Mongolia

At last these days there is news about Mongolia in the papers (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2306085.ece). Mongolia is one of those places which is hardly ever in the news.

The president of India Mrs Pratibha Patil is on an official tour of Mongolia and hence...

Additional reading: http://Calmisc.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-dream-trip.html

Arthur Ashe Copied Me -- Why Me?

This is a nice one. http://www.citehr.com/286778-legendary-wimbledon-player-arthur-ashe-infected-blood-he-got-during-heart.html

On Walmart In Mexico

A nice article about Walmart. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/article2236528.ece

Vanchinathan Iyer

This is an article about a freedom fighter - Vanchinathan http://m.thehindu.com/life-and-style/article2233241.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm%3Fhl%3Den%26gl%3Dus%26client%3Dms-android-fih%26source%3Dandroid-launcher-widget%26action%3Ddevloc%26q%3Dashe%2Bmurder%2Biyer%2Bhindu. 

Self Defeating Job Search Moves To Avoid From Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/management/selfdefeating-jobsearch-moves-to-avoid-07152011.html. Nice post.

Check Mate

http://www.funtoosh.com/jokes/men_women/620. Guy should have kept his mouth shut.

Gender Myths

An interesting post on gender differences. http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/men-want-cuddles-kisses-women-prefer-sex-115550590.html. Wonder how much of this study is true. And if true, how many more of what we take to be granted are myths. 

While I just made a note of this post, Guruji pointed me as usual to another blogger who has written a really funny post, http://purba-ray.blogspot.com/2011/07/not-tonight-darling.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FtrRoc+%28A-Musing%29. Have fun.

Across The World

A post on a trip to Cluj (Romania) http://m.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2211121.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm%3Fhl%3Den%26gl%3Dus%26client%3Dms-android-fih%26source%3Dandroid-launcher-widget%26action%3Ddevloc%26q%3Dbroad%2Btransylvania%2Bhindu

High speed train link from Beijing to Shanghai http://m.thehindu.com/news/international/article2216857.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm%3Fgl%3Dus%26source%3Dandroid-launcher-widget%26client%3Dms-android-fih%26hl%3Den%26aq%3Df%26oq%3D%26aqi%3D-k0d0t0%26fkt%3D578%26fsdt%3D4670%26cqt%3D%26rst%3D%26htf%3D%26his%3D%26maction%3D%26q%3Dtrains%2Bbeijing%2Bshanghai%2Bhindu%26flip%3D0. What I liked about this were:

• Indigenious engineering (or that's what I assumed)
• The safety factors built in, running unmanned trains twice a day to ensure everything is ok. Just like one does automated testing in software.

In the meanwhile in India we are still grappling with rail accidents frequently. When do we get good competent people to head railways and other functions or departments in the country?

Another Set Of Nice Jokes

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jokes/read/80859098/

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jokes/read/805262/

http://www.sodahead.com/fun/it-all-began-with-an-iphone/question-1886169/

Updated:
Fixed the problem now.

Nice Jokes

I loved these jokes.

http://bigadda.in/joke.php?jokeid=698

http://www.wordsfailme.in/2011/02/14/a-wife-asks-her-husband-a-software-engineer-could-you-please-go-shopping-for-me-and-buy-one-carton-of-milk-and-if-they-have-eggs-get-6a-short-time-later-the-husband-comes-back-with-6-carton/

Potty

Loved this one (http://easystreetd.posterous.com/the-potty-a-little-three-year-old-boy-is-sitt)

Should A Pregnant Woman Act In A Movie

An interesting article (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Heroine-cannot-be-pulled-off-by-a-pregnant/articleshow/9123458.cms). Well written about a contentious matter.

Where do we have such men in India

This is an interesting article on the CIA man who located Osama Bin Laden (http://in.news.yahoo.com/the-man-who-hunted-osama-bin-laden.html).

Where do we have such men in India? How do we recruit them and train them?

Bribe Paid To Get Admission

Students paid the equivalent of a quarter million dollars to get a medical seat at AIIMS 

When will we change?

Kerala Temple Suddenly Richer By $20 Billion

The Padmanabha Swamy temple in Trivandrum has been recenrly found to have $20 billion worth jewelry inside.

Wonder how people let that kind of money remain? It ought to have been stolen long time back. And next I wonder how the money will be spent. Who will get custody?

And how many other temples have such hidden treasures.

Additional reading:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/apex-court-wants-to-know-source-of-kerala-temple-treasure/story-Qhiox3AF8halj5BuReq5ZK.html