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Friday, January 14, 2011
I am not allergic to paintings but I don't like the kind that make you wonder if they have been put the right side up or not. :-) Recently, I came across an article that gave link to the following site - http://deweygfa.com/availartists.html.
I must confess that I had neither heard of any of the artists featured on this site nor am I going to remember their names come next Monday. But just out of curiosity, I clicked on a few names and looked at some of their work. Most of the paintings left me scratching my head in confusion and I marveled at the folks who would want to shell out a few thousand dollars for these.
But there is one artist whose paintings I really liked - Don Hatfield. I agree, his paintings have a repetitive theme - gardens, families strolling about on the beach or out on a picnic and so on. But it's this very same thing that I liked about them. There is a sense of peace and calm that seemed to come over me when I looked at them.
If I ever think about spending so much of money on paintings, I would buy something like these and put up in every room of my place. These are my kind of paintings :-)
I must confess that I had neither heard of any of the artists featured on this site nor am I going to remember their names come next Monday. But just out of curiosity, I clicked on a few names and looked at some of their work. Most of the paintings left me scratching my head in confusion and I marveled at the folks who would want to shell out a few thousand dollars for these.
But there is one artist whose paintings I really liked - Don Hatfield. I agree, his paintings have a repetitive theme - gardens, families strolling about on the beach or out on a picnic and so on. But it's this very same thing that I liked about them. There is a sense of peace and calm that seemed to come over me when I looked at them.
If I ever think about spending so much of money on paintings, I would buy something like these and put up in every room of my place. These are my kind of paintings :-)
I don't know about you but I am wondering if someone changed the meaning of the word "Quality Content" while I wasn't looking. Yet, these are the same words used by some TV channel guy in the context of the new so-called "Reality Show" - Maa Exchange. I understand there is content here. But where is the "Quality" part? If the channels definition of Quality is 2 ladies yelling at each other and each other's family, calling each other "Hitler" and comparing the state of each other's houses to "Butcher shop", then it's a sad day for us viewers.
Why can't someone come up with serials like Project Tiger (environment and tiger protection), Fauji (India's armed forces), Jabaan Sambhal Ke (celebrating India's Diverse culture) and Bharat Ki Khoj (India's History)?
We viewers are solely to be blamed for this sorry state of affairs. The channels dare to dish out such banal content because we keep watching it day after day - like the zombies in movies like "The night of the living dead". Let's start complaining about this - loud and clear. Let's stop watching such stupid shows. Let's stop talking about these. The channels realize only one message - that of the TRPs. Let them hit rock bottom. Then we will see who is the boss!
Otherwise we will only prove that it is possible to fool all the people all the time!
Why can't someone come up with serials like Project Tiger (environment and tiger protection), Fauji (India's armed forces), Jabaan Sambhal Ke (celebrating India's Diverse culture) and Bharat Ki Khoj (India's History)?
We viewers are solely to be blamed for this sorry state of affairs. The channels dare to dish out such banal content because we keep watching it day after day - like the zombies in movies like "The night of the living dead". Let's start complaining about this - loud and clear. Let's stop watching such stupid shows. Let's stop talking about these. The channels realize only one message - that of the TRPs. Let them hit rock bottom. Then we will see who is the boss!
Otherwise we will only prove that it is possible to fool all the people all the time!
A Scam A Day....
Am I the only one or are you also wondering why the skeletons are falling over each other while stumbling out of our politicians' closets these days? I have a feeling that the old adage of "People have short memory" plays a major role in this. It's better to bring out your own scam in open while others' scams are making the newspaper headlines. After all, there is a limit to how much people can remember. There is a chance that they will forget yours. And then you can merrily go back to your good old money-making days again!
In the meantime, A Scam A Day Will Keep The Indian Voters Away. Long Live Indian Democracy!
In the meantime, A Scam A Day Will Keep The Indian Voters Away. Long Live Indian Democracy!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
This week I had an occasion to sift through the resumes that were received in response to one of the vacancies put out by my department.
As the position was for someone with a 1-3 year experience, almost all the resumes had a line for "hobbies and interests". After a first few resumes I could almost recite verbatim what I would find in that column for the next bunch of resumes - reading, listening to music, net surfing (how can this be a hobby? And if my company employs such a person, should we disable his internet access?) and Computer Games. 1-2 people had mentioned cricket and badminton but that was more an exception than a rule.
I am sure the phrases like "good growth potential", "wide exposure to the latest Software Technologies", "achieving targets successfully", "career advancement" and "visionary team" will be around at least till the end of this century (if the world survives for that long!)
There was a resume with Linux flavors that sounded straight out of some sci-fi movie - Debian, Suse and Ubuntu (I am almost certain there is African Cricketer with a similar name!). Poor me is familiar with only Redhat! This resume gave me a huge complex that lasted for half a day :-)
And finally, one of the resumes said that the person is a "Certified Ethical Hacker". I wondered for a moment and then decided that I don't want any hacker, Ethical or otherwise, to be within a 100 mile radius of my company. The lines between what is ethical and what is not are rather blurred these days, won't you agree? :-)
As the position was for someone with a 1-3 year experience, almost all the resumes had a line for "hobbies and interests". After a first few resumes I could almost recite verbatim what I would find in that column for the next bunch of resumes - reading, listening to music, net surfing (how can this be a hobby? And if my company employs such a person, should we disable his internet access?) and Computer Games. 1-2 people had mentioned cricket and badminton but that was more an exception than a rule.
I am sure the phrases like "good growth potential", "wide exposure to the latest Software Technologies", "achieving targets successfully", "career advancement" and "visionary team" will be around at least till the end of this century (if the world survives for that long!)
There was a resume with Linux flavors that sounded straight out of some sci-fi movie - Debian, Suse and Ubuntu (I am almost certain there is African Cricketer with a similar name!). Poor me is familiar with only Redhat! This resume gave me a huge complex that lasted for half a day :-)
And finally, one of the resumes said that the person is a "Certified Ethical Hacker". I wondered for a moment and then decided that I don't want any hacker, Ethical or otherwise, to be within a 100 mile radius of my company. The lines between what is ethical and what is not are rather blurred these days, won't you agree? :-)
I absolutely and positively hate, abhor, dislike - tragedies. That's the reason I stopped listening to Ramayana (FM Channel Fever, 9pm) the moment King Dasharatha announced that he will step down to make way for the new king.
A few days later, I tentatively tuned in. King Dasharatha had passed away, Ram had gone into exile and his younger brother had come down to persuade him to return to Ayodhya.
A few more days later, Shurpanakha made an appearance.In my opinion, Ashwini Kalsekar has failed to do justice to this character. Shurpanakha sounded very much like a female character out of Ekta Kapoor's Daily Soap factory. I stopped listening again.
Just 2 days back, I asked one of my friends if she has any idea what part of Ramayana is being played out. She said that Sita has been kidnapped and Ram has decided to get his team ready. That's when I decided to tune in again. And I was glad that I did. The episode in which Ram and Laxman meet the tribal saint Shabaree was beautifully rendered. Hats off to the team! I am determined to keep listening though there is a very good program running at the same time on another channel (Purani Jeans by RJ Anmol on Radio Mirchi)
Must say though that it sounded very funny when I asked my friend "अरे रामायण मे क्या चल रहा है?" and she replied saying "सीताका अपहरण हो गया है और राम अपनी सेना जुटा रहे है"। It almost sounded as if we were discussing the plot of some Daily Soap going on TV. :-)
A few days later, I tentatively tuned in. King Dasharatha had passed away, Ram had gone into exile and his younger brother had come down to persuade him to return to Ayodhya.
A few more days later, Shurpanakha made an appearance.In my opinion, Ashwini Kalsekar has failed to do justice to this character. Shurpanakha sounded very much like a female character out of Ekta Kapoor's Daily Soap factory. I stopped listening again.
Just 2 days back, I asked one of my friends if she has any idea what part of Ramayana is being played out. She said that Sita has been kidnapped and Ram has decided to get his team ready. That's when I decided to tune in again. And I was glad that I did. The episode in which Ram and Laxman meet the tribal saint Shabaree was beautifully rendered. Hats off to the team! I am determined to keep listening though there is a very good program running at the same time on another channel (Purani Jeans by RJ Anmol on Radio Mirchi)
Must say though that it sounded very funny when I asked my friend "अरे रामायण मे क्या चल रहा है?" and she replied saying "सीताका अपहरण हो गया है और राम अपनी सेना जुटा रहे है"। It almost sounded as if we were discussing the plot of some Daily Soap going on TV. :-)
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