It’s ridiculous that the swamis of the mutts in Udupi are fighting in public like this. They are generally well-respected figures and thousands come to fall at their feet (note: wtihout touching them) every year. In this context, it’s important for these swamis to set an example for their followers. Instead they go about fighting [...]
I’m chatting with a friend from school who now works for an IT behemoth. It’s extremely funny to see him use the words “abroad” and “onsite” interchangeably. So he is asking me stuff like “where do you want to settle down in the long term? Bangalore or onsite?” Another thing with these IT guys is [...]
Just Outsource the front foot no ball Takes a lot of pressure away from the umpire. Right now he has to keep looking down till the bowler bowls and then suddenly jerk his neck up and decide on lbws and caught behinds and bat pads. This jerk of the neck causes considerable strain, and can [...]
A couple of years back, in a blog post (part of which also went into a project report), I’d talked about water privatization. I had said that it is a good thing even if it pushes up costs, because it now offers people the option to get piped water supply. The analysis went something like: [...]
Ah, no. Don’t get psyched by the title. This is not about agriculture, and will not be cross-posted on the Indian Economy Blog. This is more to do with the festival today. Sankranthi. The basic activity during the festival is that you visit some N houses and give them a stick of sugarcane each (along [...]
I realize that after graduating from IIMB I don’t have access to a convenient LAN from which I can download the latest hindi film music which someone else has managed to procure. In the process i seem to be missing out on loads of recent music. Can someone suggest to me some site from which [...]
Almost every other year, there is a bumper crop of tomato in Kolar district, leading to prices of tomato falling under Rs. 2, leading to heavy losses amongst farmers. It’s not uncommon for farmers to throw sackloads of tomatoes on to the highway rather than selling at such throwaway prices. I hereby suggest that in [...]
The Mallu rock-band Mother Jane will be performing at Unmaad (the IIMB fest) this year. A long standing wish/demand has been fulfilled. However, their partners in the double act would be some random band called Zero. If only it were Pentagram! Anyways, the much-maligned Cultural Committee of IIMB deserves some kind of appreciation. At least [...]
I really like the way the coffee market in India is segmented. You have a clear distinction of cafe and coffee shop. If you just want a quick tasty caffeine kick, you just go to one of the cafes (Darshini types) and for some 6-7 rupees you’ll get excellent steaming and strong filter coffee. However, [...]
Madman Aadisht has extended my earlier post to talk about why Economics toppers from DU don’t necessarily need to clear in their concepts. He talks about the admission process and the internal examination process and the course content to arrive at this particular conclusion. So what could be done to fix it? There is no [...]
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