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Budget 2010, a fueling frustration..!

Union Budget is all about economic of forecasting. John Kenneth Galbraith said about the 'economic of forecasting and I quote "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." Incidentally it is the "Aam Aadmi’s" blind faith in 'astrology' that is keeping the ritual of union budget a standard of 'great expectation' for him. The impact of year 2010 union budget will defiantly remain our media’s most discussed and widely analyzed affair in the coming days. However it will be the "Aam Aadmi" who will be bearing the brunt of this budget. You will see how the tiny hike in the cost of petrol and diesel will add fuel to the already speeding prices of "kitchen essentials". It will be any economist’s delight watching the "Aam Aadmi" coping with life, as prices will start shooting to new heights "break less" and "unabated". Again an "Aam Aadmi" would have prefer...

Drawing 'attention' to being 'attractive'...

Historically speaking we have always remained a point of "attention" for the world around.It was the "East India" Company's attention that eventually turned us into a "British subject". Again our journey from being a "British Colony" to becoming an "independent India" saw us getting into a huge bandwidth of attention from across the globe. We hogged the lime light for our classic "freedom struggle", which remains the first ever "battle for freedom" based on the concept called "non violence". Today in the free and a "Democratic India", we remain glorified for our poverty and slum dog culture. Besides all this, we do still keep the 'world's attention' for our 'spiritualism' and 'yoga'. Now since we continue to 'hog attention' of the 'world' around for one thing or the other, it doesn't make sense for me to keep going with such listing. I th...

Cut,Paste,Publish..!

The 'Pune" bomb blast did prompt me to once again touch on the subject 'terrorism'. However I gave it a 'second thought' and decided instead to post something on the "tigers", the 'animal' that is taking all our attention, since it is felt that this magnificent 'cat' of the 'jungle' has come to become an 'en-dangered specie'. Terrorism on the other hand remains a 'sporadic' and 'random' killings of human beings', a specie, that remains 'cheaply' available in 'abandon' for some more couple of decades. Therefore there is no 'business' or 'ecological' urgency to initiate any project on "save human life,Fight terrorism". Again when I post anything on 'terrorism',it will be strictly a 'repetitive' of my previous 'posts' on the subject. The only value add that I will be making is editing the number of 'lives lost', the 'lo...

Jungle jungle pata chala hai...

Whenever you see the number "100" you are instantly able to connect it to the "POLICE" help line.Today in the same way you are able to relate the number "1411" to the total strength of "TIGERS" in India. The project "Save the Tiger" has defiantly become the most talk-able "talk show" and "brand" "tag lines" in the country. We find it quickly becoming an "add-on" to the already choking "wealth lines" of our starry cricketers and other reigning "Stars" of the film fraternity. Further it is also helping us in moving away from 'underscoring' the plight of a social animal called "Common man". Incidentally it also 'emotes' well through beautiful "visual & sound", the plight of a two months old "Tiger-Pub" waiting for the 'mother tiger' to return 'home', as we take the 'sound' of the "gun shot...

My "Valentine"

Valentine is all about love. It can be your love for your parents, a love for your children, a love for your life partners, a love for your friends and it goes on…like that. In all these relations there is always a hate that pops up now and then. At times the patching up becomes a trip to no where. I would therefore prefer “myself” to be my 'valentine'. I feel I need to learn to love myself, before I get into proving my love for others. To make this happen, I will need to first to get rid off my cribbing “mind” and perhaps a crippling "body". Let me therefore invest this day in bringing into shape my ‘mind’ and my ‘body’. When I train my mind to become “fearless”, my heart will grow ‘strong’ and will never 'chicken out' from the challenges of living. When I work my body to shape, I will remain energized and would have gained confidence in running, jumping and leaping as I play a “centre forward” dribbling my way to post my “goals” in life. When I reach here, I...

"mnik" vs "MNIT"

"mnik" said that "freedom of expression" remains the most "fundamental right" of every citizen in this country. "MNIT" maintains that in a "Political Democracy",every leader has the right to influence and instigate the public, to keep up his "political stature" "mnik" said that "Bollywood" traditionally remains very "nervous" on "Thursdays" and "Fridays" because these are the days when "Movies" are released. "MNIT" maintains that every "Mumbiaker" has to remain both nervous and scared,"everyday" if 'we' "BRU" (bal,raj,udhav) it to be so... "mnik" remains firm when he said "I will not say "sorry",because I believe in "what I say" "MNIT"feels that he is the only person who can grant a "Mannat" to a "Mumbikar" to live in "BOMBAY".. Well..these ...

Shut Up “Mogambo”!

Recently, ‘Karan Johar’ was summoned to Mr. Bal Thackeray’s durbar. He was called their to apologize and say sorry to Mr. Bal Thackeray in person, for using the term “Bombay” instead of “Mumbai” in one of his recent hit film “Wake up Sid” Once again now this self proclaimed “Mogambo”of ‘Maharashtra’ along with his pair of Popats (“RAJ”& “UDHAV”) and band of ‘tapories’ are consuming the media bytes simply to remain a constant ‘breaking news’ of TV channels. Their intent is to keep ‘live’ their “political vandalism” and ensure that their political life is not written off as quickly as their “political performance” in the state. Their increasing nonsense value is creating a serious dent to common man’s perception of Democracy. Can any government remain a “fiddler in the roof” as the citizens of the nation continue to remain a victim of disgracing regional political bias? Where was this“Mogambo”and his” band”, When many ‘Waghle',’Waghmare’and 'Bhonsle' were falling down to ...