" Aravamudan himself stressed the satiric nature of the work and held that while it and Midnight's Children may appear to be more " comic epic ", " clearly those works are highly satirical " in a similar vein of postmodern satire pioneered by Joseph Heller in Catch-22.

Srinivas Aravamudan noted that Oak's work typically resorts to " deep punning " – associating Sanskrit sound-alikes with non-Sanskrit religious terms such as Vatican = vatika " hermitage ", Christianity = Krishna-netti or Chrisn-nity " ethics of Krishna or the way of Krishna " Islam = ishalayam " temple of God ", Abraham as an aberration of brahma, and George as an aberration of Garg.

Srinivas Aravamudan ’ s analysis of The Satanic Verses was perceived by other scholars as hailing the book as a proof " demonstrating the compatibility of postmodernism and post-colonialism in the one novel.

Subramanian, G. Aravamudan and G. V. Subba Rao, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, Volume 15 ( 1983 ) pp. 55-143

Srinivas Aravamudan concludes that via " deep punning " Oak is " creative in proliferating these delusional etymologies.

* Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, released on 25 April 2005 for home and workstation systems utilizing 64-bit processors based on the x86-64 instruction set developed by AMD as AMD64 ; Intel calls their version Intel 64

* 2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.

Sporadic protests against perceived manipulation and fraud during the elections of February 27, 2005, erupted into widespread calls for the government to resign, which started in the southern provinces.

North Korea declared on February 10, 2005 that it has nuclear weapons bringing widespread calls for the North to return to the six-party talks aimed at curbing its nuclear program.

Since 2005, most long-distance phone calls have been processed as IP traffic ( VOIP ) through a voice gateway.

They won the NFC Championship Game in 2005, and went on to lose in the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers ( though it was not without controversy as NFL Films has Super Bowl XL at number 8 on its top ten list of controversial calls ).

The Estonian economist and former chairman of his country's parliamentary budget committee Olev Raju, stated in September 2005 that " income disparities are rising and calls for a progressive system of taxation are getting louder – this could put an end to the flat tax after the next election ".

In axiomatic set theory, the axiom of empty set is an axiom of Kripke – Platek set theory and the variant of general set theory that Burgess ( 2005 ) calls " ST ," and a demonstrable truth in Zermelo set theory and Zermelo – Fraenkel set theory, with or without the axiom of choice.

Its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, following a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, it has remained in the Olympic program at least through 2012.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

In December 2005, the Microsoft corporation announced that MCI will join it by providing Windows Live Messenger customers " Voice Over Internet Protocol " ( VoIP ) service to make telephone calls.

Finally, in the February 6, 2005 episode, " Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass ", Comic Book Guy nonchalantly tells Ned Flanders: " My name is Jeff Albertson, but everyone calls me ' Comic Book Guy '".

On May 23, 2005, Amnesty International reiterated its calls to Palestinian armed groups to put an immediate end to the use of children in armed activities: " Palestinian armed groups must not use children under any circumstances to carry out armed attacks or to transport weapons or other material.

The Convention calls on ratifying governments to do everything feasible to ensure that members of their armed forces who are under 18 years of age do not take part in hostilities, however between June 2003 and July 2005, the British government inadvertently sent fifteen 17-year-old soldiers to Iraq, explaining the mistake as due to " the pressures on units prior to deployment ".

The group was inspired by the season nine ( 2005 ) episode " Ginger Kids ", in which Cartman incites prejudice towards those with red hair, pale skin, and freckles, a group he calls " Gingers " and claims are inherently evil and without souls.

The plan calls for development of mixed-use commercial buildings such as office and retail on nearly of land that was acquired in August 2005 by OCEDA for nearly $ 10 million.

The police department handled over 8, 000 calls for service in the year 2005, a number which continues to grow at a rate of 1, 000 additional calls each year.

* Warminster Volunteer Ambulance Corps ( Squad 122 ), the Emergency Medical Services provider for Warminster, responded to 2938 calls in 2005.

KPD SWAT responded to thirteen emergency calls during 2005.

While McGriff hoped to catch on with another team after being released by the Devil Rays, he officially declared his retirement during spring training of 2005 when he received no calls from any teams requesting his services.

He subsequently left the post in 2004 to become President of the International Peace Academy, a NYC-based think tank, and was also designated as UN Special Representative ( Date of Appointment: 3 / 1 / 2005 ) for the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for Syrian withdrawal of Lebanon and the disarmament of Hezbollah.

Morales has run for president in several recent elections with several close calls, and in 2005 he finally won a surprise victory, winning the largest majority vote since Bolivia returned to democracy and declaring himself to be the first indigenous president of Bolivia.

In 2005 there were 351 million calls for 18. 51 million hours of connection, generating € 206 million of revenue, of which € 145 million were redistributed to 2000 service providers ( these numbers are declining at around 30 % per year ).

Important dates in the history of New York's 3-1-1 service include December 20, 2005, when it received its record high of 240, 000 calls, due to the first day of the 2005 New York City transit strike, and June 20, 2007, when it received its 50 millionth call.

Ruth's 1919 contract that sent him from Boston to New York was sold at auction for $ 996, 000 at Sotheby's on June 10, 2005.

On July 1, 2005, Selig suspended Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers for 20 games and fined him $ 50, 000.

While an appeal of his suspension was pending, Rogers appeared at the 2005 All-Star Game in Detroit, where fans loudly booed him.

On November 4, 2005, the Los Angeles Times reported that Rohrabacher was paid 23, 000 dollars for a thirty year old screen play of his ". At issue was whether the producer paid him for the screenplay or for the introductions to congressional and federal officials.

In plotlines mirroring the negative reaction of non-commercial artists to the commercialization of the art form by companies like IBM ( and, later, Sony itself ) the Rakugaki Ōkoku series ( 2003 – 2005 ) for Sony's PlayStation 2 revolves around an anonymous hero and his magically imbued-with-life graffiti creations as they struggle against an evil king who only allows art to be produced which can benefit him.

In 2005, Coleman announced his intention to sue the producers of Avenue Q for their depiction of him, although the lawsuit never materialized.

In the introduction to Chapman's ( 2005 / 2006 ) posthumous anthology, Jim Yoakum notes that " the radio shows didn't necessarily make him laugh.

The Library of America published a volume of Lovecraft's work in 2005, essentially declaring him a canonical American writer.

Clemens struck out, swinging so hard that he injured a rib-cage muscle that would ultimately end the 2005 season for him.

( A concept explored by the artist Simon Starling, who turned a shed into a working boat and then back into a shed, winning him the 2005 Turner Prize.

Oxford University awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree in June 2005.

In early February 2005, during the Pope's illness, Ağca sent a letter to the Pope wishing him well and also warning him that the world would end soon.

In May 2005, ABC's news magazine Primetime Live reported claims by Season 2 American Idol contestant Corey Clark that he and Abdul had an affair during that season, and that she had coached him on how to succeed in the competition.

On 9 March 2005, Crowe revealed to GQ magazine that Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) agents had approached him prior to the 73rd Academy Awards on 25 March 2001 and told him that the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda wanted to kidnap him.

Between 1999 and 2005 Crowe was involved in three altercations which gave him a reputation for having a bad temper .< ref >

On December 7, 2005, the Orioles decided not to offer him an arbitration contract, effectively ending his Baltimore Orioles tenure and making him a free agent.

King Khalid ( 1975 – 1982 ) left government largely to his Crown Prince, Fahd, who succeeded him as King ( 1982 – 2005 ).

His mother, Jean Bono, also survived him, and died on January 15, 2005 at the age of 90.

In 2005, Waits sued Adam Opel AG, claiming that, after having failed to sign him to sing in their Scandinavian commercials, they had hired a sound-alike singer.

On October 4, 2005, the Rangers announced that John Hart would step down as general manager and that Jon Daniels was being promoted from assistant general manager to replace him.

In 2005 the Abbey Theatre produced the play with an all male cast ; it also featured Wilde as a character – the play opens with him drinking in a Parisian café, dreaming of his play .. More recently the Melbourne Theatre Company staged a production in December 2011 with Geoffrey Rush playing Lady Bracknell.