Thanks to TV-9 free telecast (for time-being) in USA on Dish Network. Lately I have been watching bits and pieces of the 24/7 News channel and I am literally shocked to see of what is happening back in India. A pig was doing rounds in a temple and people have decided to build a temple for that creature as they think that it is ‘divine’ now. I guess we need to send all the stray animals in India into temples…
No prizes for guessing what it is! I know most of you would come up with the same one (without blinking). So here it goes.. “The Andhra Pradesh State’s FY ’09-’10 Budget” Told ya! no prizes for guessing. Anyway, the story goes like this (all figures in Crores)… Total Budge 103,485.33 (Anything after the decimal is considered missinglenous). Planned Expenditure 40,184.11 Un-Planned Expenditure 63,301.22 (Again, please do not guess!) Free electricity increased to 9 hours from 7 hours (8 out…
Folks at WallStats has put together this eye-candy on 2010 US spending. Read more here.
First and foremost is that I would request the congress to kindly ‘grow up’. Wasting valuable time in the name of Senate * committee is wasting people’s time. The Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor can easily beat Potter’s 7 episodes in length, breadth and conviction. I guess if Jesus Christ was nominated instead, they would ask him “can you claim yourself be kind to other religions when you have long vocalized for the Christianity? Do you have the credentials…
I am happy because I am back to my ‘reading’. Not necessarily the best of the bunch but satisfactory to the soul and given my nature, books are like reading my own palm. I came across a quote lately which says “the more you work hard the more you get lucky”. Initially sounded simple, the actual meaning stuck me more than I’ve imagined and a thought process triggered inevitably. Is talent a gift or residue of hard work? What is…
My parents are here with us and kids are having their blast, as usual. However, one new addition to our family almost a month back was the subscription to Dish Network’s Telugu Package. I have successfully avoided glued to the TV following those soaps but I get my daily dose of breakfast as I sit front of the TV. I have three choices, either watch 2 channels streaming what is called ‘new songs’ a googlean collection of 10 songs repeated…
There were days when Federer would return skiers off of his back-hand and loose a set and there were days when a 5-setter was a death bed for this master. In all possibilities Federer’s game was conditional. The bar was set so high by himself that, anything past 3 sets were written failures and tie-breakers were questioning his capabilities. Tennis by all means has to be unconditional and Nadal in modern-era is an example in case. He defied critics and…
Internet has long transformed into life from technical invention. I have hardly seen a person in my recent past who doesn’t browse on the Internet. Like all others, I have my daily dose of vitamins. Generic News: Rediff / Times of India / NDTV / Eenadu / Great Andhra / Idlebrain Tech News: Google News (Tech) / Gizmodo / Engadget Shopping Deals: Slickdeals Email: Yahoo Mail Finance: Wall Street Journal / Yahoo Finance Sports: Cricinfo
Social responsibility is a privilege and not duty. When my good friend Probir Goyal told me about Invite For Good, I was floored by his ‘responsible’ idea. Not everyone would have thought about it, even so, very few could have put it in action. He took on a social responsibility who believes in ‘giving’ back to the society and created this website. It is a cross roads between social life and charity, a wonderful idea of giving ‘real gifts’. I…
Promise to keep, dreams to fulfill and miles to go. This has been my tag line ever since I knew English as a language. It was more than an inspiration and my frequent quotes of those lines are more than just a coincidence. Lately, I started to think where am I with these lines? Funny or not, the first two parts of these lines have been in thin air, while the third one did became part of my life. Ever…
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