Of truth & Ceiling Fans
August 27, 2004cute forward that I got today from Aparajita: A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What are all those…
Horns of Dilema
August 26, 2004Or should that be between a rock and a hard place? Should I take up the consultancy and secure the company’s future through the shows that it brings us. or should i turn it down – and stick around figuring out what…
Kill Word?
August 25, 2004Here’s an irate MS Word user writing in the PC Magazine:- When is the last time anyone talked about Microsoft Word? Here’s a program on its last legs that should probably be discarded and rethought completely. It has become a kludge. This…
Google Rules
August 25, 2004Someone in Google has a great sense of creativity, empathy and humour. And all this while unobtrusively getting their logo to reflect current events. This blog is a tribute to someone, somewhere in Google who brings a smile to all our lips…
A week of Sundays ….
August 24, 2004…. is really what I need. The last fortnight has been madness and it promises to get better (or should that be worse). Everyone wants to offer me a job or a consulancy and offer my company business. And the fuck up…
Singapore : Breeding Competition
August 23, 2004The Singaporean Premier – Lee Hsien Loong – is a worried man. Worried that his people are not having enough babies. Worried about a declining (population) growth rate. And worried that the island state of Singapore – or Singha poora the kingdom…
PSU’s not to be treated as Ministers’ Fiefdoms
August 23, 2004A little ray of hope in the political quagmire that is India. This from today’s Financial Express: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned his ministers against treating public sector undertakings (PSUs) as their “fiefdomâ€. In a letter to his cabinet colleagues, Dr…
WordPress Site
August 22, 2004For sometime now I have been thinking of starting a media blog that looks at various Media – primarily from an Indian perspective. I have also been experimenting with various blog sites that offer idiot proof blogging facilities. Well, I found the…
Uma’s Tamasha
August 22, 2004Uma Bharati wants to resign as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. This is because a court in Karnataka issued a non bailable arrest warrant against her for inciting a communal riot. My first reaction was – good. I am glad that…
Not Playing Ball
August 22, 2004One more group in the world is pissed off with the American President, George W Bush. This time it is football players from Iraq – who are offended by the Bush’s campaign ad At this Olympics there will be two more free…