Gandhi Stakes Her Claim to Lead a Rattled India

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Gandhi Gives Up Bid to Lead India (AP)

Gandhi Gives Up Bid to Lead India (AP) 05/18/2004 07:20 AM
AP - Sonia Gandhi has abandoned her plans to become India's first foreign-born prime minister, members of her Congress party and its allies said Tuesday.

Gandhi gives up bid to lead India

Gandhi gives up bid to lead India 05/18/2004 10:15 AM

India's Gandhi May Stake Claim to Power
on Monday (Reuters)

India's Gandhi May Stake Claim to Power
on Monday (Reuters) 05/17/2004 03:06 AM
Reuters - India's powerful communists decided Monday not to formally join Sonia Gandhi's new coalition but to instead support it from outside, as shares recorded their second-largest plunge in history.

Gandhi on course to be India PM

Gandhi on course to be India PM 05/17/2004 11:43 AM
India's president invites Sonia Gandhi for talks on forming a new government as shares plummet on investor fears.

Sun Stakes Claim on Financial Services

Sun Stakes Claim on Financial Services 09/24/2004 09:16 AM
ComputerWire Sep 24 2004 1:18PM GMT

Oracle Stakes Its Claim to ID Management
Market

Oracle Stakes Its Claim to ID Management
Market 04/06/2005 06:15 PM
The Oblix purchase deal, which is part of an Oracle buying spree, is expected to boost Oracle's ID management capabilities.

Patent owner stakes claim in Net ad suit

Patent owner stakes claim in Net ad suit 01/07/2004 06:22 PM
A company with patents covering Web ads--including pop-ups--is seeking to exploit its rights, beginning with a lawsuit filed against ESPN, The New York Times and Travelocity that asks for monetary damages.

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins in India (AP)

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins in India (AP) 05/13/2004 06:43 AM
AP - India's opposition Congress party captured the most seats in parliamentary elections, according to early results Thursday, a stunning defeat for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that opens the way for the Gandhi dynasty to return to power.

Gandhi triumphs in India election

Gandhi triumphs in India election 05/13/2004 12:22 PM
India's opposition leader, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, emerges the surprise winner in India's general election.

MSN Stakes Local-Search Claim on Virtual
Earth

MSN Stakes Local-Search Claim on Virtual
Earth 06/22/2005 02:18 AM
Microsoft plans to announce its initial push into local search on Monday as it takes a step closer to launching a competitor to Google's online aerial maps. The company's Internet division is expected to release a beta version of MSN Local Search. The service, which will be added as a link from the main MSN Search site, will provide geographically targeted search results about businesses and other local information, as well as online street and aerial maps pinpointing the results.

MSN's main competitors, Google, Yahoo and America Online Inc., already offer similar local listings, but MSN officials say they are already working on combining local search with more advanced online maps. To that end, MSN is set to announce that it is merging the team building the MSN Virtual Earth service previewed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates last month with the MSN Search team.

News source: eWeek

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Sony stakes store claim in Silicon
Valley

Sony stakes store claim in Silicon
Valley 06/30/2004 08:55 PM
Sony Electronics to open latest concept store to attract and teach consumers about emerging technologies.

Gandhi 'Humbly Declines' India
Leadership (AP)

Gandhi 'Humbly Declines' India
Leadership (AP) 05/18/2004 08:52 PM
AP - Stunning her supporters, Sonia Gandhi announced Tuesday she would "humbly decline" to be the next prime minister of India, sidestepping Hindu nationalist outrage over the prospect of a foreign-born woman leading the nation.

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins India
Election (AP)

Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins India
Election (AP) 05/13/2004 04:59 AM
AP - India's opposition Congress party captured the most seats in parliamentary elections, according to early results Thursday, a stunning defeat for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that was almost certain to return the Gandhi dynasty to power.

In India, Gandhi May Become First
Foreign-Born Premier

In India, Gandhi May Become First
Foreign-Born Premier 05/15/2004 01:03 PM
Sonia Gandhi was formally elected leader of the Indian National Congress's parliamentarians on Saturday, taking her one step closer to becoming prime minister herself.

Gandhi-led opposition wins India
election

Gandhi-led opposition wins India
election 05/13/2004 12:40 PM

Sonia Gandhi Declines to Serve as India
Leader, Startling Party

Sonia Gandhi Declines to Serve as India
Leader, Startling Party 05/18/2004 10:46 PM
Sonia Gandhi appealed to her party to respect her decision, but there was no sign they would do so.

Wells Fargo Stakes Lead In Electronic
Deposits

Wells Fargo Stakes Lead In Electronic
Deposits 03/31/2005 03:28 AM
Information Week Mar 31 2005 7:27AM GMT

India claim historic win

India claim historic win 04/16/2004 11:36 AM
India win their first Test series in Pakistan after taking the third match in Rawalpindi by an innings and 131 runs.

Apple rebuked over G5 speed-lead claim -
again

Apple rebuked over G5 speed-lead claim -
again 06/09/2004 07:42 AM
'Not justified', rules UK advertising watchdog

Cricket: India claim historic win

Cricket: India claim historic win 04/16/2004 05:08 AM
India win their first Test series in Pakistan after taking the third Test in Rawalpindi by an innings and 131 runs.

'e-gov will lead India towards
innovation'

'e-gov will lead India towards
innovation' 12/20/2003 09:50 AM
Cyber India Online Dec 20 2003 8:50AM ET

Mumbai/INDIA: Lead Developer on Perl web
app

Mumbai/INDIA: Lead Developer on Perl web
app 06/06/2005 12:02 AM
Mega E-Services Pvt. Ltd. - India, Maharshtra, Mumbai (2005-06-05)

China, India can lead global IT, says
Chinese premier

China, India can lead global IT, says
Chinese premier 04/11/2005 07:38 PM
Indian software skills and Chinese hardware expertise can take both nations to a worldwide leadership position in IT, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday while visiting Bangalore, India.

Manmohan Singh Picked to Lead India
Govt. (AP)

Manmohan Singh Picked to Lead India
Govt. (AP) 05/19/2004 02:43 AM
AP - A 71-year-old economic reformer and political veteran is set to step in and become India's prime minister now that Sonia Gandhi has abandoned her claim to the top job, a refusal that came as a shock to her supporters.

Net revolution Women lead the charge of
the internet through rural India

Net revolution Women lead the charge of
the internet through rural India 07/07/2004 06:32 AM
BBC Jul 7 2004 10:34AM GMT

Sabre Rattled?

Sabre Rattled? 05/18/2004 10:16 AM
Orbitz's push to expand Supplier Link is bad news for Sabre.

Science Is Left a Bit Rattled by the
Quake That Didn't Come (Los Angeles
Times)

Science Is Left a Bit Rattled by the
Quake That Didn't Come (Los Angeles
Times) 09/08/2004 05:29 AM
Los Angeles Times - Seldom has an earthquake gotten so much attention for not happening.

Powell Suggests Iraq Critics Are
Defeatist, Rattled (Reuters)

Powell Suggests Iraq Critics Are
Defeatist, Rattled (Reuters) 09/21/2004 11:03 AM
Reuters - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday the United States cannot wilt in the face of the Iraqi insurgency and suggested critics of the war in Iraq were becoming rattled and defeatist.

What would Gandhi do?

What would Gandhi do? 03/24/2005 04:26 AM

Yesterday evening, Marko and I ran the closing session for Doors of Perception in India. Frankly, it was an amazing conference. There were minor logistical gripes like no wifi in the conference center (my excuse for not blogging for the last few days), but it was really incredible. Hats off to the whole team that pulled this together. Presentations ranged from self-organizing networks of manufacturers in slums to alternative currencies to the latest things going on on the web.

In the wrap-up session, I talked a lot about role of the open Internet in allowing bottom-up innovation and edge-inward work. I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone. I also talked about how Creative Commons was for providing choice and that we weren't saying that tradition media or content production models should go away.

Later, an elderly man stood up and said that all knowledge should be available to everyone and that he didn't think we should compromise on the copyright issues. He then said that the people are ready to fight and march in the streets and turn over the monopolies and we didn't need to sit around and wait for government. It turns out he used to live with Mahatma Gandhi's at his Ashram.

I felt a sudden pain. I realized that I was compromising and in fact evening softening my words assuming that the video of my presentation might end up on the Internet and that I would have to defend any hardline positions I took. I remember watching the movie about Gandhi (Irony alert. It was a Hollywood movie.) and thinking about the power of sticking to your principles and how this purity can move nations without violence or compromise and questioning myself and my methods.

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog. In talks to telephone operators or other somewhat old-school companies, I talk about their "challenges". To left-wing artists, I talk about the tyranny of the monopolies. The irony is that recent trend of people posting audio or video files of my speeches online has made it difficult for me to maintain this split-personality / facade. I think it's a good thing that these things go online, but it reminds me a bit of politicians being criticized for what they have said at parties or "among friends"... or the Enron telephone calls. I have always encouraged this and poked fun myself. Being on the receiving end of this chilling effect is interesting. The core message I deliver doesn't change but delivery is slightly dampened.

I haven't been "outed" yet and I'm sure most people would understand what I was saying in the context in which my talks are delivered, but I sometimes say things that I'm sure I would say differently on my blog. In my mind, this is translated to words the audience understands in their frameworks in order to be constructive, but in a sense I'm being a bit dishonest. I also pull back on the "radical" throttle when I think it is going to offend my audience so much they will reject everything I say. Having said that, I've had a number of people get really upset. One publisher in Finland called my presentation about Creative Commons "disgusting".

My blog is probably the most "balanced" version of my position so just imagine that I'm slight more radical when I'm talking to the radicals and slightly more "soft" when I'm talking to conservatives. But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position? What would Gandhi do? I suppose everyone does this to a certain extent but I was suddenly conscious of this gap last night.

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Gandhi Declines Top Job
(washingtonpost.com)

Gandhi Declines Top Job
(washingtonpost.com) 05/18/2004 10:33 PM
washingtonpost.com - NEW DELHI, May 18 -- Sonia Gandhi, who led her party to an upset victory in parliamentary elections despite the handicap of a foreign birth certificate, stunned the nation Tuesday by telling a chaotic meeting of her supporters that she would not accept the job of prime minister.

Hitler, Vatican and Gandhi

Hitler, Vatican and Gandhi 03/15/2003 06:02 AM
February 17, 2002, 'the Vatican did sign concordats with Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany.' (www.pius12.com/archives/00000029.html) (Available on Google ...

Everything's coming up Gandhi

Everything's coming up Gandhi 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Xeni Jardin: Where's Mahatma Gandhi? According to this TV ad produced by Young and Rubicam Italia for an Italian telecom -- he's your new cellphone wallpaper! He's on laptops! He's on gigantic plasma screen displays affixed to the sides of buildings! Wait, now he's a ringtone! File under "tasteless corporate appropriation of the dead."
Link (Thanks, Rohit Gupta in Bombay!)

Gandhi Prepares to Become Prime Minister
(AP)

Gandhi Prepares to Become Prime Minister
(AP) 05/17/2004 04:27 AM
AP - India's stock market took a record plunge Monday and prompted a halt in trading as investors fretted over how communist parties would influence the policy of the new coalition government of Sonia Gandhi, expected to be named prime minister within days.

Gandhi Won't Be Premier (Los Angeles
Times)

Gandhi Won't Be Premier (Los Angeles
Times) 05/19/2004 04:44 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW DELHI — Hounded by Hindu nationalists, and apparently fearing for her safety, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi shocked her adopted nation Tuesday by announcing she would not become India's next prime minister.

Gandhi moves closer to PM's job

Gandhi moves closer to PM's job 05/16/2004 10:46 PM
Moves are under way to install the leader of of India's Congress Party as the new prime minister.

Gandhi bombshell leaves PM hole

Gandhi bombshell leaves PM hole 05/18/2004 10:30 PM
India's Congress party scrambles to find a prime minister, after Sonia Gandhi's shock decision to bow out.

India's Congress Chooses Gandhi for PM

India's Congress Chooses Gandhi for PM 05/15/2004 07:14 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 15 2004 10:51AM GMT

Gandhi urges 'strong government'

Gandhi urges 'strong government' 05/14/2004 12:20 AM
India's Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, starts work on forming a coalition after its shock general election win.

Ericsson Launched the first 3G call in
India at the 13th Convergence India-2005

Ericsson Launched the first 3G call in
India at the 13th Convergence India-2005 03/29/2005 05:26 PM
ZDNet India Mar 29 2005 9:52PM GMT
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