The Flimflam Show

India has, under its nationalistic BJP Government ...

India Dreams Of Being A Big Power .....

.... long had pretensions of joining the Superpower club.

Mumbo Jumbo Science

The ‘Pushpak Vimaan' is a flying chariot or vehicle described in the Indian epic Ramayana.

Ramayana-ram Returning From Lanka On The Pushpak Viman .... An Indian Invention

Satya Pal Singh is an MPhil in Chemistry, and former Mumbai Police commissioner, who is currently India's BJP junior government HRD Minister, and who believes that engineering students should be taught about the Pushpak Vimaan, as part of a new engineering curriculum, covering ancient Indian scientific “discoveries” and “inventions”.

Wiping Mughals From History

Last year there was a campaign in India to wipe the shame of the Muslim conquest from their history books. It was run under the hashtag 'Remove Mughals From Books'.

Mughal Conquest Legacy Is Controversial ...

The Mughal Empire as their rule was called, not only consolidated the religion of Islam in South Asia (often by force), it also spread Islamic (Arab) arts as well. This heritage remains visible in Indian architecture, literature and cuisine to this day.

Going Native

In India, its cricket, not football that attracts the big money and the big crowds, and the real BIG MONEY is in the 20/20 form of the game (20 overs of bowling and 20 overs of batting), known as the Indian Premier League cricket. These games are played at night and are packaged for television with all the razzmatazz of the US Super-bowl, and this includes cheerleaders.

Western Women Perform For Indian Cricket Fans

Up to now the cheerleaders have been 'western style' ..... with skimpy uniforms and raunchy routines, both considered too risqué for 'Good Hindi' girls to perform, so they imported western women (who are considered to have less morals anyway), to dance for the titillation of the Indian male cricket fans.