http://4by6.in/utopia Experiments with truth Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:57:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_698" align="alignleft" width="246" caption="A visibly surprised Bush on hearing about the nobel prize"][/caption] Stockholm: Faced with unprecedented criticism over the decision to award the Nobel peace prize to Obama - a rookie president, the Nobel committee announced George Bush - one of the greatest yet unsung leaders of this century ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=697 [caption id="attachment_687" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Proposed disclaimers on fortune cookie messages"][/caption] Shanghai: The Chinese government, the majority stakeholder in the 250 BN dollar worldwide fortune cookie business, yesterday announced that statutory disclaimers will be printed on all subsequent fortune cookie messages. Lt Gen Shin Lee, a mouthpiece for the government, told Utopia that ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=686 [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lion, waiting for the president of India"][/caption] AHMEDABAD: Not even the king of the jungle stands a chance when the mighty president of India comes calling. The authorities are ensuring that the president "accidentally" sees the famous Gir lions during her visit here. Unconfirmed reports also say ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=679 [caption id="attachment_671" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Panel discussion at Raghavettans Tea Shop on Chandrayaan"][/caption] New Delhi: The Moon Minerology Mapper(M3) carried by Chandrayaan I, India's first lunar mission has discovered remnants of a Mallu Teashop on the Moon. Speaking to reporters, the ISRO Chairman said that while the complete data analysis will take ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=670 [caption id="attachment_662" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="W.H.O poster warning public of Dirty Rotten Swines"][/caption] Netherlands : The World Health Organisation today warned of an new, extremely lethal variant of the H1N1 virus, referred to by Medical Researchers as 'Dirty Rotten Swine Flu', spreading fast across the world. In an alarming twist, a study ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=661 [caption id="attachment_657" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="The poster for 'UP' with the real image of the migrant"][/caption] From Honourary Utopian & Special Correspondent Pallavi Mumbai: The city based organization for the betterment of life of Mumbaikars - the MNS (NIM) or Mumbai Nationalism Society (Not Including Migrants) - has announced it will stage a ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=656 [caption id="attachment_651" align="alignleft" width="272" caption="The infamous Newark traffic light where SRK was detained"][/caption] New York/Mumbai : In an unbelievable act of insensitivity to Bollywood, the reigning superstar, was detained at a traffic light outside the Newark airport for more than 3 minutes. What was even more baffling was that despite repeated ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=650 [caption id="attachment_644" align="alignleft" width="223" caption="Dilbert & his potential replacement - the 3 in one printer."][/caption] San Fransico : Dilbert, known to many as the one who gave a voice to the community of software engineers, lost his job yesterday as part of an organisation wide readaptisation-to-changing-consumer-needs drive. The news spread shock ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=643 [caption id="attachment_638" align="alignleft" width="207" caption="The Iconic Quick Gun Murugun"][/caption] Mumbai: In a fitting tribute to the power of popular cinema over human behaviour, a recent study has shown that the cinematic epic 'Quick Gun Murugun' substantially improved understanding of the Madrasi culture among North Indians. The study which was conducted by ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=632 [caption id="attachment_560" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Indian Moral Police in a festive mood in Cape Town"][/caption] Cape Town : The famous self appointed, not-for-profit volunteer organisation, Indian Moral Police (IMP) inaugurated their first overseas chapter in South Africa yesterday with a token protest against the IPL cheerleaders. Dr S S Swami, the honourary ... http://4by6.in/utopia/?p=559