Archive for October, 2008
Email fwd; Pick of the week
Posted in The Muses, tagged happiness on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Diwali!
Posted in The Muses, tagged Diwali on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hope everyone has a wonderful Diwali with lots and lots of sweets & crackers. I think I have grown out of bursting crackers, but I can still be convinced to light a few sparklers. I will be spending Diwali at my in-laws place. Here’s wishing everyone a bright and happy Diwali.
Vaiko cooling his heels in prison: diff govts but same treatment
Posted in India Uncut, tagged AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa, CPI R Nallakannu, DK Veeramani, DMK president M Karunanidhi, From the portals of prison, K Anbazhagan, LTTE, MDMK Vaiko, Obama, PM Manmohan Singh, PMK S Ramadoss, S.R. Balasubramaniam Congress, Tamil nationalism, V Gopalasamy, Vaiko, We Can, Yes on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MDMK Vaiko has got arrested for supporting the LTTE the second time around; opening up great possibilities for the media. The last time he got arrested he put his jail experience to good use and got a fair amount of political mileage out of it. He even authored a book, “From the portals of prison” [...]
The wonderful world of financial reporting!
Posted in India Uncut, tagged Bank regulations, Bermuda, Business Line, Business Standard, CRR, Economic Times, financial reporting, hawala scam, journalism, Know Your Customer, KYC, Malhotra Committee report, MDMK Vaiko, money laundering, POTA, re-insurance companies, repo, reporters, reverse-repo, solvency margins, stocks, TADA, Tamil nationalism, tax avoidance, tax evasion, tax fraud, tax haven on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know this post is probably going to put off most people, who deem financial reporting boring and obtuse. Most general reporters feel business journalists are the guys who have it easy; the guys who attend press conferences that are scheduled for lunch, tea, high-tea or dinner; the guys who only re-write press releases and [...]
Of a Birthday & a Fever
Posted in The Muses, tagged Alex Haley, birthday, happy birthday, Malcolm X, Roots on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, my birthday is over and I’m reeling under a fever. I’m now officially 24! And am starting to feel ancient and over the hills. I am yet to finish reading all the books I got as presents. Currently, reading Malcolm X and finding it fascinating. Its so much better than Alex Haley’s Roots. In [...]
I’m online big time!
Posted in The Muses, tagged BSNL, internet on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Internet by anna.is.a.squirrel We finally got an internet connection at home after a one-month battle with BSNL. We were supposed to get the connection three days after applying, but being public-sector and since there were too many government holidays this month, the BSNL guys took their own sweet time giving us the connection. It, however, [...]
Pomeranians; the misunderstood sweethearts
Posted in My family & other animals, tagged Afghan hound, Alaskan Malamute, Alsations, army dogs, companion dogs, dog breeds, dogs, GSD, guide dogs, Labrador, police dogs, Pomeranians, Samoyed, Siberian Husky, sniffer dogs, Spitz, therapy dogs on October 17, 2008 | 22 Comments »
Pomeranians are such wonderful, friendly, generous and lovable creatures. Yet, I don’t why there is so much bad press about them that they are mean, little dogs, who shed truckloads of hair, bark, snap, bite and have bad tempers. I have had one Pomeranian and associated with many of these creatures and have never once [...]
Sitting on the floor; Women only
Posted in The Muses, tagged Indian women, lower-middle class, patriarchy on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are many patriarchal things in practice in my circuit; among which the thing that irks me the most is women having to sit on the floor, while men lord it over them by sitting on chairs. If you have witnessed many lower-middle class functions, you will note that when then there is a scarcity [...]
