How do you judge which deities are most effective to listen to your prayers? My answer will be they are probably those where VIPs come often. Because, aren’t VIPs expected to have bigger problems than us, the common people? Since news-grabbing VIPs are mostly concentrated in Mumbai and Delhi, it follows that most effective deities […]
Use mother tongue when you die
Sometimes we come across judgments by honorable courts that spring surprise on us. At first glance they appear incongruous, as if the rulings lack common sense. Take a closer look, and you begin to see that there is logic behind that such judgment. One such case at Kolkata High Court on Nov 24 hogs media […]
Wanted: Mining Engineers
Mining engineering isn’t taught in many universities in India. Among the handful of institutes that offer the course, the best is the Indian School of Mines or ISM in Dhanbad (Jharkhand). One reason why ISM is the most ideal for studying the course is that it is situated right in the middle of eastern India’s […]
Is drinking an avoidable evil?
If I hadn’t come across tulleeho.com’s website, courtesy ET’s yesterday’s Brand Equity, I wouldn’t have believed that one, such as theirs exists. It may perhaps reflect my ignorance, though I’m an avid web watcher, but more than that it represents my typical Indian psyche as to whether talking about liquor isn’t after all a social […]
Nuclear investment
Move over Salim group or Tata Motors, the biggest investment in eastern India is going to be Rs.60,000 crore for a mammoth nuclear power plant in Haripur in East Medinipore. It’s likely to have 6 units of 1650 megawatt each, making it possibly the largest nuclear power plant in the country. To plain eyes it […]
Some fun
Breaking away from serious stuff, here is something for fun. Actually, 2 things: A picture of a cat threatened (sent by a friend), and then a limerick, Son of Bengal vs A Bengal Tiger, which my daughter shares with me. Do enjoy. Son of Bengal vs A Bengal Tiger Through the jongole I am wentOn […]
Fish here, fish there
I walk briskly being late to start for my morning-walk. The sun has just shown up, the sky clear, and there’s a slight chill in the air. As I sharply negotiate an onrushing cycle-rider, then another, a small patch of cold air gushes past, reminding me the winter is not far. Upon the culvert across […]
More road = More car
When Tata Motors’ low-priced small car – hopefully made in its yet-to-come-up Singur plant – becomes available to own, it will explode the car market. This is the picture that emerges from an NCAER-survey done for Maruti Udyog, as reported in Nov 13 ET. The survey says that about 1.13 lakh 2-wheeler owners are ready […]
Women’s power is not the real issue
It’s close to my heart, says NDTV Profit’s 2-30 Factor anchor (perhaps Manvi Dhillon) this afternoon. She runs a news coverage in which Roopa Purushothaman of the research-analysis outfit, Future Capital says that if more women join the Indian workforce, it would add $35 billion to GDP in 5 years. Today’s ET has more details. […]
Content to rescue
It’s always been so. Only we, the impatient website owners, do not pay attention to it. By the time its necessity becomes no longer avoidable, we’d have wasted good amount of time and effort without aim, and – if luck disfavors – a good amount of ad dollars. I’m talking about a clearly defined content […]
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