The Road to Hell
July 29, 2004Wealth without Work Pleasure without Conscience Science without Humanity Knowledge without Character Politics without Principle Commerce without Morality Worship without Sacrifice – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
“I confess” ……on television
July 29, 2004Last night’s television viewing, like much of my viewing in recent days, was just the 9o clock news on NDTV. Over dinner we saw Maninder Pal Kohli – the man accused of raping and murdering British Teenager Hannah Foster, and who was…
Get High on the school Mid Day Meal …
July 28, 2004.…. with Bhang, liquor mixed with mid-day-meals to make food tastier. In a school in Chattisgarh,children have been fed with a mix of rice, bhang and liquor to make “the food tastier”. I wonder if the death penalty can be administered on…
The Cost of Human Life….
July 27, 2004……. is somewhere between US$500 and US$ 2500 in occupied Iraq. Yes, I know that power was “handed” over, but as long as the US Armed forces remain on Iraqi soil, with the kind of mandate that they have – Iraq will…
Nicotine Intake ….. can improve your health
July 27, 2004While Cigarette smoking can cause cancer and a host of other assorted respiratory/circulatory ailments, it seems that Nicotine – the compund that hooks you to the cancer stick, – has beneficial effects. It wards off the onset of a host of mental…
Move over Lovebug….
July 26, 2004A new Toyota that can feel is here. Reports the New York Times: Four inventors working for Toyota in Japan have won a patent for a car that they say can help drivers communicate better by glaring angrily at another car cutting…
Blackadder Rocks
July 26, 2004Last week while going thro’ my video collection – I discovered some gems. The gemmest of the gems was the Blackadder Collection. And the pride of place of this collection goes to season 3, with amazingly rocking episodes episode 1: Dish and…
The theatre of the absurd
July 25, 2004The older I get, the more I am convinced that our world is some other world’s insane asuylum – with the US being the maximum security zone. What is this brougth on by – well a story where a gentleman agreed to…
Just add urine ….
July 25, 2004….. to rehydrate a food pouch and you will have a ready to eat meal. This new gourmet delight is courtsey of the US army that is looking at an effective way of ensuring that its forces don’t go hungry, and are…
Accountability and Responsibility in business – GTB
July 25, 2004Somehow when we mention these words in the context of business in India, we expect the Government run enterprises to behave well. So a MTNL has to deliver phone connectivity, a SBI has to be customer friendly, a UTI has to be…