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Above a certain income bracket, we pay about a third of our income as tax. That's excluding Value Added Tax on most products and some other taxes. It's not cheap, and I'd guess that you get less per tax dollar owing to systemic inefficiency. People don't move here for lower taxes, they come for...

There are quotas for most minorities here (including Muslims and Christians), so the government does try. It's a dynamic political landscape: http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/01/22/sc-to-examine-dalit-christian-quota/ India is IMO more varied and thus harder to govern than a developed...

There are quotas for most minorities here (including Muslims and Christians), so the government does try. It's a dynamic political landscape: http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/01/22/sc-to-examine-dalit-christian-quota/ India is IMO more varied and thus harder to govern than a developed country...

"Indians" is not a homogenous group. Yes Indians mistreat dalits, commit foeticide, rape women etc. The point is, living in a city I've never met those particular Indians.

I have nothing against arranged marriage. For people unfamiliar with the concept, the parents only introduce the couple, usually through family contacts. The guy and the girl then get to decide how to proceed from there. Although yes, many girls marry the richest guy they can bag, many guys...

I think I first heard this on Californication. Kinda country, very simple, lyrics that fit any bad day you've ever had:

I don't think you should cut all ties, as others have suggested. You're probably the only person who cares about her at this point, which is why she's trying to guilt you into loving her. If you can, just grow a thicker skin to this kind of stuff and inform the caregivers that she's having such...

Using a Nokia C7 currently. I'm hoping to upgrade to a WP7 on the cheap late this year :P (work at Nokia.) I may buy a Android 2.4 device (when it's out) for a family member, just to experiment with it. If Google can push some Honeycomb features onto phones I'd want to see that.

I visited Europe a while back, here's what I covered: London, Paris, Venice and Rome. I didn't have a lot of time, and didn't get to do everything I had planned, but overall I was quite satisfied with what I got to see. If you're even mildly interested in history, you will find Rome amazing. The...

In keeping with the spirit of this thread, here's Justin Bieber, Sigur Ros'd:

Less cyclists on the road? GOOD! :D

I'm an 06er. These days I lurk more than I post... but HL2.net remains a regular haunt. :)

"Look at that sleepy ****!" :D

I know this is pretty generic stuff, but I'm listening right now and sorta liking it, so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1-6Bef9xU

Live long and prosper, HalfLief2.net! :D

I got me some Bioshock. :E Might pick up some more over the next week, I have a little cash saved up. But I also need some pants, so it's either geeky basement dwelling or corporate servitude... decisions, decisions!

Ah, the seldom used when-but-finally construction... I know which job to apply for if I get fired. :|

I got rid of my HTLM 5 with my Fire Fox antivirus.

Look, I'm all for euthanasia, but we don't tell cancer patients, "OK,time for you to die now. But have these cookies first, they're great!"

Had to look up my profile to find out that I joined this forum in '06, four months before the the most stressful exams I've ever had to write. You guys helped me through a lot back then. These days I reddit a lot, but this is the forum I find myself returning to for conversation. It's just...