I had my march to the polling booth, had my finger marked and voted. Talking of the elections. The media tried to prop up more awareness than they had in the yesteryears. Right from the jagore campaign to TOI's full first page advertisement about "Making your vote count".
Also, there were a few advertisements splashed on the newspaper reading "Make your vote count. Show your marked finger to avail 25% discount on the bill". Apparently by one of the food giants "Dhaba Express" [It is unfortunate to think that one has to lure people, by such perks, to make one vote].
There are enough problems already. The common ones being : Voting machine problems, Voter bribing, Voters name missing; of the many. It occurred to me today that one must not give room for anyone to cast a "Forged vote". How do you do that? Educate people? Conduct workshops and campaigns??
NO.
Just wake up early enough, walk up to the polling booth and cast your vote before someone else does it :D
When it comes to voting, I believe, the uneducated at least go by what their heart says. But the educated man keeps thinking of all the pros and cons of a candidate from N different points of views.. Ultimately ending up in saying "Why should I vote? Anyway another corrupt big bellied bully is on the way". Yeah, many a time I felt the same too. But, today I did make my vote count. Just because, I did not want anyone taking advantage of "my NOT voting" and using the opportunity to cast "Forged votes".
The poor turnout of votes, so far in the other Metros, stunned me. As the cliché goes : Small drops of water, make a mighty ocean.
Of course, who knows what the voter turnout would be in my city?
The future's not ours to see... que sera sera!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Hot-sweet April
April 2009.
April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet
One never expects this month, the month of uncompromising heat to be cool! Pushing aside the battle with 38 plus degree Celsius heat on an average, there is another mortal combat that makes me sweat (which I should welcome, as sweating cools the body). I can handle the sweat, but the trepidation that comes along with it is inexplicably ruthless. I'd kill it if I can. I would very happily kill Ms. Endocrine who tries playing around with me.
April 17th, 10.22 AM it was, when we got the call. It was quite a shock. Nevertheless a acceptable shock. Shock that comes to you warned that you are prepared for it.
But 27th of April... OMG! The loooooooongest day of my life, I guess.
How long should I wait for the results?
How many more minutes should I count?
Every call that I get makes my pulse quicken and I can hear my hear beating SO darn loudly that I can mistaken it for hammering. The minute I know it was not the call I was waiting for, my heart-rate slows. It slows SO slowly that I can hear the tempo rhythmically reduce (gosh it's scary) and a hot flush spreading through me. It stops only to start again as my mobile rings...
Ah God.. is this your idea of games?
April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet
One never expects this month, the month of uncompromising heat to be cool! Pushing aside the battle with 38 plus degree Celsius heat on an average, there is another mortal combat that makes me sweat (which I should welcome, as sweating cools the body). I can handle the sweat, but the trepidation that comes along with it is inexplicably ruthless. I'd kill it if I can. I would very happily kill Ms. Endocrine who tries playing around with me.
April 17th, 10.22 AM it was, when we got the call. It was quite a shock. Nevertheless a acceptable shock. Shock that comes to you warned that you are prepared for it.
But 27th of April... OMG! The loooooooongest day of my life, I guess.
How long should I wait for the results?
How many more minutes should I count?
Every call that I get makes my pulse quicken and I can hear my hear beating SO darn loudly that I can mistaken it for hammering. The minute I know it was not the call I was waiting for, my heart-rate slows. It slows SO slowly that I can hear the tempo rhythmically reduce (gosh it's scary) and a hot flush spreading through me. It stops only to start again as my mobile rings...
Ah God.. is this your idea of games?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
A quick look at Jan-Feb
In a non-chronological order, let me stroll through whatever my poor memory remembers
Hats off Madrasi!
The 12th of January AR Rahman made us proud by winning the Golden Globe awards for "Jai ho" penned by "Gulzar" sung by Sukhwinder Singh (of ALL people).
Congrats Ms Mirza!
Sania and Bupathi won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne, beating France's Nathalie Dechy and Israeli Andy Ram. Making that Sania's first Grand Slam.
Mixed-doubles is considered passé, consequently asking the poor girl to concentrate on her fitness and singles.
Tnx for the hoRRor movie!
RR of Satyam proved that God won't help even though you donate millions of gold bullions. Some indigestible statistics: 321 pairs of shoes, 310 belts and 13 cars including Mercedes and BMWs. I'm not gasping or sighing. As a matter of fact, what he is is immaterial to us. Anywayss it's interesting to know obsessed people exist.
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Where is the recession tonight?
(I you have heard where is the party tonight, you'll know how to sing this) Why are we taking of recession "now" when recession has been news for the past twelve odd months?
The answer is three letters - IPL "Indian Premier League".
Where is the recession when people are ready to buy Andrew Flintoff at and Keith Pieterson at $1.55 million or why even more?
Good luck to the GAMEblers!
MN Srinivasan of India Cements, better known as the famed owner of Chennai Super Kings who bought MS Dhoni at an exorbitant sum (6.58 Crore rupees) last year, proved again to be a worthy contender buying Andrew Flintoff at 7.55 crore Rupees that is said to be higher than his base price (4.63 Crore Rupees).
Bangalore Royal Challengers settled with Kevin Pietersen at 7.55 crore Rupees, helping Vijay Malya feed his hurt ego (ego hurt from the disastrous play of lady Luck with his team in last IPL). Though cheer-leading tops the glamour quotient of IPL, Malya knows that even imported cheerleaders can neither help cricket nor luck.
Good luck ol'man!
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
Hats off Madrasi!
The 12th of January AR Rahman made us proud by winning the Golden Globe awards for "Jai ho" penned by "Gulzar" sung by Sukhwinder Singh (of ALL people).
Congrats Ms Mirza!
Sania and Bupathi won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne, beating France's Nathalie Dechy and Israeli Andy Ram. Making that Sania's first Grand Slam.
Mixed-doubles is considered passé, consequently asking the poor girl to concentrate on her fitness and singles.
Tnx for the hoRRor movie!
RR of Satyam proved that God won't help even though you donate millions of gold bullions. Some indigestible statistics: 321 pairs of shoes, 310 belts and 13 cars including Mercedes and BMWs. I'm not gasping or sighing. As a matter of fact, what he is is immaterial to us. Anywayss it's interesting to know obsessed people exist.
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Where is the recession tonight?
(I you have heard where is the party tonight, you'll know how to sing this) Why are we taking of recession "now" when recession has been news for the past twelve odd months?
The answer is three letters - IPL "Indian Premier League".
Where is the recession when people are ready to buy Andrew Flintoff at and Keith Pieterson at $1.55 million or why even more?
Good luck to the GAMEblers!
MN Srinivasan of India Cements, better known as the famed owner of Chennai Super Kings who bought MS Dhoni at an exorbitant sum (6.58 Crore rupees) last year, proved again to be a worthy contender buying Andrew Flintoff at 7.55 crore Rupees that is said to be higher than his base price (4.63 Crore Rupees).
Bangalore Royal Challengers settled with Kevin Pietersen at 7.55 crore Rupees, helping Vijay Malya feed his hurt ego (ego hurt from the disastrous play of lady Luck with his team in last IPL). Though cheer-leading tops the glamour quotient of IPL, Malya knows that even imported cheerleaders can neither help cricket nor luck.
Good luck ol'man!
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Costly domain name?
It was tonight that I knew Naiduhall aka Naihaa* (an ugly outcome of the brand make over) has a domain name dispute.
Lamentable when you note the other fact that www.naiduhall.co.in is not completely constructed. So much for a store founded almost 60 years ago. Hmpfh.
*Naihaa to the common man is hardly pronounceable, let alone the meaning it translates to. "Nai" in Tamil means "Dog" and to add to the twit we can translate "Naihaa" to "Dog huh?" (I'll keep safe).
Perhaps there were no board-rooms. Perhaps no one knew Tamil in the board-room (apparently in Chennai) and perhaps, it is not just me who is annoyed at the frivolousness.
Either winning the disputed issue would prove costly (or) a website called naihaa.com would prove cheap (literally and figuratively).
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things'- Lewis Carroll.
Lamentable when you note the other fact that www.naiduhall.co.in is not completely constructed. So much for a store founded almost 60 years ago. Hmpfh.
*Naihaa to the common man is hardly pronounceable, let alone the meaning it translates to. "Nai" in Tamil means "Dog" and to add to the twit we can translate "Naihaa" to "Dog huh?" (I'll keep safe).
Perhaps there were no board-rooms. Perhaps no one knew Tamil in the board-room (apparently in Chennai) and perhaps, it is not just me who is annoyed at the frivolousness.
Either winning the disputed issue would prove costly (or) a website called naihaa.com would prove cheap (literally and figuratively).
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things'- Lewis Carroll.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Hard of reading??
The phrase "Hard of hearing" has nothing to do here. I'm inclined to say "Hard of reading" when I read perfectly illegible handwriting. Now "Spencerian Penmanship" (or simply cursive writing) is taught from Kindergarten, in spite of which people fail to write legibly.
In my teens, I have often wondered "What's with the Graphologists?", "How do they claim to analyze people by mere handwriting?" and many more alike questions.
Today find it easy to analyze them*: They* are hopelessly lazy (to correct the way they hold the pen).
According to me, good handwriting is no feat. You just have to correct the way you hold your pen. Pay a little more attention to the curves and lines (beauty!) and if you don't want to put in an extra effort not even God can help you.
Wisecrack: Not everyone is Da Vinci, but every child can draw. It is only when a child grows-up, it yields to the way of the world and learns to say: "Ooooooh me?? I can't draw!"
Ditto for singing, dancing et al.
Didn't you sing "Baa-baa-black-sheep" once?
sighs.
Talking about handwriting again, I was scared of writing neatly.
I may sound crazy unless I explain the adage. The Tamil saying goes like this:
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalaieluthu^ nalla irukkathu"
which translates to "The one who has a good handwriting, will not have a good future".
Yeah. Apparently coined by the man with the worst handwriting ever.
However, this saying scared me to death(then). Today I know that even if the whole world writes neatly, it is not going to tackle the Economic depression (pessimistic cackle)
Twist the above saying and voila! you have this
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalai eluthu nalla irukkum",
this is the other adage, contrariwise. Sans doubt written by someone like me, who prefers good hw to sad ones.
Totally unrelated.
Before I forget let me tell you two more similarly constructed adages, which work vice-versa
"Valathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your left eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Valathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
L.O.L.
Actually amongst the 4 sayings, it's hard to tell which is original and which is made up ;)
A few sample handwritings :)
That of a teen, ached girl. Anne Frank
Men who made their mark - MK Gandhi, Orville Wright and LDVinci (respectively)
* ones with bad handwriting.
^ thalaieluthu - The future written on one's forehead by Lord Bhrama.
In my teens, I have often wondered "What's with the Graphologists?", "How do they claim to analyze people by mere handwriting?" and many more alike questions.
Today find it easy to analyze them*: They* are hopelessly lazy (to correct the way they hold the pen).
According to me, good handwriting is no feat. You just have to correct the way you hold your pen. Pay a little more attention to the curves and lines (beauty!) and if you don't want to put in an extra effort not even God can help you.
Wisecrack: Not everyone is Da Vinci, but every child can draw. It is only when a child grows-up, it yields to the way of the world and learns to say: "Ooooooh me?? I can't draw!"
Ditto for singing, dancing et al.
Didn't you sing "Baa-baa-black-sheep" once?
sighs.
Talking about handwriting again, I was scared of writing neatly.
I may sound crazy unless I explain the adage. The Tamil saying goes like this:
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalaieluthu^ nalla irukkathu"
which translates to "The one who has a good handwriting, will not have a good future".
Yeah. Apparently coined by the man with the worst handwriting ever.
However, this saying scared me to death(then). Today I know that even if the whole world writes neatly, it is not going to tackle the Economic depression (pessimistic cackle)
Twist the above saying and voila! you have this
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalai eluthu nalla irukkum",
this is the other adage, contrariwise. Sans doubt written by someone like me, who prefers good hw to sad ones.
Totally unrelated.
Before I forget let me tell you two more similarly constructed adages, which work vice-versa
"Valathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your left eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Valathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
L.O.L.
Actually amongst the 4 sayings, it's hard to tell which is original and which is made up ;)
A few sample handwritings :)
That of a teen, ached girl. Anne Frank
Men who made their mark - MK Gandhi, Orville Wright and LDVinci (respectively)
* ones with bad handwriting.
^ thalaieluthu - The future written on one's forehead by Lord Bhrama.
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