Monday, December 29, 2014

How US (Their TV Series) Sees Pakistan

This is an interesting article on how US sees Pakistan and the furor in Pakistan about it. 

Does Pakistan see itself as a country that will do nothing to abet terrorists? Matter of fact, does USA see itself the same way? Strange.

Additional reading:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-293578-The-power-of-the-pulpit

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Godrej Website

Couple of days back I happened to want to visit Godrej's website. I clicked on Godrej.com and I landed up here: http://www.ballkleideronline.de/. Wonder what this site has to do with Godrej.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Hazrat Nizamuddin To Parathe Wali Gali In Chandi Chowk, Delhi

Getting to Parathe Wale Gali (PWG)
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/metro-fares.aspx


Chandni Chowk: Kashmiri Gate, ISBT to Sarai Kale Khan (ISBT) :> Nizamuddin


Chandni Chowk: Rajiv Chowk:> Indraprast:> (By Auto) Nizamuddin

Fare: Rs.16 

Route:-LAJPAT NAGAR -->JANGPURA -->JLN STADIUM -->KHAN MARKET -->CENTRAL SECRETARIAT Change here (Junction) -->PATEL CHOWK -->RAJIV CHOWK (Junction) -->NEW DELHI -->CHAWRI BAZAR -->CHANDNI CHOWK


Once you get there:


Friday, November 21, 2014

One Of Those Trivial Online Tests


Supreme Intellect

You are remarkably brilliant. You are very thoughtful and you can solve hard problems without a flinch. Your friends know that you can help them out with the things they consider hard, but sometimes you don't want to be bothered. You focus deeply on the things you consider important in life. But everyone agrees that you are an extremely fascinating person!
A little about the test:
This test is more a personality test and takes the month and approximate date of birth and asks you five or six multiple choice questions.

For the question: "Which applies most to you?" choose "I tend to enjoy interesting challenges." For the rest of the questions choose any answer. The result will be what I got...

Not bad, huh? I assume this must have originated from a post in FB.

And of course, don't be misled by the result...

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Men Waste Their Time To Feel Proud


The article seems to have two issues. 

  • The author has taken an example of a loose late working man and a very hard working double shift woman, neither of whom is typical.
  • A second issue which the author has perhaps not taken into is that late working in office (and the attendant better rewards) do not and need not take into account the woman's double shift (granted that most men don't do much at home) but this is irrelevant while judging a person's performance at work. If your maid doesn't do a good job at home, would you accept it if she said she has an alcoholic husband who doesn't give her money and that she has 4 kids? True, she has a very difficult life much more difficult than most working women have but does it matter? Wouldn't you rather have a maid who is more reliable? Does it matter if the maid works more than you do? 

I am, of course, assuming that most men don't waste time discussing Sachin or other useless things while staying late at work. The same way I am assuming most working women don't have cooks and don't send their kids to tuitions and attend parties. That there is some double shift involved for most (though not all women / housewife).

The life of a working woman is much more difficult than the life of a working man which is much more difficult than the life of a non-working woman (a stay at home woman).

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Return On Investment On An MBA Degree

Which schools give you the best ROI? Here is the list from the USA. Don't wait with bated breath for an equivalent list from India.

Monday, September 29, 2014

On Islam

http://m.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/islam-and-its-interpretations/article6455101.ece/


I dont agree with one part of the article. The author indicates that since some muslims feel that way it shouldnt be taken as the thinking of all/most of muslims. I think a majority of muslims share a strong feeling about Islam and the use of violence to justify a subjugation of other religions and religious intolerance.

If this is so, then it's not some few muslims who feel this way. It's some few muslims who are tolerant and that is sad.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

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How To Treat Daughter-In-Law

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Goodbye Spain (and England...)

A nice article from Times Of India about Spain's exit from World Cup (2014). 

Another nice article. Football (world) is flat.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Mobile Pesa In Kenya

About 30 years back I wondered why we used cash and whether it was possible to just have a card or piece of paper where our (money) balance is maintained - when I had to pay you, we would both bring our cards and agree to reduce my balance and increase yours. Period. Fancy thought then.

What's happening in Kenya is neat, read this.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Nicholas Winton - A Mission Of Mercy

I couldn't get a link to this article in today's "The Hindu" and hence am giving a photo of the article instead.


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