This is a mail I received recently from a friend, which has been published at a couple of places on the web.
Got Married? Now face it 28 September, 2009
A mail that I received from a friend.
A newlywed couple had only been married for two weeks. The husband, although very much in love, couldn’t wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies ..
So, he said to his new wife, ‘Honey, I’ll be right back.’
‘Where are you going, coochy cooh?’ asked the wife.
‘I’m going to the bar, pretty face. I’ m going to have a beer.’
The wife said, ‘You want a beer, my love?’
She opened the door to the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer brands from 12 different countries: Germany, Holland, Japan , India ,etc.
The husband didn’t know what to do, and the only thing that he could think of saying was, ‘Yes, lolly pop…but at the bar…you know…they have frozen glasses…’ (more…)
We don’t need IE6 any more 19 August, 2009
I support this site. Well, I don’t support IE, forget just un-supporting only IE6. This website very correctly calls for the death of something really outdated – Internet Explorer 6. Just click on the links below and update your browser, if you haven’t done so already.
My suggestion goes for Mozilla Firefox. The most customizable browser in this universe!
Short Book Review – Traders, Guns and Money 17 August, 2009
After a really long while, I got to read an excellent book – ie Traders, Guns and Money by Satyajit Das.
“This book gives an inside view of a person who’s been observing the markets. Lot’s of great insights with respect to companies and a country, some funny name calling, a take on how traders in the Derivatives markets themselves don’t understand the derivatives and their over-reliance on models, how Financial Services are reduced to Money Making rather than something more sensible and a lot more is discovered.
The Second half disappoints. In the first half, The energy is very high and the writing is much more sharp. Due to this, the first high keeps the reader glued – this because the humour is new and fresh. In the later half, it goes down into a long harangue of various products and the kind of insights that were to be read in the preceding part were lacking.
However, overall I give a book a 8/10. The extra 2 point, Simply because not too many books are written with the same clarity of Das’ book and his explanation of various dervatives.
All in all, it’s a great read and a recommended read.
Indian Culture and it’s thoughts on being Queer 13 August, 2009
I myself am surprised that we have something so relevant in the Mahabharata. No wonder Sage Vyasa said, ” What is found here, will be found everywhere; what is not found here will not be found anywhere”. This article brings out many sides to teaching. It tells us to change continously and not to be hypocritical.
Also, the article presents an amazing view of our culture and it’s thoughts on people who do not fit into the “Regular Mainstream” and the definition of being “Normal” and it’s relevance to our Current Day debate whether Article 377 should be quashed or not. Observe the intelligence of the Mahabharata & Ved Vyasa, which is mentioned in the article.
