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The tag line of this blog "Si vis pacem, para bellum!" - Latin for "If you wish for peace, prepare for war!" pretty much says it all. Gun rights is currently a much maligned & ignored civil rights issue in India. This blog, in conjuntion with the www.indiansforguns.com forum is our attempt to raise awareness on this very important issue.

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25 September 06 - 16:47Asif and Abhijeet on CNN-IBN

Asif (a fellow member at indiansforguns.com) and I, were interviewed by CNN-IBN on the 16th of this month. The topic was control and why citizens need to have a right to keep and bear arms ()!

The was aired the same evening, you can either read the text transcript on the CNN-IBN site here>>

OR

If bandwidth is not an issue you can see the archived (low res) on their site here >>

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12 May 06 - 16:34Air Supply - Gasp! I can't breathe!!

Was at the Air Supply concert last evening, thankfully had hooked up with some friends for a few beers before the event - might have been unbearable otherwise! A couple of geriatric has been rockers, singing mushy songs and trying to get the smallish crowd of less than 2000 people all excited... :-p

Well to be completely honest there were moments which brought back old memories... especially when they played their old hits like "making love out of nothing at all", "all out of love", "lost in love" etc. Reminded me of college days when a spare cassette full of their numbers was always handy in the car, handy to be played when one got hit by the post-break up blues... Looking back, (nostalgia aside) it seems hard to believe that I was such a sentimental fool in those days! :O Guess everyone hardens up as they grow older; slowly discarding their youthful naiveté and sentimentality along the way... instead picking up a drier attitude and thicker skin... handier tools to survive the world, maybe a little less fun though...

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19 January 05 - 13:05Some pictures

Here are some pictures of the Jeep I'd built (a few years back) - yep it's the same one that caught fire! ;-)

For those who care to know - It was built on a CJ-3B Jeep (right-hand drive) clone manufactured in India by Mahindra & Mahindra to Indian Army specs. The engine used was a 4 cylinder, 2500cc Isuzu diesel (with matched 4 speed gearbox and 4WD transfer case). Both pictures were taken sometime in 2000.

Me & my old Jeep



That's me at our house in the village, had just gotten back from a shoot...

Trying to get it going again



My cousin (standing) & me (crawling under the beast) - trying to get it moving again! ;-)

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19 January 05 - 01:05Birthday

It's been a long standing Birthday tradition at home that each year Dad and I go out and distribute blankets to the poor. Since this is pretty much the coldest part of the year... it isn't hard to find people huddled on the pavements that could use an extra blanket (or more).  Quite frankly I've always been a bit skeptical of the entire practice - most of the guys on the pavement seem like junkies and in all probability will go and sell the damn things for an extra fix or two :-p  But charity of any description seems to please Dad and I learnt long ago that arguing with him is a fruitless exercise... so I just go along with it each year - dutifully going through the motions of helping out the "needy"... Not that I'm some unfeeling cold hearted person, it's just that giving hand-outs isn't my first choice of how to practice charity. (more)

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09 06 06 02:00Indians for guns

Indians for guns (formerly Indians4guns) has a new home!

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Check out this brand new India specific pro-gun forum here.

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14 05 06 22:55How to meditate

Interesting site on how to meditate, called www.how-to-meditate.org. Check it out here

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12 05 06 18:11Kamat's Potpourri

Kamat's Potpourri is a hodge-podge of India's History, Culture, and Diversity. A Nice place to go to especially if you are interesed in India and India specific blogs. Check it out at www.kamat.org

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22 04 05 13:44PostSecret

A truly unique Blog! Will appeal to the (hidden??) voyeuristic side of your personality.... ;-)

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

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06 04 05 04:4923 Rules for Rockstar Startups

Shanti lists out 23 rules for making your startup a roaring success - a must read. ;-)

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23 01 05 13:13Indians4Guns

Indians 4 Guns is India's own eGroup for technical discussion about firearms, firearm advocacy, gun rights, RKBA (Right to Keep and Bear Arms) and shooting sports in India. This group is intended to provide answers to frequently asked questions both on guns and about gun ownership in India.

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27 12 04 22:33Indian Air-Rifles

The Indian Hume Pipe Company - These guys manufacture & supply the best air-rifles in the domestic Indian market.

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26 12 04 22:55I'm in "The New Gun Week"

The following article by yours truly was published in "The New Gun Week" 10 Dec 2004 issue: "Gun Rights in Modern India: Colonial Roots of Gun Control". The original was posted by me here in October 2004.

The article can also be viewed in the Gun Week archives here.

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19:44Bugmenot.com

Bugmenot.com - Bypass compulsory web registration. They have usernames & passwords available for most of the popular websites AND it's FREE!

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