WHO IS ANNA HAZARE???
Let me confess few things right at the outset…till a few days back I had never even heard of Anna Hazare. In fact when I first read of the campaign against corruption in the newspapers I had to decipher whether the main protagonist was a male or a female (at first read the name conjured…
Read MoreTHE LAST RITES
Everybody dies…EVERYBODY!!! This is the only undisputed truth of life. Yet we all go on living our life throwing caution to the wind and in denial of this simple reality. Every day death is one day closer to us and yet we live as if we shall live forever. Nothing brings this fact more…
Read MoreMY TOP THREE PREDICTIONS FOR 2011
2010 has come to an end…and 2011 beckons…while I, like anyone else, have a host of predictions, wishes and hopes pinned on 2011 here are my top three predictions which I guess are more palatable for public consumption on account of being relatively less specific to my selfish interests. So here goes…
Read MoreMY AYODHYA VERDICT
On 30th September, 2010 the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) announced the verdict in the long pending and hugely controversial Ram Janm Bhoomi – Babri Masjid case.
Read MoreMANY A SPILL BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP
Yesterday we all bore witness to the announcement of one of the largest acquisitions involving purchase of shares and majority control of an Indian company, namely Cairn India, by a foreign resident. The transaction contemplates Cairn India’s parent Cairn UK which presently holds ~ 62% of the paid up equity capital of the former, divesting…
Read MoreTHE TOP TEN GREATEST MOVIE & TV QUOTES OF ALL TIME
This is my definitive list of top ten dialogues spoken in various movies/tv shows. You will not find cheesy quips here like “I’ll be back” or “I will make him an offer he cannot refuse”, for quotable as they may be, my choice is driven by the fact that the quotes below capture the pinnacle…
Read MoreTEN REASONS WHY WINDOWS MOBILE IS STILL THE BEST!!!
During the course of my gadgeteering travails, I have often been mocked at for being a Microsoft/Windows/Windows Mobile aficionado, owing largely to the commonly prevalent notion of inferiority of the Gates’ family of operating systems to the competition in the market. While Apple’s Mac OS has been touted (disputably) as a far superior operating system…
Read MoreTHE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS
We are all selfish…there I said it. But before this statement has the effect of rubbing the self-righteous part of you the wrong way, please do bear with me and read this through, albeit without any expectations of pacification.
Read MoreBUDGET 2010 – WHERE IS THE BIG REFORM???
Well…Pranab Babu presented his career’s 6th budget on 26th February 2010 spanning over a period of 3 decades…which is a BIG feat I guess…but the question it left me mulling over, same as the budget in 2009 after the Congress led UPA got an unequivocal mandate from the Indian voters….where is the BIG reform????
Read MoreTHE TOP TEN GREATEST TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME
Here is my countdown of top ten TV shows of all time…goes without saying that I do earnestly recommend each one of these as a must watch!!!
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