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Isn't there an inherent confli

2009-09-05T16:08:38.479+02:00

Isn't there an inherent conflict of interest in the kind of projects and the aim of NREGA? NREGA would like the projects to be as long and costly possible, while the developmental projects should ideally be short and cheap. What do you think of that?

I would echo the concern of Ch

2009-08-30T17:38:13.138+02:00

I would echo the concern of Chinese mandarins (pun not intended) who proclaimed that there is no credible alternative currency for fund managers to hold cash and cash-like instruments, remnibi included. One could say the nearest or the most credible competitor is the Euro, but it hasn't acquired enough depth as much the remnibi could have, had it been on free-float.

Just to put fundae - not suppo

2009-08-30T17:22:47.013+02:00

Just to put fundae - not supporting the Sai Baba cult or anything: Does Jesus qualify as a godman? If so, there is an entire religion organised around him, no? Of course, that there have been no other in the religion has immensely helped the fact. And what about Buddhism, and their Lamas? They have proper procedure and all to select their avatars. Islam also has this, but at a different level, where people claim to be prophets - which is also huge thing.

Nice! I likes!

2009-08-29T19:20:04.319+02:00

Nice! I likes!

But you are manager. You can n

2009-08-29T19:18:30.186+02:00

But you are manager. You can not quit.

Because, Banjo, I for one, can

2009-08-29T19:12:54.836+02:00

Because, Banjo, I for one, can't stand my leisure time being wasted. And of course, to show off on Monday, what you were upto.

You didn't miss much actually

2009-08-29T19:11:07.666+02:00

You didn't miss much actually - just imagine Katsa in a petha passed off as a turban. That's Punjabi Katsa.

I called upon Nand Gate. Th

2009-08-29T19:08:16.336+02:00
I called upon Nand Gate. That’s funny, isn’t it? It adds up the bad parts in your life and negates the entire sum. Nand asked me to input what I felt and showed me the output. Oh, wow! I never got philosophical about digital circuits, but now... for the past hour, I have been breaking my head over the other gates, and nothing so sweet as this flows.

Given the deteriorating sex

2009-08-29T19:05:14.025+02:00
Given the deteriorating sex ratio in Punjab, the director had to resort to a Brazilian model playing a Punjabi Kudi. He would have been closer to the truth if he got one of those ubiquitous Mallu nurses instead.

I hope you dazzled them with y

2009-08-29T19:01:30.391+02:00
I hope you dazzled them with your wit. You could make quite a buck being a wit consultant you know. Or being a ghostwriter on their blogs.

To add to my previous comment,

2009-08-17T16:48:54.039+02:00
To add to my previous comment, opportunities are not a right to any child. Just because, one cannot provide opportunities to a child, doesn't mean the child doesn't have a right to exist. By THAT yardstick, all Indian children should be executed, mate.

@Achint: On the Kalam issue,

2009-08-17T16:45:37.837+02:00
@Achint: On the Kalam issue, I have nothing else to say. On the issue of the child, I am disturbed by your conviction that the child should be killed. I believe the correct course of action if parents are unable to take care of the child is to put them in somebody else's care, and not kill them, as I am sure will happen in this case. As I already have written, one could argue, that many other sets of parents are unfit to care of their children - and if the same yardstick is applied here, we would have to kill many children because their parents are unable to guarantee a good life. One can directly conclude that orphans should be summarily executed by the state, because there is no chance their parents can provide a decent life, because their parents do not exist. That, as you would agree, is complete bullshit.

I finally got your "Parking fo

2009-08-17T16:37:45.799+02:00
I finally got your "Parking for Princesses only" joke. :P

Oh please, the defining song o

2009-08-17T16:36:04.569+02:00
Oh please, the defining song of the rains is that Mr. India and Sridevi song. :D

I think you should look at job

2009-08-17T16:34:16.186+02:00
I think you should look at jobs which cater to the one strength which other people don't have: knowledge of their own community and social class. If they could present themselves as people who understand their peers more than anybody sitting in corporate offices, they could get jobs as strategy/marketing analysts or something like that. Just an idea.

Let me play the devil's advoca

2009-07-22T19:47:43.204+02:00
Let me play the devil's advocate here. @Kalam and the Parliament Ruckus that ensued In my study of democracies around the world, I have realised one thing - chaos is a constant feature, especially in the highest law-making houses of the land. And it is instructive to understand why such things happen. One of the biggest reasons why some groups of legislators hold up the proceedings of the Parliament is because they are trying to portray their ideology. Some show respect for the position that is the President, some tried to bring up the fact that it was because of his name that he was frisked, others were *angry* because a foreign airline blatantly ignored the laws of the land. All this is symbolic, and it is very important, because they can show the country what they stand for. They are building a track record of sorts. The problem is when they only indulge in symbolic, and forget that it needs to be backed by some concrete action. The second point is that as the opposition, they need to make sure that the government is on its toes all the time, and the only way they can do this is hold up the Parliament and preventing them from doing business, until the government has taken some steps to assuage the opposition. Having a lax opposition is an anathema for a well-functioning democracy, because then the incumbents in power can get away with anything, especially in the scenario where the government enjoys a comfortable majority. The message that they were trying to get across is that they are watching the government and are not willing to gloss over even the most minor of infractions. Do the parliamentarians know that this is a minor issue? Do they know that Kalam doesn't mind? Of course! But what do you think is going to happen if they let the government off the hook? It is their *job*, in fact their duty, to bring the government into line, by whatever means possible. I would argue, that we can pass a law disallowing such hold-ups, in view of saving the cost to the nation of running the parliament, but we would have lost a great deal by cutting out the opposition's voice. Democracy is supposed to be all-inclusive, but nobody said it was going to be organised or efficient. That is a cost we have to bear if we are going to be in a democratic set-up. @Raped mentally-ill girl One question, Achint: How can you predict what the child's reaction is going to be 18 years from now? Maybe he will become a great leader. Maybe he will bring about a great change in the system. By putting forward the argument that a child shouldn't be allowed to live, because of the quality of life he will have, you have practically said, that we should kill off all infants born into dire poverty. What about those children born in brothels? Jails? Should they be killed as well? True, a child needs a mother's love and care. But haven't many people grown up without that? I think the judge was very wise by letting life take its own course. And besides, this woman isn't the first mentally-ill woman to have a child. There have been many before her, and there will be many after her. Those infants aren't killed, why this one? Or is it that children of rape victims don't deserve to live? If we don't have a problem with either of the above, why do we have a problem when a mentally-ill rape victim gives birth to the baby that was conceived? @Sikh incident I don't see an issue here, except a badly written article or a badly phrased headline. The person that should really be beaten up is the Editor for running the story as it is.

I am so tempted to defile your

2009-07-19T17:51:06.022+02:00
I am so tempted to defile your blog with "Dekho Baarish Ho Rahi hai.... It's Raiinnning It's Raiiinnning (nasal twang)" Oops. I already did. :P

At no party of mine, will Magg

2009-05-17T07:21:32.521+02:00
At no party of mine, will Maggi be ever served, even if it is made by Gordon Ramsay.

@megha: I have horror stories

2009-05-08T08:29:08.639+02:00
@megha: I have horror stories of saucepans with maggi stuck on its bottom for months. And out of desperation, reusing it as it is. And no, I don't eat maggi. It was the others. :P

You are not helping your case.

2009-05-08T08:26:52.479+02:00
You are not helping your case. Vinay, you want to call Arkham, or shall I? We have a new Batman villain here, Mopgirl.

She washed plates at our house

2009-05-07T15:33:43.847+02:00
She washed plates at our house. Can you believe it? Things even we wouldn't do.

Reminds me of the news article

2009-03-22T09:27:43.877+01:00
Reminds me of the news article, I read some time ago about the Taliban using iPhones. Imagine: the Taliban spending money on something that would profit one of the biggest companies in the evil Empire.

I have been tracking Mendeley

2009-02-27T10:53:07.765+01:00
I have been tracking Mendeley for quite sometime, and I am not surprised at the speed with which they have come up. Congrats, guys! Even before their major code rewrite, I was rooting for them, since they were the only cross-platform software which could auto-extract meta-data from PDFs. The shared libraries, the web-syncing of libraries, and other little goodies are just the icing on the cake. Since then, they have gotten only better. I have been privileged to have been privy to some of their plans, and if they come through (which I am sure it will), Mendeley is going to be something that researchers can't do without in the future!

Why don't you use Twitter for

2008-11-28T17:28:26.919+01:00
Why don't you use Twitter for this? More convenient, no?

That's Arabic, mate :)

2008-10-28T03:32:25.507+01:00
That's Arabic, mate :)

If you live in dry climes, or

2008-07-16T13:09:18.023+02:00
If you live in dry climes, or cold climes, you are going to receive one hell of a static shock if you are going to use that :)

Using Prism with GMail is so m

2008-05-22T13:04:02.145+02:00
Using Prism with GMail is so much better, and now that GMail has popups for new mail now, I don't have to keep checking the window.

Ubuntu anyone? With their late

2008-03-19T07:39:03.279+01:00
Ubuntu anyone? With their latest stable upgrade coming up in April, and some good blogging tools available for free... Maybe you would want to look at System76 or Dell for Ubuntu? :)

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2007-08-01T10:52:20.581+02:00
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Isn't there an inherent confli

I would echo the concern of Ch

Just to put fundae - not suppo

Nice! I likes!

But you are manager. You can n

Because, Banjo, I for one, can

You didn't miss much actually

I called upon Nand Gate. Th

Given the deteriorating sex

I hope you dazzled them with y

To add to my previous comment,

@Achint: On the Kalam issue,

I finally got your "Parking fo

Oh please, the defining song o

I think you should look at job

Let me play the devil's advoca

I am so tempted to defile your

At no party of mine, will Magg

@megha: I have horror stories

You are not helping your case.

She washed plates at our house

Reminds me of the news article

I have been tracking Mendeley

Why don't you use Twitter for

That's Arabic, mate :)

If you live in dry climes, or

Using Prism with GMail is so m

Ubuntu anyone? With their late

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