Archive for April, 2006
I had a dream….
.....not in the Martin Luther King Jr.'s revisitation of the emancipation proclamation for civil rights for African Americans in the mid 1960's in the US sort of way, but more like a badly produced episode of MAD TV, shown in flashback.I woke up (in my dream, as I was obviously sleeping, or, maybe pretending to work at my desk, can't remember [...]
The Ten Plagues of the Modern World
In the ancient times, in some BC, according to the Bible (and more recently, according to the Prince of Egypt), Moses freed his people from the clutches of Pharoah Ramases II, and ensured that the Hebrew race got freedom.A direct consequence of this was the creation of the Ten Commandments, the legend of Mount Sinai and that of Jericho, the origin [...]
What a Wonderful World….
This was something I wrote at the end of 2004, when I had come newly to Bangalore, and was not really sure if it was worthwhile enough to rant about the overtly-hyped up life of a 'software professional' (the most frequently used oxymoronic malaprop in the English language) [...]
Instinct, basically!
Instinct:"Inborn pattern of behaviour often responsive to specific stimuli"Basic:"Of Primary Importance"There are many meanings of the word, but this one is the one used in most contexts.However, when basic is allied with 'ally', it throws in a while new term into the picture. One which infuses dread into the minds of all those people with a [...]
Count your chicken before they get bird Flu
Bird flu, cutely referred to, by guys who want to pick up 'chicks' for closer examination as 'Avian Influenza', has taken the nation by storm. The devastating effects that this disease has had on the collective conscience on the consumers of chicken and the flag-bearers of non-vegetarianism is a case study to behold.The extreme misery that people [...]
