Archive for April, 2009

I cast my vote early in the morning. Me, my mom and dad. Bijal (my wife) will be going later in the day. Although I and my dad voted for different candidates. We did exercise our fundamental right granted to us by the democracy.
And this time they are marking (very appropriately) the middle finger [...]

Came across this image that includes 100 world personalities

This is also my current wallpaper. Click on the image to download it.
See how many you can identify.

I want:

Brand: Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry
OS: Any except Windows Mobile (So HTC is almost out of question)!
WiFi
BlueTooth
Qwerty keypad
Screen: at least 3.5 inch
FM radio
3G
Good quality camera with at least 3 Mega pixels and a Flash
Fast processor

At present I am using i-mate JAMin a rebranded HTC phone with Windows Mobile 5.0.
Windows Mobile sucks! The processor [...]

Just launched 2pl.us – a URL shortening service.
Why one more URL shortener?

Agree URL shorteners are dime a dozen. But we felt there was a need for one more. And 2plus has some unique benefits to offer.
Since its the latest one, there are one and two letter aliases available for grabs while most of the well [...]

You know why? Palak is damn entertaining. Raghu might have bashed her publicly but she is the ultimate drama queen. Why was she called back to the show? Becuase she fights, she creates drama, she abuses like hell and she beings TRP! What else do you need in a reality show man? She’s the anti [...]

I hear it a lot these days. Congress is a “secular” party, India is a secular nation. BJP is a non-secular/communal party, they instigate hate. Modi, Varun Gandhi, Advani are all hate mongers. Lalu, Mulayam, the left parties often claim they want to bring a “secular” government to the center. They all are seculars, BJP [...]

Duties of government

In: Politics

21 Apr 2009

Just random thoughts – Government’s job is not to provide jobs itself, but it has to make sure people get jobs.
How?
1. Make people skilled enough so that they can jobs – i.e. provide quality education
2. Give incentives to industries so that they can provide jobs.
A cycle
Demand-Production-Jobs-Demand
Demand increases so production increases
More production means more people are [...]


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