October 2nd
October 3, 2007Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. We had gone to [tag]Inorbit[/tag] to pick up a gift for her. Adorning the entrance was a large tribute to the [tag]father of the nation[/tag]. irony, anyone ?
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Without Nepotism….
October 1, 2007says the NYT: Without nepotism, Hillary would be running for the president of Vassar. But then, without nepotism, W. would be pumping gas in Midland — and not out of the ground. i wounder where our leaders would be. [tag]Sonia Gandhi[/tag] would…
Changing Names Chaos
September 24, 2007Everytime, my phone service provider decides to change names, the service provided to me has a major case of hiccups. In the 8 years that I have been with them, they have been [tag]Max Touch[/tag], [tag]Orange[/tag], [tag]Hutch[/tag] and now [tag]Vodafone[/tag]. Not that…
Praise Be…
August 8, 2007… one of my students actually knew that today is the anniversary of the [tag]Quit India Movement[/tag]. As i said in class today … a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away …. India achieved independence !
Oops, There are Guns missing!
August 7, 2007This from today’s Guardian The US has lost track of about 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces since the 2003 invasion, some of which will have ended up in the hands of insurgents, according to an official report published in Washington….
Tentpoles
July 19, 2007“To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction” – Bhagvad Gita
Excellent Advice
May 21, 2007From somewhere on the net, words of wisdom ! Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Happy new week !!
Simple Truths
May 2, 2007Woody Allen in Annie Hall (on California) Annie: It’s so clean out here! Alvy (Woody): That’s because they don’t throw their garbage away, they turn it into television shows.
Learning of the Day
April 22, 2007Orange cotton salwars will run colour. And men in my life are not amused when their white vests & briefs turn light orange!!
Sachin the Master Blaster
March 18, 2007Move over He-Man, here comes Sachin Brought out by Virgin comics, the one that do Devi and Ramayan 3000 ad … the master blaster is a series where Sachin wields a magic bat to overcome evil. If only he could do the…