Monthly Archives: January 2009

India Republic Day – 60 Years

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Today India is celebrating its 60th republic day. The republic day celebration in New Delhi has undergone amidst tight security. Obviously today is a holiday all over India. How was your republic day holiday? In the earlier days republic day was a day to remember those who have laid their lives in India’s freedom struggle. But nowadays everything have changed and so the viewpoint of the common man regarding patriotism. Republic day and Independence days has become a day to enjoy a holiday and relax. If the republic day falls on Friday or Monday then it is a great opportunity to plan a weekend holiday for 3 days, remember those martyrs of Indian freedom struggle and show your patriotism in a beautiful beach or hill destination. It is common that Indians has become self centered and live in their own cocoons without any thought for the country. I would say that at least during these days Indian should understand the importance of Independence and not take it for granted.

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Obama Inaugural Ceremony and Internet Slowdown

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The swearing in ceremony of the newly elected United States President Barack Obama and inauguration function has generated massive Web traffic on the day. It is a fact that many of the leading news related, social book marking websites has experienced site slowdowns. Many people has tried to watch this unique function online and lead to these slowdowns. This slow down hasn’t caused any meltdown of the Internet. People from around the world has been waiting to watch each and every second of this ceremony. With this widespread interest in the ceremonies and festivities, millions and millions of people had been expected to tune in online, especially those without TV access while at work.

Among those websites which had experienced major slowdowns were the sites of ABC, CBS, Fox Business, the L.A. Times, NBC, National Public Radio, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. Not only these individual news related websites Government sites of united states has also experienced the slowdown along with the National Public Radio Web site.

Interest in this swearing in ceremony events got intense by various factors. Barack Obama is the country’s first African-American president. In addition, he comes into office trailed by widespread hope that he will be resolving the problems associated with economic recession and provide a new face for United States in the global arena.

Many websites has like CNN and MSNBC, as well as major newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post, provided live broadcasts of this inaugural ceremony on their websites.

This news with regard to slow down in the internet reveals the widespread interest of people from around the world in  Barack Obama’s swearing in ceremony and the expectations people around the world has with Barack Obama as United States President.