Election time brings out such gems. Watch this video. The Madam Danceth. Also watch out for Renuka Chaudhary. Are those peacock feathers in her head?
Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Great Depression of 2009
Eighty years later, life comes full circle. Two pictures, same struggle. 1929 Hungry Americans waiting in line for food during the great depression. (Image courtesy: reformation.org) 2009 Desperate job seekers waiting in line just to get into a bursting-at-the-seams job fair in New york city. Picture taken on 24 Feb 2009 in midtown Manhattan...
Travelogy – Disney World Magic Kingdom
In Central Florida lies this little town called Orlando. Orlando’s claim to fame – Amusement Parks. Walt Disney started the trend a few decades back with Disney World, and since then this city has become an entertainment hub with Disney, Universal studios, and myriad other amusement parks and other attractions. Disney world is spread...
Land of a Million Engineering Colleges
We just cant seem to have enough engineers and MBA’s, even when the economy is in the shitter and millions of engineers are struggling to find decent jobs, if any at all. The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has received a total of 886 applications for starting engineering colleges and 1,084 applications for...
Talibinisation and Renuka Chaudhary
Take this. A Mangalore court has ordered the police to file an FIR against union minister for women and child welfare Renuka Chowdhury for her reported remark that “Mangalore has been Talibanised” following the much talked about pub attack by the Sri Ram Sena monkeys. As per the order the FIR is to be...
Fast Track American Dream
Here’s how it used to work. You come to the US on a work permit (most often the H1B visa). You work for a few years and find an employer willing to file for your green card, which sorta makes you less of a bonded laborer. Once you get the green card and have...
Travelogy – Miami
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then number 99 is going to be my longest post yet. Me and the missus decided to beat the retreat to that tropical heaven called Miami. Our anniversary week was spent in Florida in a bid to escape the New York chill. As luck would have...
Navin Chawla and the Great Indian Political Circus
It is election season. Congress is in power, and BJP in the opposition. The games have begun. Navin Chawla, a 1969 cadre IAS officer born three years before Gandhi died, is at the center of the latest controversy. The chain of events kicked off a few years back is finally reaching the end game....
Dev Patel on the Daily Show
Dev Patel, the lead actor from Slumdog Millionaire was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight. Here’s the video from Comedy Central! Watch and enjoy! Look out for Dev’s Anil Kapoor impression!
Laptop for 10 Dollars
A year after Tata unveiled the $2000 car, we now have the $10 laptop. This laptop, christened Sakshat (literally, in front of your eyes) is undergoing development by various organizations including technology biggies Indian Institute of Science (IISC) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. The ‘world’s cheapest laptop’, developed in India, was unveiled...
