Steve Jobs

My first memories of Steve Jobs, started soon after my entry into the field of computers and information technology. Most of it was hearsay, information passed down by my peers and friends. Information was usually biased one way or the other, and probably even embellished one way or the other. Steve Jobs and his early [...]

Revolution, Inquilab !

What does Greece, Egypt, and Syria have in common? What can one expect if the trend continues in India, US, Spain, China, etc? Inquilab or revolution. History repeats itself they say, and these are clear signs it will. Inquilab Zindabad! Revolution Forever !! I have been used to this term since i was a child. [...]

What were we thinking?

The planners and masters that run the government were hard at work for the last many months, in try to get the Nuclear Liability Bill passed. But unfortunately they had a series of mishaps that resulted in a circus, exposing the real workings of a democracy. A government of some people, by some people, for [...]

Obama – a case of bad holding ?

From the movie, The President, a dialogue delivered by Micheal Douglas, “I was too busy worrying about losing my job, that I forgot to do my job”.
My advice to Obama, i would respect you a thousand times more, if you did the right thing, than to worry about winning the election the next term. I might end up voting you back to power.

Deregulation of Oil Prices

For quite sometime now, i have been thinking about the ‘India – shining’ story. The country has made dramatic progress in last two decades. The last decade of the 20th century was spend in laying the foundation ,to propel the growth  that we have begun to realize, in the first decade of this century. And [...]

Avatar – the good, the bad and the ugly

First things first, Avatar is a good movie. I saw the movie in Imax 3D, and i think it was worth the 20 odd dollars, for the movie and soda etc, that it cost me. The director show cases that the story is most important for a movie, and that the CG effects are like [...]

Planet 0 : People 0

The climate talks in Copenhagen ended with no result. In India, this was looked upon as a cause for celebration, although with some concerns. While India had been forced to take some action in the right direction, these goals were not binding, as per the agreement reached. However i am hopeful that the government would [...]

King Khan visits the US

The recent visit of Shah Rukh Khan or King Khan, as the reigning star of the Bollywood and perhaps the most recognized name and face in India, to the US, set off a major news trail in India regarding his ‘detention’, and additional questioning at the port of entry. This is a pretty routine matter [...]

Gay = Happy

Gay’s are happy today. They have achieved a small but significant step in their fight for equality.

Indian bashing in Aussie Land

There has been a lot of news lately about bashing Indians who are going to school in Australia. It started with a trickle, and soon the media here caught on the frenzy and started making it the top headline story. While the media is not wrong in talking about these incidents, it has completely gone [...]