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A life wasted on controversies

People say Michael Jackson was ugly, a child abuser, a pervert... Even though I didn't know much about his life earlier, as was my wont, I gave him the benefit of doubt saying no human being is entirely bad. Those who talk of him, mostly derogatively, know nothing about him other than his choice of dress, his much-hyped face and the controversies on child abuse. Of course, we gullible public believe the media and what it chooses to tell us. And it chose to tell about Michael's devil side (?) hiding his angel face very effectively. How many of us know that he broke sweat to help the underprivileged children around the world? That he supplied food to them, gave them medicines, entertained them, made their lives much easier? How many of us arm-chair debators know he founded Heal the World Foundation? Poured millions of dollars from most of his events and albums to poor children? And almost went bankrupt because of it? How would I, you, feel when we are not believed by the whole wo

Have you heard of gooks?

Well yes, its us Asians. Gook is a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War), though now used for all Asians. I found this in an article by columnist Nikhat Kazmi, "The gooks shall inherit the earth." In the article she gives a few statistics on how the Asians are rapidly turning out to be the determining factors in the world economic, cultural and society scene. Of course, though not so lightly as illustrated by her, India has created 300,000 jobs in the US, according to our Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. Here is some gobi manchurian for the Americans to munch on before they open their mouth to say Indians lessened their job opportunities.Sharma also said that 'Indian foreign direct investment in the US is more than America's FDI in India.' Isn't it something to dwell on? I guess it's time for the Americans to think on the brighter side of the third world countries and their 'dirty