Looking Thru The Glass Eye
January 30, 2021 5 Comments
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Democracy Flourishes When…
March 27, 2019 5 Comments
Any wonder we’re in such a mess? As on April 13, 2018 political parties were 7 national, 24 state recognized and 2044 registered unrecognized parties!!
May be it’s time we should start one to sort out this mess? India needs us…
Meanwhile, vide: Rupen Doshi:
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Here’s a subject for your next book, Mr Porter!
March 9, 2019 Leave a comment
Beat this if you can!
Women’s Day or not,
it’s amazing this epic strength
of our society
does not get noticed,
talked about or analysed
by the management guru’s here and abroad.
We’re one of the few societies
if not the only one in modern times
to enjoy increasingly this benefit
of having, in our womenfolk,
ready access to an equally vast pool
of intellectual and labour (not just menial) resources
as good as any and excelling too
– a competitive edge very hard to match.
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Source: Image from newsmobile.in
Wiles And Guile’s Of Indian Politicians
February 15, 2019 Leave a comment
In this department, our guys can teach rest of the world a trick or two!
Common Man: ‘You recall the much publicized announcement from M K Karunanidhi (late DMK chief) saying he has willed his palatial house to be converted into a hospital (for the poor, what else?) after his demise? Whatever happened to it now that he is no more?’
Party Worker: ‘Our leader’s promise still stands. Never his words would go untrue.’
Common Man: ‘You mean a hospital has come up in that place?’
Party Worker: ‘No. But then who said our leader has passed away? Must be the chaps in opposition – low lives. He is still very much with us…in our mind and thoughts. He would never leave us as orphans.’
Commom Man: ‘Eh?’
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A Country At Crossroads – Dedicated To Politicians Of This Region
November 2, 2018 Leave a comment
Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yew, said:
“There were two options for me: Either I get corrupted and I put my family in the Forbes list of the richest people in the world and leave my people with nothing.
OR
I serve my country, my people and let my country be in the list of the best ten economies in the world.
I chose the second option.“
Indian politicians (most) said: “There were two options for us too, but the second option was already taken by the Singapore Prime Minister…”
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Source: santabanta.com and civilsdaily.com
When Monsoon Tickles…
August 6, 2018 1 Comment
God’s Own Country – Kerala – laughs and like how!!
A clip on Palakkad:
Packing your bags?
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Source: Thru Ajit Kumar in FB.
Thank God, We’re All So Different!
July 16, 2018 7 Comments
Today, came across a delightful clip that brought back these thoughts:
We’re 29 states and 7 union territories at the last count.
Every 50 square kilometers with its own art, culture, cuisine….Challenges aside, so much to enjoy, celebrate…What would be our lives without our friends in Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bengal, Assam…all pitching in, unique in their own ways.
Now for the clip, originally from Malayalam: Sung by amazingly mellifluous G Sreeram and Vaikkom Vijayalakshmi (visually impaired from birth), the eminently hummable melody composed by M Jayachandran. and the beautiful lyrics by Rafeeq Ahmed going one-up on the music – the chaste Tamizh translation so balmy on the ears, voices climbing up and down the scales so effortlessly, a little fast-paced but pleasingly so, the lilt continuing to ring in one’s ears long after it’s played out – enjoy:
Aren’t we lucky?
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PS: The song is from ‘Celluloid’. a 2013 Malayalam film written and directed by Kamal, starring Prithviraj and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles. The film is a biopic based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema.
Here’s the original in Malayalam from the same singers:
Source: image from incredibleindiatour.net/states/
Incredible India!!
July 6, 2018 Leave a comment
Newsitem in Indian Express:
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Mumbai overbridge collapsed barely seven months after audit
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal visited the accident site and ordered an inquiry by the Commissioner of Rail Safety.
Published: 03rd July 2018 07:23 PM | Last Updated: 04th July 2018 04:00 AM |
Mumbai Rescue workers underway after a foot-overbridge collapsed on the railway tracks following heavy rains at Andheri Station in Mumbai on Tuesday July 3 2018. | PTI
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Now for the dark humor:
From Gautham Iyengar to Friends For us
Three friends, an Indian, a British and a Saudi Arabian were having dinner together.
British: ‘Why India is called Incredible India?’
Indian: ‘I can explain…. What you would do if one newly made over bridge breaks down crushing people under it ….’
British: ‘Well, the irresponsible engineer and the official involved would be jailed for the rest of their lives, for sure.’
Saudi Arabian: ‘The engineer and the official would be shot three times in the head and hanged in public.’
Indian: ‘We have a very different method here… We take the injured to the Hospital and then we beat up the doctor if anyone doesn’t recover…’
British: ‘Oh, that’s incredible!!!’
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Thick As Thieves
April 13, 2018 2 Comments
This was originally intended to illustrate team-work.
But, I thought, it succinctly captured the dynamics of coalition politics in our country.
That it happens even without coalition is never a surprise:-(
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