Dateline May 4th, 2005, Kolkata: The Slimes Times of India reported that IIT entrance test set for overhaul:
The IIT-Joint Entrance Exam may soon be easier to crack. The Union HRD [Human Resource Development] ministry feels the examination is too tough, causes immense stress to candidates, and needs to be toned down immediately.
The ministry […]
Tags: Humor and Silliness · You might be a third world country if ...
{A continuation of my previous post Me write pretty some day.}
My obsession with fully comprehending a problem before attempting to solve it springs from a simple personal trait: I am unbelievably lazy. How to get something done with the least effort is my constant obsession. My motto is work as little as possible to get […]
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I am sorry that I have not had the time to continue with the various threads I have started. But by next week I will be caught up. In the meanwhile, I strongly urge you to read an article by Deepak Lal and another from the von Mises Institute on “employment-at-will”. Both are related. […]
Tags: Development
Buddha Purnima is a good time to remind ourselves of the Buddhas that walked the earth. According to tradition, the historical Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha was born during the full moon in the month of May, attained enlightenment on the same day in the 35th year of his life, and died on this day when he […]
Tags: Random Draws
In response to my mentioning Thomas Friedman in my post The World is Mad, Prashant Kothari posted a comment and included an article from the NY Press titled Flathead. He did not warn me to fasten my seat-belt before reading the article and I ended up rolling on the floor laughing my head off. I […]
Tags: Friedman · Humor and Silliness
Time has come for a bit of stock-taking. I have been writing this web log for a while now and it is time to examine what motivates it and what justifies its existence. Until the motives are clearly understood, it is likely to be misunderstood, as some have done after a superficial reading of some […]
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Bestsellers touting the benefits of globalization are a regular feature of our times. Case in point: Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat. The title is supposed to shock the reader. “Damn! I thought the world was round. Thanks Tom, you are a bloody genius.”
Tags: Conflict · Friedman · Globalization · My Favorite Bits
I have been described as a typical brooding intelligent introverted Bengali. Perhaps I am but I do have a couple of very Bengali traits: an obsession with food, and love of adda. What is adda? An intimate free-ranging discussion with a bunch of friends. The New York Times has more.
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My Dear Abhishek:
You, like all newborns, are a Little Buddha.
Welcome to the world and may you have a long and happy stay here. In this letter I will try to tell you a few things that may help you along.
You are just a month old. The universe you are born into is infinitely […]
Tags: A Letter to Abhishek
Greater Vehicle, Lesser Vehicle, no matter.
All vehicles will be towed at owners’ expense.
It all began innocently enough. Three friends meeting in Pune’s Koregoan Park quarters to have lunch and chat. We finished lunch at a roadside dhaba and walked back to Shrikant’s car parked in a quiet little street only to find that the car […]
Tags: Corruption
Alan Watts is one of my heroes. From his talks and writings, one can gain significant insight into the nature of the world. The World as Just So is a series of delightful lectures that I first came across on public radio. In them, he explores Indian thought – Vedantic and Buddhist. Trained as a […]
Tags: Ruled by Monkeys
“Magarpatta City” lies in the south-east outskirts of the city of Pune in Maharashtra, my home state. Searching for place to live in led me to Magarpatta City yesterday. Since moving out of my Mumbai apartment in mid-February, I have been a homeless person leading a rootless life living out of a suitcase. February saw […]
Tags: Economics
A guest post from Naveen Jaganathan marks the return of this blog from vacation.
R.A. Mashelkar once said “Even if India does not do anything it is inevitable that we will emerge as the knowledge power in the next 5-10 years. If you look at our successes in the past and our emergence in the […]
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This blog is back on-line after a few technical changes. I assure you that I have definitely not left the building.
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