Unguaranteed Prophecies & Guaranteed Ramblings

This Cricinfo article reminds me of my time under a Manager from Australia. It was quite a painful revelation (for the lack of better oxymoron term) working under her. She used to say:

“People are extremely nice because they are extremely incompetent”

Oh, and she hated the word try. Now, I don’t know how you would feel [...]

Ask any warmongering Head of State or General - had they learned from History? Their cocky answer is - we draft Tomorrow’s History.

A classic example of why the flush out operation in Swat will turn out to be a Cambodian Campaign of the early 70s. The Bombers are Pakistani army aided by the ruthless Americans. [...]

Varun Gandhi’s recent hate speech is one among in the line of misguided generation of emerging Politicians that take to sensationalism rather than focussing attention to grass root level issues. I suppose Varun Gandhi along with Raj Thackerey and the Shiva Sena Psoriasis clan, the Muthalik Urine Club and Modi Mafia should consider forming an [...]

Newton’s third law (Newtonனின் மூன்றாம் விதி):

Uh oh! This does not sound all that good. So, now what happens? Can we start speculating like the mainstream media? The downfall of the once great superpower and the champion of individual freedom? I know it would be sadistic to do something like that.

But then, China is in a [...]

This is what the Civil Liberty folks have been arguing and finally the Obama administration did something positive in the step towards exposing the previous administration’s attempt to tinker with fundamental Constitutional rights.

This is something that the nueve rich Indian urban class should learn from. Their hawkish and misguided agenda of tit-for-tat measures against terror [...]

Surprisingly, Nashville - Tennessee has set a precedent in being lingually tolerant when its voters squashed a proposal to make “English” as the language of communication across businesses. Proponents of the Proposal have argued about the cost involved in supporting multi-lingual translation services (read: should it be interpreted as xenophobic?).

It is a surprise to me [...]

Love her or hate her. Arundathi Roy is *my lady*! Check out her views in her article “monster in the mirror“.