Indian 66%

66% of Indian population is under 35 – www.youthportal.gov.in/statistics/demographicdetails.htm
So why is that not reflected in the candidates contesting current elections? I mean why isn’t the ideology or the idealism of youth – hope, change, ambition, courage and things like that – reflected in the current crop of contenders who still carry dynastic lineages, criminal [...]

Infomercial Gurus

Somethings defy commonsense – India’s obsession with Gurus is one of those. Superstition in this day and age being the other.
Bombay Stock Exchange listed Aastha Broadcasting Network (AABR.BO) calls itself “India’s No. 1 socio-spiritual-cultural television channel”. I found yesterday that it charges 5,000 Pounds (they do not bill in dollars) per month for the 30 [...]

Bobby Jindal “Hai hai”

Hai Hai is the most felt, expressed and used hence most understood political sentiment in India. It loosely translated means “Shame shame or “die of shame”. Since I owe my ancestry to that country like Mr. Jindal, I thought “hai hai” was the best way to describe my feelings about his last speech flaying [...]

Jay Leno said on the 12th, forget Merrill Lynch lets “lynch Merrill” in reference to reports that 4 company executives paid themselves $121 million in bonuses just as the company was writing down billions due to CDS related losses and at the same time being acquired (with US Government’s help) by BofA due to liquidity [...]

Coke & Islam

So Time – as in magazine – asked, “Were the Mumbai Terrorists Fueled by Coke?“
Not Coca Cola.
But Cocaine, and not only Cocaine but also LSD – evident from traces found left behind and in their blood.
So these were not only brain washed murderous villains they were also drugged out of their mind murderous villains. So [...]

Sarah Palin – WoWonder woman!

If there were more gun toting, child bearing women with Sarah Palin’s body I am sure there will be more Republican men too – so it’s time more and more right leaning women go Sarahesque!
The onus on women is huge since they impact society and spending. I cringe when I see a trashily dressed woman [...]

No Globalization, No Obama

Ernesto Zedillo said in Forbes a few months ago that one of the things ailing America was our abjectly low savings.  And Bill Gates has repeatedly reprimanded the American education system for failing to deliver adequate quality and quantity of skilled workers to the technology sector.
In a technology driven world where Google is more valuable [...]

Making Love in 100 Years of Solitude

Spring is in the air, everyone is kissing and flirting with everyone. Flowers stun bees with their colors and scent to get stung with a shot of pollen. Butterflies flit about. Clouds shed their heavy grays to wear puffy whites so they can dance lightly with the winds on scrubbed skies. Colors riot, birds are [...]

What does take to be happy

Loads of things, but it also takes being satisfied with what one has.
Today was a happy day for me.
Last night was -7, and by this morning the snow had piled deep around, and high on top of my car. There was no way to get out. I had to cancel my meetings, and was stuck [...]

Indian Me

100% Punjabi Indian.
If I didn’t like the food so much I mightn’t have been so Punjabi but despite being away for half my life I’m still into saag (mustard greens) brimming over with butter and makki di roti (corn tortillas), and gajrela (carrots cooked slowly in milk till milk dries) – that’s a hard to [...]