Category Archives: Politics & Society

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Capitalism: A Love Story

By Dhiren | Published: May 23, 2010

Micheal Moore always seems to face a lot of criticism surrounding his views. The critics can say what they like because his recent film, which screened on Channel 4 last night, stirred a few emotions inside me. I have friends who are bankers, the guys that twiddle with stocks and derivatives, and nothing has changed. [...]

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Taking advantage of the sun

By Dhiren | Published: March 21, 2009

I’ve been a crap blogger recently, if you subscribe to my feed you’ll probably notice that I haven’t given you much to read. I haven’t packed in the blog, I’ve just busy been reading, observing, analysing and thinking. The Ad/Media world has turned into a circus over the last 6 or 7 months. Budget cuts, [...]

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Creativity and Innovation

By Dhiren | Published: November 19, 2008

I was a proud brother today, I attended my sisters graduation. Rakhi graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Sports Studies, she is now one step closer to her dream of owning her own kiddy fat camp. Sitting in St Albans Cathedral brought back memories of my own graduation whilst simultaneously reminding me of how fast the [...]

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Obama won because of hip-hop

By Dhiren | Published: November 11, 2008

I saw this interview live whilst I was eating my supper, other friends who also saw it said they cringed. I’ve got all of Dizzees’ albums and I know for a fact he’s not stupid, some of his lyrics are quick witted and quite clever. Part of me thinks was he playing up to the [...]

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Morality

By Dhiren | Published: November 2, 2008

I love reading Wired, every month the magazine is a good mix of technology, politics, science and other things from the town of Geeksville. I never really log-on to their website purely because I read so many blogs and tech websites, picking up an actual paper pub and flicking through it over a coffee [...]

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Get involved – “Pass it on”

By Dhiren | Published: October 21, 2008

I’ve been watching Jamie’s Ministry of Food for a couple of weeks and I think it’s brilliant! A real life example of a social experiment that encourages people to cook, eat well and pass on their learnings. In the show Jamie drives around Rotherham, knocking on peoples doors, holding cooking classes and getting people to [...]

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Primark and Sweatshops

By Dhiren | Published: June 3, 2008

With all the hot water retailers like Primark have got into, I became intrigued by all the press and media attention. Sweatshops have been around for years, manufacturers such as Nike and GAP have also come under fire for using cheap labour in their overseas factories, providing employees with miniscule wages and diabolical working conditions...