The difference between the democracies of America and India is that ‘in America you can kiss in public but not pee, whereas in India you can pee in public but not kiss!
Appeared in Contrapunto, The Times Of India, 16th May, 07.
This got me thinking.
There are many differences. But this is a stark reminder of the moral [...]
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THE ISSUE
News channels broke the most awaited recent news: Taj is ‘in’ the list of the ‘new’ 7 wonders of the world.
For those who don’t know, let me tell you that a man called Bernard Weber founded the organization which claims to have declared the ‘new’ 7 wonders of the world.
Apparently, The United Nations Educational, Scientific [...]
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I am using a search engine called http://blackle.com/
WHAT IS BLACKLE?
It is the same Google search engine but Black in color. Everything that appears white in Google, is black here. The search results and everything else is the same.
WHY BLACK?
Certainly not because Black is beautiful.
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. “Image displayed is [...]
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“Our friends told us that Dal is extremely beautiful, surrounded by snow-clad mountains, and houseboats lend uniqueness to it. Unexpectedly, a visit to its interior areas made us weep on seeing polythene, carcasses of animals, and drains flowing into the lake”. These are the words of a German and an Austrian tourist who came to [...]
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Sanjay, a rich guy, loved fast cars and he did have a few in his
possession. He loved to speed and did not bother following speed limits. Many a times he was caught by the cops and speed radars, fined, but still he never bothered.
One day as he was driving at a very high speed as [...]
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Posted in Common Sense, Computers & Technology, Great Stuff, Humor, Knowledge is Power, Life, Management & Business, My Poems / Quotes / Thoughts, Philosophy, Utterly Stupid on June 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity. (Ink won’t flow down to the writing surface) In order to solve this problem, they hired Andersen Consulting (Accenture today). It took them one decade and 12 million dollars.
They developed a pen that worked at [...]
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Photography has made me aware of my ignorance of the subtleties of life. I have realized that there is ‘a pair of lenses’ that works throughout our lives and we should be able to appreciate and make sense of everything that it captures.
I realized that in this rush of life I often overlooked [...]
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