Hi All,
I am sure that you must have heard of the upcoming presidential race in the USA.. I have been following the race and the events leading up to it..Actually i had been doing so since the last time round when Bush and Kerry went head to head but i wasn't into blogging then...So i decided that i should write about a couple of things that have gotten my attention esp the allotment of tickets to the candidates and how the presidential candidates woo voters thru debates...
Ok coming back to the point..i was quite impressed at the level of transparency and the professionalism with which the primaries were held..candidates aspiring to run on the party ticket announce their decision and form a camp and run around the entire country to convince the party faithfuls that he/she is the right candidate for the party ticket...they can do so regardless of their gender, age, financial status, years of association with the party and its top leaders etc...
compare this with india..political parties go into a huddle months before election is announced..nominate ,mostly, the party leader as their primemisterial candidate and in case one is not available ..try to search a candidate with a good credentials(knowing fully well that they wouldnt be able to find one)and finally settle for one who is old, is the least tainted, "close" to party elders and acceptable to other coalition parties..could somebody tell me what happened to "suitability to the job", "leadership skills", "team playing abilities" "awareness of issues concerning the common man" etc...
u see there are compromises at every step...every compromise pushing the most eligible candidate further and further away and giving way for dynasty politics, nepotism and cronyism ...
now coming to the point abt debates...this one astonished me even more and completely won me over...what a way present the varying views of the candidates to the voter and let him choose who he wants...and if u had watched how the 1st debate transpired probably u will spit in the faces of Indian politicians who use their lung power to get their point home when they participate in shows like 'face the nation' and the likes...such was the decency and mutual respect for each other..when one was talking the other had his mouth SHUT...and if there was anything to rebut they just jotted it down and stated it later when given the opportunity..i guess i dont have to tell u abt their knowledge on issues..having spent months running around the country explaining their stands on various issues they certainly would have no problems in that regard...
the bottom line of the entire presidential exercise in the US is that if a candidate wishes to become the next president of the united states then he has to work for it.. meet the people, learn the issues, take appropriate stands and be prepared to justify his stand...this exercise ensures that only people who are willing to sweat it out will enter the fray and not just any tom dick and harry...and there is no place for political rhetoric..i.e.no "thanga thalaiva", "anja nejun" and crap...no place for political smears/dirty politics...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Arghhh....
Hi All,
I am still waiting for that stupid call letter from Wipro to call me once and for all and put an end to the misery that i am going thru right now...
Finished my course and doing pretty much nothing at home u might be excused to think that i am having the time of my life...But that couldn't be further away the truth..
With every passing day, the insinuations of neighbors is getting unbearable..'why don't u try for some other company', while some others stretching further said i shouldn't even bother with Wipro as the IT industry is slowing down and should rather think about employment opportunities in my own area of expertise...(enna koduma sir ithu...as if i had any technical knowledge in the first place.. if only somebody could tell me where i could get it )
Suddenly my mother is starting to act as if she is the Taliban of Trichy(sounds rhyming doesn't it?)..u shouldn't do this and that..learn this..talk like this..walk properly..behave and watch your language when in the company of women..blah blah blah...My father was not very far behind and is pestering me to learn yoga, sleep early etc..
How can cousins be far behind.."send me ur reference number i have frens in Wipro and they can give u an idea of the exact date" ,"CCNA can keep u occupied"...They might as well have said i am VETTI..
As if this multi pronged attack wasn't enough, now i getting due panned by fellow bloggers. All over a cartoonic woman donning tight tops or huge "u know what" and as a result i have started questioning my own morals..what is vulgar and what is acceptable..have i really changed..what happened to my conservative self...why do i start finding myself in the "wrong" side of the divide...
Wipro...pls put me out of my misery asap...call me before i go mad...pls....
I am still waiting for that stupid call letter from Wipro to call me once and for all and put an end to the misery that i am going thru right now...
Finished my course and doing pretty much nothing at home u might be excused to think that i am having the time of my life...But that couldn't be further away the truth..
With every passing day, the insinuations of neighbors is getting unbearable..'why don't u try for some other company', while some others stretching further said i shouldn't even bother with Wipro as the IT industry is slowing down and should rather think about employment opportunities in my own area of expertise...(enna koduma sir ithu...as if i had any technical knowledge in the first place.. if only somebody could tell me where i could get it )
Suddenly my mother is starting to act as if she is the Taliban of Trichy(sounds rhyming doesn't it?)..u shouldn't do this and that..learn this..talk like this..walk properly..behave and watch your language when in the company of women..blah blah blah...My father was not very far behind and is pestering me to learn yoga, sleep early etc..
How can cousins be far behind.."send me ur reference number i have frens in Wipro and they can give u an idea of the exact date" ,"CCNA can keep u occupied"...They might as well have said i am VETTI..
As if this multi pronged attack wasn't enough, now i getting due panned by fellow bloggers. All over a cartoonic woman donning tight tops or huge "u know what" and as a result i have started questioning my own morals..what is vulgar and what is acceptable..have i really changed..what happened to my conservative self...why do i start finding myself in the "wrong" side of the divide...
Wipro...pls put me out of my misery asap...call me before i go mad...pls....
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Long long time no see
Hi all,
It has been ages since i wrote my last post, i think almost 2 weeks ago. The usual culprits being my laziness, procrastination et al.:)
But it was not as if i was sleeping the entire period, though it figured prominently in the list of things that i was into. Hmmm did i say a list of things... let me see...no better downgrade it to a number of things ... list sounds tooo big..
Movies, courtesy of Ramanathan and Arun, pretty much become my staple diet. I watched close to 15 movies in this time frame. The Shawshank redemption, vantage point just to name a few. So of them really moved, others kindled my gray cells and yet others questioned conventions. English movies, as i have always believed and still, move out of the mundane love stories and demi-god worship that our own movie fraternities are obsessed with. But i guess we cant completely credit American directors and belittle our own ones because of one simple fact...Audience taste or preference or whatever u wish to call it..thats us! So we should take a fair amount of blame when it comes pedestrian presentation of movies..
{But all is not lost as our industries are waking up to changing preferences of audiences esp the urban ones and are making movies that are good, realistic in their own right)
Apart from movies, typing has been keeping me busy. Allow me to indulge in some self patting on the back.:) I always wanted, even desired, to be type fast and accurately but never really got myself to do it. The extreme boredom (read vettiness)of the past two weeks allowed to learn typing at my own pace.(without which i wouldn't be able to learn any new skill)
Thats all for now folks. See u soon...
It has been ages since i wrote my last post, i think almost 2 weeks ago. The usual culprits being my laziness, procrastination et al.:)
But it was not as if i was sleeping the entire period, though it figured prominently in the list of things that i was into. Hmmm did i say a list of things... let me see...no better downgrade it to a number of things ... list sounds tooo big..
Movies, courtesy of Ramanathan and Arun, pretty much become my staple diet. I watched close to 15 movies in this time frame. The Shawshank redemption, vantage point just to name a few. So of them really moved, others kindled my gray cells and yet others questioned conventions. English movies, as i have always believed and still, move out of the mundane love stories and demi-god worship that our own movie fraternities are obsessed with. But i guess we cant completely credit American directors and belittle our own ones because of one simple fact...Audience taste or preference or whatever u wish to call it..thats us! So we should take a fair amount of blame when it comes pedestrian presentation of movies..
{But all is not lost as our industries are waking up to changing preferences of audiences esp the urban ones and are making movies that are good, realistic in their own right)
Apart from movies, typing has been keeping me busy. Allow me to indulge in some self patting on the back.:) I always wanted, even desired, to be type fast and accurately but never really got myself to do it. The extreme boredom (read vettiness)of the past two weeks allowed to learn typing at my own pace.(without which i wouldn't be able to learn any new skill)
Thats all for now folks. See u soon...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Long time no see...
Hi All,
it has been almost a week since my last post and i have used one reason or the other not to post and conveniently giving in to my lazy self. Finally i managed to get my hands to type this post though i am still pondering what am i going to post about today.
hmmm...oh i got it..i got it...the credit crisis..
you must have heard of it. it has been for the better part of the week and it has had far reaching ramifications though fortunately India hasn't been at the receiving end as much as other countries..this is how it all started...
Interests rates in the US have been cut on a quarterly basis for the past 3 yrs or so to stimulate growth. What low interests rates do is encourage people to borrow and spend, termed as consumer spending which has traditionally been the biggest driver of growth. Low rates also make it easier for enterprises to draw credit and start new businesses.
Buoyed by low interests rates and some favourable legislations on home ownerships, people started buying homes without considering whether they needed it or not(and more importantly whether they could afford it or not). This sudden surge in buying artificial rise of prices of houses and made other potential home buyers to sit up and take notice. A feeling of "now or never" pervaded in the minds of these people and forced them to extend loans( most of these loans were sub prime loans..i will get to this later) which they otherwise would have never taken. Consequently, many of them entered the property market at totally unrealistic prices hoping that the rising property prices will keep rising.
Sub prime loans are loans given to people with no or poor(!) credit history. This means that the banks,mortgage firms and other lending instituitions lent money to these people knowing fully well that these people are not solid on financial ground and probably will not repay back the money in full. I guess these guys were figuring out that even if the loan wasn't paid off, the property was in the bank's name and given the way at which property prices were sky rocketing it doesn't really matter whether the loan was paid or not.
Obviously these sub prime loans were not paid back to these lenders, as these people were never in the position to repay such huge installments in the first place. But the title deeds are still in the possesion of these lensers, so why worry u might ask.
At one point in time, the prices of houses crossed the threshold limit and finally some sense of sanity prevailed among the general public. People stopped buying and homes prices tumbled and it was "declared" that the housing bubble had burst. Unable to recover the loans and unable to sell the properties for which the loans were given, many companies have now gone under. With these companies going bankrupt, there has been something called a credit crunch. i.e. not many people out there either having money to lend or the lack of willingness to lend the money they have.
I can go on and on...but i think i am going to stop here and let u draw ur own inferences on how this has affected global economies...
it has been almost a week since my last post and i have used one reason or the other not to post and conveniently giving in to my lazy self. Finally i managed to get my hands to type this post though i am still pondering what am i going to post about today.
hmmm...oh i got it..i got it...the credit crisis..
you must have heard of it. it has been for the better part of the week and it has had far reaching ramifications though fortunately India hasn't been at the receiving end as much as other countries..this is how it all started...
Interests rates in the US have been cut on a quarterly basis for the past 3 yrs or so to stimulate growth. What low interests rates do is encourage people to borrow and spend, termed as consumer spending which has traditionally been the biggest driver of growth. Low rates also make it easier for enterprises to draw credit and start new businesses.
Buoyed by low interests rates and some favourable legislations on home ownerships, people started buying homes without considering whether they needed it or not(and more importantly whether they could afford it or not). This sudden surge in buying artificial rise of prices of houses and made other potential home buyers to sit up and take notice. A feeling of "now or never" pervaded in the minds of these people and forced them to extend loans( most of these loans were sub prime loans..i will get to this later) which they otherwise would have never taken. Consequently, many of them entered the property market at totally unrealistic prices hoping that the rising property prices will keep rising.
Sub prime loans are loans given to people with no or poor(!) credit history. This means that the banks,mortgage firms and other lending instituitions lent money to these people knowing fully well that these people are not solid on financial ground and probably will not repay back the money in full. I guess these guys were figuring out that even if the loan wasn't paid off, the property was in the bank's name and given the way at which property prices were sky rocketing it doesn't really matter whether the loan was paid or not.
Obviously these sub prime loans were not paid back to these lenders, as these people were never in the position to repay such huge installments in the first place. But the title deeds are still in the possesion of these lensers, so why worry u might ask.
At one point in time, the prices of houses crossed the threshold limit and finally some sense of sanity prevailed among the general public. People stopped buying and homes prices tumbled and it was "declared" that the housing bubble had burst. Unable to recover the loans and unable to sell the properties for which the loans were given, many companies have now gone under. With these companies going bankrupt, there has been something called a credit crunch. i.e. not many people out there either having money to lend or the lack of willingness to lend the money they have.
I can go on and on...but i think i am going to stop here and let u draw ur own inferences on how this has affected global economies...
Thursday, September 11, 2008
7 years on...is the world a safer place to live in today than it was then?
Hi All,
Today is the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an event that has down done as the Pearl harbour of the 21st century among the American audience(and western countries in general) and as an incident viewed by the outside world(esp the Arab world) that America used as a cover to fulfill its imperialistic designs.
The perceptions may vary, as they always do, but the hard fact is that more than 3000 people belonging to an array of nations lost their lives to a mindless act of terror, billions of dollars were lost in matter of seconds and Islam's image took a severe beating. So before i venture into my self imposed question, i would like to send my condolences to those who lost their near and dear ones and sincerely hope that they are in the advanced stages of recovery.
Seven years have transpired and it makes me wonder whether the world is really a safer place to live in after the all the "affirmative action" undertook by America since the fateful incident. Two wars were waged with America leading from the front. One with almost 100 per cent consensus and the other can be best described as American arrogance. Let me dwell in the details now.
The 1st war, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and lots of sympathy towards America from even unusual quarters, was waged to uproot the Taliban from the erstwhile safe haven of Afghanistan. The military assault was sanctioned by the United nations and more or less the whole world was on Afghan soil in just a matter of days, after the meek resistance put up by the Taliban militia caved in. The purpose of this war was very clear and the stated objectives had been partially achieved by overthrowing the fundamantalist regime.
A puppet government was installed in power but America, and the international community as well, stopped right there and conveniently forgot about Afghanistan altogether. They failed to provide any real support to the government of the day so that it could augment its capacity as an executive. Many summits and conferences only served as lip service to the humongous problems faced by the crumbled nation. Uncooperative neighbours( read Pakistan,our all time favourite enemy) coupled with monetary and administrative constraints further exaggerated the problem and only served the cause of the Taliban.
As months and years passed, the Taliban has resurfaced and has come to haunt Afghanistan again. The Taliban is back in business and is doing what it does best..terrorize people and spread its sick and totally distorted interpretation of Islam. All this after millions spent on uprooting these very people a few years back and billions more allocated for defence budgets by countries world over!!!
So that was the 1st war for u.. now lets move on to the 2nd one. This one was much more controversial than its predecessor. The Iraq war was waged under the pretext of the world being in danger because of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction(WMD). Arab World came out in strong protest against the very preparations for the war. Demographic giants like India toed the same line and warned US,and its allies, of the consequences the world will have to face due to this unilateral action.
Though the war was won rather swiftly and collateral damage was within acceptable limits, America didn't have a plan for the day after. Saddam Hussein was thrown out of power and was forced into hiding but so what...Lawlessness and chaos reigned in Baghdad was probably the whole of Iraq. Essential utilities were disrupted for months, oil supplies were interrupted and over and above all a sense of fear and insecurity loomed ominously over Iraq. Just as the opponents had predicted America and its little cronies had chewed more than they could swallow.
But what is more disturbing is that moderate Muslims who were finding their voice post 9/11 have been stifled yet again and this time America has no one to blame but herself. Fundamentalists in many Muslim countries have regained their ground and yield as much power as they had pre 9/11.Moreover, the sympathy America had immediately after 9/11 has all but vanished into thin air and there is only distrust that's left to savour.
A justifiable war with improper and insufficient post war rehabilitative support followed by a totally unnecessary one has in my opinion left our world in no safer postilion than we were before 9/11.
Today is the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an event that has down done as the Pearl harbour of the 21st century among the American audience(and western countries in general) and as an incident viewed by the outside world(esp the Arab world) that America used as a cover to fulfill its imperialistic designs.
The perceptions may vary, as they always do, but the hard fact is that more than 3000 people belonging to an array of nations lost their lives to a mindless act of terror, billions of dollars were lost in matter of seconds and Islam's image took a severe beating. So before i venture into my self imposed question, i would like to send my condolences to those who lost their near and dear ones and sincerely hope that they are in the advanced stages of recovery.
Seven years have transpired and it makes me wonder whether the world is really a safer place to live in after the all the "affirmative action" undertook by America since the fateful incident. Two wars were waged with America leading from the front. One with almost 100 per cent consensus and the other can be best described as American arrogance. Let me dwell in the details now.
The 1st war, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and lots of sympathy towards America from even unusual quarters, was waged to uproot the Taliban from the erstwhile safe haven of Afghanistan. The military assault was sanctioned by the United nations and more or less the whole world was on Afghan soil in just a matter of days, after the meek resistance put up by the Taliban militia caved in. The purpose of this war was very clear and the stated objectives had been partially achieved by overthrowing the fundamantalist regime.
A puppet government was installed in power but America, and the international community as well, stopped right there and conveniently forgot about Afghanistan altogether. They failed to provide any real support to the government of the day so that it could augment its capacity as an executive. Many summits and conferences only served as lip service to the humongous problems faced by the crumbled nation. Uncooperative neighbours( read Pakistan,our all time favourite enemy) coupled with monetary and administrative constraints further exaggerated the problem and only served the cause of the Taliban.
As months and years passed, the Taliban has resurfaced and has come to haunt Afghanistan again. The Taliban is back in business and is doing what it does best..terrorize people and spread its sick and totally distorted interpretation of Islam. All this after millions spent on uprooting these very people a few years back and billions more allocated for defence budgets by countries world over!!!
So that was the 1st war for u.. now lets move on to the 2nd one. This one was much more controversial than its predecessor. The Iraq war was waged under the pretext of the world being in danger because of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction(WMD). Arab World came out in strong protest against the very preparations for the war. Demographic giants like India toed the same line and warned US,and its allies, of the consequences the world will have to face due to this unilateral action.
Though the war was won rather swiftly and collateral damage was within acceptable limits, America didn't have a plan for the day after. Saddam Hussein was thrown out of power and was forced into hiding but so what...Lawlessness and chaos reigned in Baghdad was probably the whole of Iraq. Essential utilities were disrupted for months, oil supplies were interrupted and over and above all a sense of fear and insecurity loomed ominously over Iraq. Just as the opponents had predicted America and its little cronies had chewed more than they could swallow.
But what is more disturbing is that moderate Muslims who were finding their voice post 9/11 have been stifled yet again and this time America has no one to blame but herself. Fundamentalists in many Muslim countries have regained their ground and yield as much power as they had pre 9/11.Moreover, the sympathy America had immediately after 9/11 has all but vanished into thin air and there is only distrust that's left to savour.
A justifiable war with improper and insufficient post war rehabilitative support followed by a totally unnecessary one has in my opinion left our world in no safer postilion than we were before 9/11.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
OS RE-INSTALLED
Hi All,
Thanks to some misadventures (namely installing an anti virus which was way out of the league of my system's capabilities) that i was up to after my visit to my friends house and what i was left with was a corrupted OS and lots of frustration and agony.
Impatient as i am, i let the anti virus to scan my computer immediately after installing it. My friend had warned me to read the "readme" file before venturing into the functions of the software. I guess i don't have to tell you whether i heeded his warning or not...
Every application i tried to open came up with unique ways of denying entry..for some it was "application not found" for others it was "open with" which is usually associated with unknown file formats and for yet others there wasn't even a response (leaving to click a couple of more times)
To solve the problem my well wishers suggested i re install my OS.Ramanathan, whose house was the genesis (hope Ramanathan does not read this blog..but even if he does i confessed to have self created this problem..so i guess no body is going to get red faced after reading this post))of the problem, offered help and came armed with a pirated version of the Windows XP on late Monday afternoon and in the process waking me up from my deep slumber.
Without much ado, we sprung into action but everything came to a grinding halt minutes after it all started. Ramanathan had forgot the all important key that was required to continue with the installation. Without boring those who are reading this..i did finally manage to install the OS and get back a some amount of normalcy in my life..
I am very grateful to Ramanathan for providing me with the installation CD and karthik for his timely suggestions..
Thanks to some misadventures (namely installing an anti virus which was way out of the league of my system's capabilities) that i was up to after my visit to my friends house and what i was left with was a corrupted OS and lots of frustration and agony.
Impatient as i am, i let the anti virus to scan my computer immediately after installing it. My friend had warned me to read the "readme" file before venturing into the functions of the software. I guess i don't have to tell you whether i heeded his warning or not...
Every application i tried to open came up with unique ways of denying entry..for some it was "application not found" for others it was "open with" which is usually associated with unknown file formats and for yet others there wasn't even a response (leaving to click a couple of more times)
To solve the problem my well wishers suggested i re install my OS.Ramanathan, whose house was the genesis (hope Ramanathan does not read this blog..but even if he does i confessed to have self created this problem..so i guess no body is going to get red faced after reading this post))of the problem, offered help and came armed with a pirated version of the Windows XP on late Monday afternoon and in the process waking me up from my deep slumber.
Without much ado, we sprung into action but everything came to a grinding halt minutes after it all started. Ramanathan had forgot the all important key that was required to continue with the installation. Without boring those who are reading this..i did finally manage to install the OS and get back a some amount of normalcy in my life..
I am very grateful to Ramanathan for providing me with the installation CD and karthik for his timely suggestions..
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Hurray...NSG Waiver
Hi All,
I am sure most of u would have read/heard/seen the news about India getting a clean unconditional waiver from the NSG. (I heard the news upon reaching my friend's house whom i was visiting to get pen drive and DVD load of softwares, movies and songs and thereby leading myself to a lot of misery...i will tell u about it later..)The leaders of the nation, except those belonging to the Left and Opposition parties, have hailed the waiver and have said that its a historic day for India.
What this waiver effectively means is that India can perform trade with respect to nuclear fuel,rectors and technology(know-how). This translates into more nuclear fuel available for starving reactors, ready made reactors that can be imported and technology transfer which will ensure that we can build reactors on our own in the future.
More nuclear reactors-> more power generated->more growth(i guess i don't have to explain this part in more detail than what i already have done..its a no-brainer!)
In case India engages in nuclear technology proliferation(it hasn't in the past and probably wont in the future as well) then the NSG will convene a meeting and decide on future course of action which probably will mean that NSG will ask its members to stop nuclear trade with India.
This waiver has to been seen in different light than the one of the 123 agreement. 123 agreement is an agreement exclusively between US and India and it deals with nuclear trade between India and the US alone.(However for the deal to go through, a waiver from the NSG was warranted and that's exactly why India approached the NSG).
So as of now, we can perform nuclear trade,even tomorrow, with countries like Russia and France while we have one last hurdle to cross as far as the US is concerned. A congressional approval is required for the deal. But that shouldn't be a problem because there seems to be wide bi-partisan support for the deal...:)
I am sure most of u would have read/heard/seen the news about India getting a clean unconditional waiver from the NSG. (I heard the news upon reaching my friend's house whom i was visiting to get pen drive and DVD load of softwares, movies and songs and thereby leading myself to a lot of misery...i will tell u about it later..)The leaders of the nation, except those belonging to the Left and Opposition parties, have hailed the waiver and have said that its a historic day for India.
What this waiver effectively means is that India can perform trade with respect to nuclear fuel,rectors and technology(know-how). This translates into more nuclear fuel available for starving reactors, ready made reactors that can be imported and technology transfer which will ensure that we can build reactors on our own in the future.
More nuclear reactors-> more power generated->more growth(i guess i don't have to explain this part in more detail than what i already have done..its a no-brainer!)
In case India engages in nuclear technology proliferation(it hasn't in the past and probably wont in the future as well) then the NSG will convene a meeting and decide on future course of action which probably will mean that NSG will ask its members to stop nuclear trade with India.
This waiver has to been seen in different light than the one of the 123 agreement. 123 agreement is an agreement exclusively between US and India and it deals with nuclear trade between India and the US alone.(However for the deal to go through, a waiver from the NSG was warranted and that's exactly why India approached the NSG).
So as of now, we can perform nuclear trade,even tomorrow, with countries like Russia and France while we have one last hurdle to cross as far as the US is concerned. A congressional approval is required for the deal. But that shouldn't be a problem because there seems to be wide bi-partisan support for the deal...:)
Friday, September 5, 2008
Hmmmm
Hi guys,
i have come across a number of phrases,one liners etc...
Rub the wrong side of the shoulder
Push the envelope
Win hands down
Nose for nostalgia
Junket-obsessed
Cusp of change
Pay back in the same coin
Bang for the buck
i have come across a number of phrases,one liners etc...
Rub the wrong side of the shoulder
Push the envelope
Win hands down
Nose for nostalgia
Junket-obsessed
Cusp of change
Pay back in the same coin
Bang for the buck
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Now a channel dedicated solely for comedy
The Sun group, or should i say conglomerate, is planning to start a new television channel solely dedicated for comedy along the lines of Sun music and KTV which are dedicated music and movie channels respectively.
I must say this is another master move of the Sun group. Comedy has become a mainstay in almost all commercial films today and has become and is an essential commodity for success of these films. Moreover comedy shows have become a rage these days with the general public.Taking these factors into consideration, it only makes economic sense to commence a entirely new channel that concentrates on comedy and give the audiences more than they ask for.
We must view this in light of new political developments. Sun group has been DMK's mouthpiece since time immemorial but a few months back a ugly spat btw them saw DMK distancing itself from the Sun group and even starting a new TV channel on its own. A Raja, a DMK leader close to Karunanidhi, replaced Dayanethimaran who was the Information and Technology minister since the UPA government assumed power in 2004.
There would(in fact must) have been political pressures by the DMK to the government at the centre to stall this new channel. Despite this Sun group has come out on top. Kudos to the Sun Group!!!
I must say this is another master move of the Sun group. Comedy has become a mainstay in almost all commercial films today and has become and is an essential commodity for success of these films. Moreover comedy shows have become a rage these days with the general public.Taking these factors into consideration, it only makes economic sense to commence a entirely new channel that concentrates on comedy and give the audiences more than they ask for.
We must view this in light of new political developments. Sun group has been DMK's mouthpiece since time immemorial but a few months back a ugly spat btw them saw DMK distancing itself from the Sun group and even starting a new TV channel on its own. A Raja, a DMK leader close to Karunanidhi, replaced Dayanethimaran who was the Information and Technology minister since the UPA government assumed power in 2004.
There would(in fact must) have been political pressures by the DMK to the government at the centre to stall this new channel. Despite this Sun group has come out on top. Kudos to the Sun Group!!!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Forged notes
Ok i am going to try to squeeze a quick one thru. the time now is 8 45 pm and by 9 there will be that horrifying mandatory power cut.
i saw in the news the other day that the 500 rupee notes belonging to the 1996 and 2000 series are prone to counterfeiting..relax..not all of them are forged..but the security features in them are inadequate to prevent forging..RBI has said that the new series of notes are counterfeit safe..well we would have to see about that..bcos this printing and counterfeiting seems to be a cat and mouse game..its just a matter of time b4 the counterfeiters catch up(going by past experience)
RBI has added that it will withdraw the 1996 and 2000 series 500 rupee notes in a phased manner from January 2009. so u guys out there just be a tad careful the next time u encounter a 500 rupee note...
i saw in the news the other day that the 500 rupee notes belonging to the 1996 and 2000 series are prone to counterfeiting..relax..not all of them are forged..but the security features in them are inadequate to prevent forging..RBI has said that the new series of notes are counterfeit safe..well we would have to see about that..bcos this printing and counterfeiting seems to be a cat and mouse game..its just a matter of time b4 the counterfeiters catch up(going by past experience)
RBI has added that it will withdraw the 1996 and 2000 series 500 rupee notes in a phased manner from January 2009. so u guys out there just be a tad careful the next time u encounter a 500 rupee note...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Presence of Leaders,Celebrities in disaster zones..
Hi All,
I was reading the Paul Krugman column in today's Hindu and found that he had raised a valid point which resonated with me. He scorned the scheduled visit of John McCain to the areas ravaged by the tropical storm Gustav.
He stated that presence of leaders and celebrities would result in channeling of resources, energy and time from the victims, who obviously need it the most, to these people. He provided a couple of examples like the one where George bush visited the fire fighters who were helping out Katrina victims( just wondering... why are fire fighters involved in all this..isint it out of their purview..and aren't they always busy trying to put out the Californian wild fires that somehow seem to go on and on..)
I must also state that Paul is Bush basher and hence the article could be biased ( the "could" can be replaced with "should"). Moreover politicians wouldn't want to be seen as playing golf when millions are in distress and would obviously want to score brownie points by being in ground zero...
Now the challenge is what is the right solution to this predicament...hmmmm
I was reading the Paul Krugman column in today's Hindu and found that he had raised a valid point which resonated with me. He scorned the scheduled visit of John McCain to the areas ravaged by the tropical storm Gustav.
He stated that presence of leaders and celebrities would result in channeling of resources, energy and time from the victims, who obviously need it the most, to these people. He provided a couple of examples like the one where George bush visited the fire fighters who were helping out Katrina victims( just wondering... why are fire fighters involved in all this..isint it out of their purview..and aren't they always busy trying to put out the Californian wild fires that somehow seem to go on and on..)
I must also state that Paul is Bush basher and hence the article could be biased ( the "could" can be replaced with "should"). Moreover politicians wouldn't want to be seen as playing golf when millions are in distress and would obviously want to score brownie points by being in ground zero...
Now the challenge is what is the right solution to this predicament...hmmmm
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