30 September, 2009
Naxalism
A senior IAS officer of Jharkhand recently told the Kolkata press that naxalism in Jharkhand had been exaggerated, hurting tourism in the state. A couple of months later, Union Home Minister declares Jharkhand along with Chhatisgarh as the 'epicentre' of naxalism.
28 September, 2009
Boredom
Backbiting is the outcome of some persons' fear and jealousy. The following lines from a famous author can erase the two dreaded senses from their mind.
"What he had once hoped for the Flock, he now gained for himself alone; he learned to fly, and was not sorry for the price that he had paid. Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with these gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed."
"What he had once hoped for the Flock, he now gained for himself alone; he learned to fly, and was not sorry for the price that he had paid. Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with these gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed."
27 September, 2009
Ravan1
A man and his son had come to a fair where hundreds of people were celebrating the burning of Ravan's effigy.
Here is a brief dialogue between the son and his father over the effigy burning.
Son - Papa, why Ravan's effigy is being burnt.
Father - Because Ravan was an evil and pigheaded character who stole Ram's wife Sita.
Son - But the person who lighted the effigy himself is facing charges of bigamy and swindling of government funds.
The man hussed up his son and headed home without waiting the effigy to reduce to ashes.
Here is a brief dialogue between the son and his father over the effigy burning.
Son - Papa, why Ravan's effigy is being burnt.
Father - Because Ravan was an evil and pigheaded character who stole Ram's wife Sita.
Son - But the person who lighted the effigy himself is facing charges of bigamy and swindling of government funds.
The man hussed up his son and headed home without waiting the effigy to reduce to ashes.
Ravan1
A man and his son had come to a fair where hundreds of people were celebrating the burning of Ravan's effigy.
Here is a brief dialogue between the son and his father over the effigy burning.
Son - Papa, why Ravan's effigy is being burnt.
Father - Because Ravan was an evil and pigheaded character who stole Ram's wife Sita.
Son - But the person who lighted the effigy himself is facing charges of bigamy and swindling of government funds.
The man hussed up his son and headed home without waiting the effigy to reduce to ashes.
Here is a brief dialogue between the son and his father over the effigy burning.
Son - Papa, why Ravan's effigy is being burnt.
Father - Because Ravan was an evil and pigheaded character who stole Ram's wife Sita.
Son - But the person who lighted the effigy himself is facing charges of bigamy and swindling of government funds.
The man hussed up his son and headed home without waiting the effigy to reduce to ashes.
24 September, 2009
18 September, 2009
Forward mail
Forward mail
This has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in awhile. Someone out there must be "deadly" at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE:When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters:DIRTY ROOM
SLOT MACHINES:When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:When you rearrange the letters:IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS:When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters:I'M A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters:THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters:TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW:When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
This has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in awhile. Someone out there must be "deadly" at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE:When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters:DIRTY ROOM
SLOT MACHINES:When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:When you rearrange the letters:IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS:When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters:I'M A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters:THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters:TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW:When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
17 September, 2009
Shashi Tharoor
".....To my fellow-citizens-of-the-future, Independence Day merely meant early mornings in starched uniforms on parade grounds, relieved only by the comforting thought of no more classes....
"India's challenge is not to perfect it, but simply to make it better than it now is....
"Economic change must reach the ordinary Indian; it must, as it has done in Malaysia and Indonesia, resulting a visible improvement in the standard of living of the overwhelming majority of the people, including the poorest of the poor. This means that liberalization must produce not only shinier foreign cars for the affluent but jobs for the unemployed food for the hungry, and sending money in the hands of the needy."
These lines were found in Shashi Tharoor's India --- FROM MIDNIGHT TO THE MILLENNIUM.
"India's challenge is not to perfect it, but simply to make it better than it now is....
"Economic change must reach the ordinary Indian; it must, as it has done in Malaysia and Indonesia, resulting a visible improvement in the standard of living of the overwhelming majority of the people, including the poorest of the poor. This means that liberalization must produce not only shinier foreign cars for the affluent but jobs for the unemployed food for the hungry, and sending money in the hands of the needy."
These lines were found in Shashi Tharoor's India --- FROM MIDNIGHT TO THE MILLENNIUM.
16 September, 2009
Fables
"When you want to say something, say it frankly instead of taking the route of fables."
"I find it deplorable people asking about region, religion and linguistic identities during introductions."
"I find it deplorable people asking about region, religion and linguistic identities during introductions."
14 September, 2009
Journalist
'How to survive in a corrupt system with the powers-that-be constantly armtwisting journos for writing materials that do not suit them and sidelining such scribes who ask unfriendly, but genuine questions ?'
The answer to this can be found in this famous quote ---"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
The answer to this can be found in this famous quote ---"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
11 September, 2009
09 September, 2009
Govt
"...In a democracy people are allowed to use their reason...When you don't like a government, you can turn the rascals out without overthrowing the system...."
08 September, 2009
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