Crazy and Fabulous Times

…. to the achievements of the UPA government. Came across this wonderful post , to which I cannot agree more. It so happened that I wrote my first post on the eve of this year's budget and it so happened (again!) that I mentioned that we are back to the times of rural _______ programmes (fill it up with anything you want; they all mean the same – corruption!). And it so happened (and again!)that right the next day the baap of all rural programmes was announced. The farm loan waiver. The scheme is flawed on so many levels I can't even begin to spell out. It's not just corruption this time. They are ruining the credit discipline of the entire agricultural sector. They are punishing the good borrowers. And they are not even covering the farmers who need it the most! We all agree agriculture is the priority sector for economy and yet such irrational and ruinous policy that backfires from all directions?!? I can't fathom how an economist prime minister could make any econom...

Yesterday I watched the Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils. I have always been a Ganguly fan. And main reasons are that, he's a great leader, a great player and undiplomatically expressive on the field. But yesterday, he was overtly expressive and behaving like a school kid. I commented to my roomie, "why is he behaving like a school kid today?" Guess what, during the presentation, he was asked the same question. And he cheekily replies that he hopes selectors see him behaving like that! I love dada.

Watch this video preferably without any distraction at full volume. That's what I call passion. I love this video. No, I'm not intending to make this another youtube. But when I watched this video for the first time I got the hardest goose bumps EVER and I am very sure some strong chemical reaction took place in my body because I felt it. I saw this video almost four years ago and found it again today, jai ho YouTube!

I just updated my office. And guess what I found?!? One of the main menu items is "publish blog"!! Do so many people blog? Well, I guess if I can, anyone can! Oh by the way, I liked the new look. It will take some time to get used to various options but once you do get it, old versions are gonna look prehistoric. But it has slowed down my Mozilla Firefox really bad. I love it too much but I thought of giving Explorer 7 a try. IE 7 is quite good too; I especially like that it softens the font to the comfort of eyes. It has incorporated all Mozilla features and improvised them; although it's a lot more heavier than mozilla. Typical microsoft deal. Mozilla will remain my first love but I'll sacrifice it for blogging from Word. Update : "internet Explorer cannot open Internet site http://mail.google.com/mail/..... Operation aborted" This is the message I get when try to open gmail with IE7! And I can open the same in my mozilla at the same moment. Is it a cheap...

I always had a feeling that no man was worthy of me. Guess what, I have a theory to support my feeling now. LOL! Here's where I found it and here's the original article. Here's how it goes. The whole marriage proposal is analyzed and compared to an auction and then game theory is applied to come to the conclusion. Lets chuck the technicality and talk in basics. In a classic version of the marriage proposal: A woman makes it known that she is open to a proposal, the man proposes, and the woman chooses to say yes or no. The structure of the proposal is not, "I choose you." It is, "Will you choose me?" A woman chooses to receive the question and chooses again once the question is asked. This may not be true in India but it probably true for our generation to some extent. Now you would think that since the power of choice lies in the hands of women, strong and confident women (strong bidders in the auction) would get to pick the best men and weak women (...