Sunday, October 30, 2005
A post mortem
Laura bush, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gangsters, Ali G, Zorro, Blonde, Tennis Players...thats what i saw at Halloween. Policy people who have run out of ideas, as long as its their dressing up ideas that lack imagination and not their future ideas to create change, we are ok.
(Thats not taking anything away, from my complete laziness to even bother to find a costume,and if in the future it were to mean not bothering to find that policy prescription - i may be the bigger sinner...)
Undergrads so drunk they vandalised five cars
Insurance companies so clever that they have extremely high dedcutibles to that they barely need to pay
Lawmakers so stringent that they have absolutely zero percent alcohol limit for driving
And the middle aged lady who spent a night at the station because se had some alcohol (due to a medication was found later)
...i could go on
but then thats not the spirirt of Halloween..and tomorrow the littel kids will come say twinkle treat, ask for candy...
oh yes those days of no responsibility...
will they ever come back?
(Thats not taking anything away, from my complete laziness to even bother to find a costume,and if in the future it were to mean not bothering to find that policy prescription - i may be the bigger sinner...)
Undergrads so drunk they vandalised five cars
Insurance companies so clever that they have extremely high dedcutibles to that they barely need to pay
Lawmakers so stringent that they have absolutely zero percent alcohol limit for driving
And the middle aged lady who spent a night at the station because se had some alcohol (due to a medication was found later)
...i could go on
but then thats not the spirirt of Halloween..and tomorrow the littel kids will come say twinkle treat, ask for candy...
oh yes those days of no responsibility...
will they ever come back?
Friday, October 28, 2005
Halloween
Halloween...my very first halloween party...
Old masters students dressed in silly costumes, we will see later tonight...and they will drink..so actually it will be 'old drunk masters students dressed in silly costumes'
we will see
ever type failure in google search and press the let me get lucky button - you will be surprsied what you will find
This country's politics is wicked, well sometimes and funny mostly...so are the jokes on both the lefties and the Bush brigade, here is one...
The Bush Stamp
The Postal Service created a stamp with a picture of President Bush. The stamp was not sticking to envelopes. This enraged the President, who demanded a full investigation.
After a month of testing, a special Presidential commission presented the following findings:
1) The stamp is in perfect order.
2) There is nothing wrong with the applied adhesive.
3) People are spitting on the wrong side
Old masters students dressed in silly costumes, we will see later tonight...and they will drink..so actually it will be 'old drunk masters students dressed in silly costumes'
we will see
ever type failure in google search and press the let me get lucky button - you will be surprsied what you will find
This country's politics is wicked, well sometimes and funny mostly...so are the jokes on both the lefties and the Bush brigade, here is one...
The Bush Stamp
The Postal Service created a stamp with a picture of President Bush. The stamp was not sticking to envelopes. This enraged the President, who demanded a full investigation.
After a month of testing, a special Presidential commission presented the following findings:
1) The stamp is in perfect order.
2) There is nothing wrong with the applied adhesive.
3) People are spitting on the wrong side
Friday, October 14, 2005
Friday..
In passing..saw a blog..its friday..and was thinking too of friday
what would friday be like
......sips of a golden sun tumbling away in behind the mumbai necklace
......a little park bench in delhi's siri fort on a cool october evening
...... or maybe a crisp kanchenjunga view, from the balcony of Milman Hall, St Paul's Darjeeling
......or the rolling bicycle rides in Rungli in the Namring valley
But not today it is not - its the view from my room - a rainy adelphi road...somewhere on a new continent but lost in time
what would friday be like
......sips of a golden sun tumbling away in behind the mumbai necklace
......a little park bench in delhi's siri fort on a cool october evening
...... or maybe a crisp kanchenjunga view, from the balcony of Milman Hall, St Paul's Darjeeling
......or the rolling bicycle rides in Rungli in the Namring valley
But not today it is not - its the view from my room - a rainy adelphi road...somewhere on a new continent but lost in time
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
the settin...
ok the winter is coming up here, you can feel the cold...but wait first the autumn, havent seen an autumn in a long time, only in the good ol'd days of SPS, Darjeeling, thats when we saw the leaves fall last, north india didn't give you the opprotunity.
surprisingly was thinking of ongole, 2 winters ago, a 25 degree winter (celcius) and people in sweaters looking at the mad north indian (me) in shorts on new year's eve.
the cattle town...you know i could have been the ranger...
instead i only sold oil.
and yes i miss the chai not my snobbish darjeeling special (which i still love and have access to here, enough in stock) but the roadside guy's one and yup had the opportunity to have that at quite a few places all the way from jind to cumbum...sipping away my then wretchedness
the other thought which hit me today was the mandevian hullabulloo. It was not a guava orchard though as some has us to believe but more like a two year 'strategy bazaar', we sold ourselves silly allright, right from ajit da's accent (he was one of the better prof's around, and i can never forget the way he picked up the phone and called up his friend the CEO at Reckitt, and say thank you murthy..) to the full bloodied zeros on Sahai's quiz.
may god bless their souls..all the way long to the No. 1 ranking.
surprisingly was thinking of ongole, 2 winters ago, a 25 degree winter (celcius) and people in sweaters looking at the mad north indian (me) in shorts on new year's eve.
the cattle town...you know i could have been the ranger...
instead i only sold oil.
and yes i miss the chai not my snobbish darjeeling special (which i still love and have access to here, enough in stock) but the roadside guy's one and yup had the opportunity to have that at quite a few places all the way from jind to cumbum...sipping away my then wretchedness
the other thought which hit me today was the mandevian hullabulloo. It was not a guava orchard though as some has us to believe but more like a two year 'strategy bazaar', we sold ourselves silly allright, right from ajit da's accent (he was one of the better prof's around, and i can never forget the way he picked up the phone and called up his friend the CEO at Reckitt, and say thank you murthy..) to the full bloodied zeros on Sahai's quiz.
may god bless their souls..all the way long to the No. 1 ranking.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Recycle..
If you had bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.
If you had bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, and traded in the cans at a redemption center for the nickel deposit, you would have $107.
Given the current conditions of the economy, my advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
If you had bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, and traded in the cans at a redemption center for the nickel deposit, you would have $107.
Given the current conditions of the economy, my advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
The Nations Papers Explained
The Economic Times is read by people who run the country
The Hindu is read by people who think they run the country
The Telegraph is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crosswords
The Times of India is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The Hindu. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts with colour photos.
The Statesman is read by people whose parents used to run the country and they did a very poor job of it, thank you very much.
The Hindustan Times is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long as they can get a free ride going anywhere
The Indian Express is read by people who don't care who's running the country, as long as they do something scandalous, preferably for a secret camera
The Asian Age is read by people who aren't sure what they mean by a country or that anyone is running it, but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are statesmanlike, imaginary pragmatists who also happen to be 'real Indians' as long as they promote some kind of freedom
The Pioneer is read by people trapped in a line at the railway station
The Hindu is read by people who think they run the country
The Telegraph is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crosswords
The Times of India is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The Hindu. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts with colour photos.
The Statesman is read by people whose parents used to run the country and they did a very poor job of it, thank you very much.
The Hindustan Times is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long as they can get a free ride going anywhere
The Indian Express is read by people who don't care who's running the country, as long as they do something scandalous, preferably for a secret camera
The Asian Age is read by people who aren't sure what they mean by a country or that anyone is running it, but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are statesmanlike, imaginary pragmatists who also happen to be 'real Indians' as long as they promote some kind of freedom
The Pioneer is read by people trapped in a line at the railway station
First post the post...
The Mondy Party is a fun place, its a discussion place, its a blog for all those new to blogging.
It will discuss thoughts on
The Development of proerty rights in developing countries
..governement regulation when it chooses to stifle perpetrators does more injustice to innocents (the economic arguments)
...why chelsea is not boring
....why real madrid inspite of no titles recently are still the best team...
...why Indian cricket will always be well Indian cricket!
....why Indian communists (as much as i dislike them) are good as they allow us to see what we should never do ...
....why mutton seekh kebab and mutton rogan josh are much missed by desis F.O.B in the U.S
among many other things.
.........
It will discuss thoughts on
The Development of proerty rights in developing countries
..governement regulation when it chooses to stifle perpetrators does more injustice to innocents (the economic arguments)
...why chelsea is not boring
....why real madrid inspite of no titles recently are still the best team...
...why Indian cricket will always be well Indian cricket!
....why Indian communists (as much as i dislike them) are good as they allow us to see what we should never do ...
....why mutton seekh kebab and mutton rogan josh are much missed by desis F.O.B in the U.S
among many other things.
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