temple and went to Uppiliappan temple which is just 0.5km from Tirunageswaram. Spent about half an hour at this Perumal temple.

» Read more: India Trip Day 6