Height of Hypocrisy
April 15, 2004MacDonalds’ has launched an anti obesity campaign. ROTFL What next? ITC will launch an anti smoking campaign?
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On Maturity
March 4, 2004Maturity begins when we’re content to feel we’re right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.” -*Sydney J. Harris {1917-1986 American Journalist & Author}
Money can’t be eaten
January 21, 2004Only after the last tree has been cut down Only after the last river has been poisoned Only after the last fish has been caught Only then you will find out that money cannot be eaten – ancient Cree philosophy.
The No.2 TV Brand in India
December 29, 2003The ET today says that the most seen brand last month on TV was by brand BJP. The Congress needs to revisit the Rediff Campaign for Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress
The God of Cricket
December 26, 2003Rahul Dravid Rocks. Saw bits and pieces of the last match between the shoot, the edit and the proposal. Man, what a professional. Waching him bat reminded me of a bit of the Mahabharat. It is exam day and Dronacharya – the…
Educational Board caught Cheating
October 11, 2003NCERT – that is currently rewriting Indian history from a Hindutva perspective – has been plagiarising from Yank textbooks. Maybe we should mete out the same punishment that we give those found copying in exams. NCERT – is the National Council for…
Idiot culture
October 6, 2003I was setting a paper for my students on culture, and i came across a brilliant quote by Bernstein – him of the Watergate fame – “We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not…
sms as language
September 12, 2003today a student submitted her culture and communiction essay. all key points were in sms. a) if i flunk her, i devalue the course. b) if i grade her with good marks the university will get its knickers in a twist. ah…
A new verb in the English Dictionary
September 3, 2003was chatting with a friend of mine on IM last week. suddenly the “conversation” turned to what i was reading. I told him that i was reading Edward Said and “Culture and Imperialism”. My friend is a mathematicain – hadn’t come across…
How to be a Third World Country
August 16, 2003It was very interesting to see the power black out in the USA. a lot of people i know smirked. they now have an experience of being third world, they said. But i guess in a lot of ways, they already are….