Posts under ‘Rants’

Reacting to a story by Times of India here. Shankar M Bidari, police commissioner of Bangalore, very proudly says that before his predecessor Ajai Kumar Singh did not regulate live bands:
did business worth Rs 1 crore every day, of which Rs 50 lakh came through robbery, extortion and land dealings
Wonder what sort of study was [...]

The love/affection is one sided - the woman either does not reciprocate, or may even abhor you/the whole idea. Still want to marry her? Easy! Just rape her. Yes, you read it right - rape her.
At least that’s what the Orissa High Court has proclaimed (not verbatim of course; as an ‘in-effect’ interpretation). Catch the [...]

Or does it have any? I don’t have too much data around it but at least my perception is that India is not at all serious about the Olympics. We’re still plagued with mediocrity and politics (wonder what’s this Monika Devi doping case all about). Seems like we’re comfortable with being at the bottom of [...]

At GE one of the things they train you well is making those impactful elevator pitches. Supposing you meet your CEO and he asks you how it’s going and you have 20 seconds at best to make an impression, what do you say. What are those right words, et al!
Lately I observed that such pitches [...]

I’m sure this is the question most tax payers have in mind over the proposed oil cess on income tax. Agreed that crude oil has touched $135 and the increase in the price needs to be passed on to consumers. But pass it on to the ‘consumer’, not the tax payer alone. Anyway, the price [...]

It’s a Saturday morning, actually noon now and I’ve been waiting for the carpenter from Big Bazaar to come and install our dining table. The appointment was for 10 AM and they have still not arrived. Not sure why people can’t respect time. My cousin is in Bangalore and I need to show her around. [...]

There are a million and one passwords that I have. Bank accounts, Credit cards, Demat account, Trading account, Computers, Mobile Phone, Email, Social Networking sites, you name it… Sometimes multiple passwords for the same thing. For example, a bank account comes with an ATM PIN and a telephone PIN and an internet banking ID [...]

Oh yeah I am and I feel like kicking myself. For months now I’ve been thinking of an idea to link up the stock market with social networking. I mean using the “wisdom of crowds” to decide which stock to pick. After all don’t we follow tips given by analysts and friends!
Good idea, yeah… but the [...]

The IT City, aka Bangalore, still grapples with electricity and water. While there are scheduled power cuts for almost 18 hrs in a week (thanks to Bangalore Mirror for publishing) an equal number or more hours of cut are unscheduled. Well that’s a routine now and I guess I’m not cribbing yet! After all my [...]

What happens when you put a bunch of insecure people together? Cat-fight? Rat Race? Circus? All of them? Well I guess most of us, including the ‘cats’, ‘rats’ and other ‘circus’ material, will pick Option D.
The working class is unsure of their future, their career and their lives because they work for someone for money. [...]