10 reasons why Dinesh Trivedi should be screwed not praised for across the board hikes

I didnt see the budget.  I do not really know where Mr Dinesh Trivedi is coming from. I have only seen the bottomline of what he has done. That bottomline reads-  “Fares hiked across the board “. The media is going Ga Ga over what a progressive step. He is a brave man. etc. See [...]

Vidhya Balan Beware! Congress is out to play Dirtier picture

Vidhya Balan you have an immediate competition. You just can get dirtier than Congress. We know that state polls are on. Swept by trust deficit, the ruling Govt  stands slimmest chance in any of the states. The  demographic surveys conclusively indicate that results will be decided by OBC/ MBC voters. This class just has narrow [...]

Do we have enuff of political branding? Keep politicians name off the NITs

Recently ,I came across profile of an investor on Linked in . When I looked for his college, I found that he had neatly written it NIT- State. When I thought deeper on it I got some really crazy thoughts. We have all IITs which are suffixed by their city name. We have all IIMs [...]

Anna Babu,Yeh hai Bum bayee meri jaan

Disclaimer : This is a biased monologue of a highly contrarian thinker who is too lazy to do research. The author takes no responsibility of heartburns after reading this. You are advised to buy adequate antacids before reading this Bombay probably is a city of hip shakers. No just hip shakers but gaudy hip shakers. [...]

Shocked to know how India is being run

This is a post written for mature readers. Those who get fried with hint of expletives are advised not to read further.   The post is based on a conversation I had with a Senior bureaucrat. Feel free to believe its an heresay Most of us have been witness to removal of Mr Thomas as the [...]

Why Anna talks will keep failing and it needs more to make lokpal succeed

We don’t have an eternity to realize a corruption free India. Even if we had, little will be realized when the pests (read politicians) have sucked our nation dry. If we recollect our freedom struggle, though Gandhi is most credited and publicized, he was only one of the  major cogs in the wheel. We had [...]

The brand ‘Gandhi’ and how Congress illusions and cheats us with 4 myths

The marriage of Feroze  Jehangir  Gandhi to Indira Nehru is an incident which is shrouded with mystery and not accurately known by many. Here are  my myths which got busted after reading a wiki article.  I wish every Indian must loose these illusions . Myth #1 : Feroze was Muslim and Gandhi adopted him to [...]

Hindustan Meri Jaan

On Page 2 of Economic Times today , I saw 2 articles : 1. Montek Singh claiming that PM cannot be blamed for any SCAM. He had told Raja to follow all good ethical practices and Raja had confirmed that he is. A PM cannot micro manage you see.. He had also told Kalmadi and [...]

Faith and the need for orginality in new businesses

Years ago, I read an article about ‘Faith’ a song by George Michael. The song was talked about everywhere. MTV had not made an appearance in India or was probably not that accessible. By MTV, I mean not the current reality TV stuff but a channel which beamed good music through out the day. I [...]

Sachin ithey parat Chookla ( Sachin has erred here again)

Sachin Tendulkar’s remark on ownership of Mumbai is utterly condemnable. We must get him to rub his nose on Shivaji park and appologize