800 to SX4 – quite a journey! [Image source] Sanjay Gandhi is perhaps more infamous than he is known for good deeds. But one that truly stands out as the nation’s pride, the now ubiquitous Maruti car, has been his initiative. He however did not live to see Maruti’s giant stride in decades after his […]
The fight of 2012
Calling on India – dream unfolds! [Image source] When the big bird, the A380 super duper, flew back to Toulouse yesterday from Mumbai, many hands bid it goodbye. Eyes followed as long as it could be seen in the sky before it melted away. Back to mundane, the question lingered on many lips: when are […]
He plans remedial action
This is what Rajdeo Goala, the CMD of Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) has to say when a German expert analyzed the laggardly lacunae CTC is suffering from. Mr. Goala is a seasoned politician, and though he’s a trade union leader yet CMD of a century-old once-glorious company, there is no reason to doubt his incompetence […]
The disease within
Image sourced from here. Plagiarism!Few will disagree plagiarism is an art, which if perfected and executed well, can reward handsomely. I remember in our college days if the topic to write a dissertation on didn’t have previous years’ works to ‘help’ us, we’d immediately press for a change till the professors relented. The trick then […]
Clutching on to tails
Does this matter? Not really. [Image source] Publicity sans merit is a dream come true for many. People who subscribe to this virtue are usually prone to tagging on to tails of sensational happenings. The recent court case in Jaipur to punish Richard Gere for ‘obscenely’ kissing Shilpa Shetty on her cheek in an AIDS […]
Kolkata burrps!
Considering erstwhile Kolkattans are fairly distributed in every nook of this country, when I study the log-files of this blog, it amazes me to see that apart from this city, the most number of visitors come from Bangalore and Hyderabad. Occasionally, there’ll be ones or twos from Mumbai and Delhi (the latter rather preferred to […]
The curse of L1
If any alphanumeric combination can ever be blamed for pathetic civic conditions, it must be L1. It stands as the short form of ‘lowest bidder’. Why does it cast so dark a spell? Here is an account. For all government tenders (and indeed those from PSUs), the magic to get selected for coveted works is […]
A short story
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Circumcision reduces HIV risk
In a World Health Organization (WHO) conference in Switzerland, it has been suggested that male circumcision is an effective step to reduce HIV infection. As we know, circumcision is a customary must for many people, and in such cases male children are circumcised a few months after birth. WHO feels this new finding may help […]
The Sun
One never ceases to know the unknown. The outer space has always fascinated me like it has countless others. In the past, I’ve had opportunity to present here some breathtaking pictues of Saturn and Jupiter (see this post, Jupiter’s push). Now, here is an opportunity to see how the sun’s electrifying magnetic field works. This […]
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