Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Super-short Kurtis
One of my friends had gushed about "FabIndia" during our recent conversation. So on my recent visit to a mall, I decided to take a look. Unfortunately, this particular outlet wasn't big enough and had a look of a warehouse. I didn't like trying anything out. So I went around once.
As I was heading back to the door, one of the shelves caught my attention. On it was written "Super-short Kurtis". I didn't venture to see exactly how long (or short!) a "Super-short Kurti" was because I generally don't waste time on things which are no concern of mine. But I wonder if they are just short enough to expose part of your belly when you waive out to someone because anything shorter than that should not be called a "Kurti" :-)
As I was heading back to the door, one of the shelves caught my attention. On it was written "Super-short Kurtis". I didn't venture to see exactly how long (or short!) a "Super-short Kurti" was because I generally don't waste time on things which are no concern of mine. But I wonder if they are just short enough to expose part of your belly when you waive out to someone because anything shorter than that should not be called a "Kurti" :-)
CVC or PVC?
Confused by the title of this post? Well, you need not be. PVC is Poly Vinyl Chloride. One website lists one of its properties thus:
PVC is useful because it resists two things that hate each other: fire and water
With Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas digging in his heels and refusing to quit, I think he is displaying PVC like qualities by being resistant to both - the government and the general populace - who incidentally, hate each other, just like fire and water. :-)
I distinctly remember a slogan seen on one of the trucks long time ago:
सौमे अस्सी बेईमान, फिरभी मेरा भारत महान!
I guess these days, it is more like:
सौमे निन्यानब्बे बेईमान, फिरभी मेरा भारत महान!
PVC is useful because it resists two things that hate each other: fire and water
With Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas digging in his heels and refusing to quit, I think he is displaying PVC like qualities by being resistant to both - the government and the general populace - who incidentally, hate each other, just like fire and water. :-)
I distinctly remember a slogan seen on one of the trucks long time ago:
सौमे अस्सी बेईमान, फिरभी मेरा भारत महान!
I guess these days, it is more like:
सौमे निन्यानब्बे बेईमान, फिरभी मेरा भारत महान!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Uncle Sam's Cable!
Read this:
"And at the same time, India is assuming more of a regional leadership role and a global leadership role, which we welcome and encourage," Clinton noted.
That was 7th October 2010.
And now read this:
WikiLeaks has quoted a secret cable in which his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described India and its three partners (Brazil, Germany and Japan) as "self-appointed front runners".
This is 30th November, 2010.
Wonder what would this Secretary of State of world's "self-appointed super-power" will say now. Will it be "Oops!" or will it be "Sorry"? :-))
"And at the same time, India is assuming more of a regional leadership role and a global leadership role, which we welcome and encourage," Clinton noted.
That was 7th October 2010.
And now read this:
WikiLeaks has quoted a secret cable in which his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described India and its three partners (Brazil, Germany and Japan) as "self-appointed front runners".
This is 30th November, 2010.
Wonder what would this Secretary of State of world's "self-appointed super-power" will say now. Will it be "Oops!" or will it be "Sorry"? :-))
Friday, November 26, 2010
There is no telling what funny experiences you might have in Mumbai. A few days back I was returning home after an afternoon of shopping with a friend and his family. The cab was minutes away from my home when it stopped at a traffic signal.
There was a girl (who appeared to be from a well-to-do family) who was checking each of the halted cabs to see if any was empty. She looked at the cab driver first and then at me and named a place which was pretty close to my place. I thought that I was anyways going in that direction so might as well give her a lift. So I said yes.
Thereupon the girl said that her family of 4 was close by and would I be able to accommodate them all? I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A cab can sit 3 slim people comfortably at the back - 4 at the most if one of them is a child - and one next to the cab driver. Only if the girl's family had 2 children and 3 slim grownups in all, we could have managed to accommodate 5 adults (including the cab driver and I) and 2 kids in that cab.
I consider myself pretty helpful by nature but I have my limits and sitting in a cramped position in my own hired cab to accommodate 5 members of a stranger's family (which may or may not contain children!) is definitely out of those limits. Fortunately for me, the signal turned green at this moment. I told the girl that I was sorry I couldn't help her because I had to pick up someone.
It was only when the cab sped away that I realized that I hadn't given much thought to the safety aspect of giving a lift to a total stranger, even if she was a girl :-(
There was a girl (who appeared to be from a well-to-do family) who was checking each of the halted cabs to see if any was empty. She looked at the cab driver first and then at me and named a place which was pretty close to my place. I thought that I was anyways going in that direction so might as well give her a lift. So I said yes.
Thereupon the girl said that her family of 4 was close by and would I be able to accommodate them all? I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A cab can sit 3 slim people comfortably at the back - 4 at the most if one of them is a child - and one next to the cab driver. Only if the girl's family had 2 children and 3 slim grownups in all, we could have managed to accommodate 5 adults (including the cab driver and I) and 2 kids in that cab.
I consider myself pretty helpful by nature but I have my limits and sitting in a cramped position in my own hired cab to accommodate 5 members of a stranger's family (which may or may not contain children!) is definitely out of those limits. Fortunately for me, the signal turned green at this moment. I told the girl that I was sorry I couldn't help her because I had to pick up someone.
It was only when the cab sped away that I realized that I hadn't given much thought to the safety aspect of giving a lift to a total stranger, even if she was a girl :-(
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