Apr 27 2008
SEEN A RESERVCAT? I have a suggestion Will our honourable politicians stand up in parliament and pledge as follows : I PROMISE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION THAT I WILL ,NO MATTER WHAT THE CRISIS, COUSULT AND WHEN REQUIRED BE OPERATED BY A DOCTOR...
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Apr 25 2008
Are we a Civilized Nation? I have sometimes been told that I see only the negative side of events in India. I do not agree with this assessment but can you blame me when I feel totally shocked and despondent when I see headlines like the...
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Apr 23 2008
WANT TO BECOME CREATIVE? I offer to train readers of this blog in LATERAL THINKING. I am a Dr Edward DE Bono certified trainer [FIRST IN SOUTH ASIA] in lateral thinking. I am currently in the US but will be traveling to India end may at the request of...
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Apr 23 2008
WANT TO BECOME CREATIVE? I offer to train readers of this blog in LATERAL THINKING. I am a Dr Edward DE Bono certified trainer [FIRST IN SOUTH ASIA] in lateral thinking. I am currently in the US but will be traveling to India end may at the request of...
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Apr 23 2008
DON’T READ THIS IF YOUR HEART IS WEAK I recall having written in an earlier blog that Indian bureaucracy is no longer India’s main problem. Someone read this sentence and immediately sent me an email along these lines. ‘Ravi have you gone mad?...
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Apr 20 2008
IT’S A GIRL—HOW SAD I saw this headline in the news Parents disown newborn girls, want boys The news was as follows Chennai: Two babies were born within a few minutes of each other in a Chennai hospital: a baby boy to Farida and a baby girl to...
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Apr 17 2008
IS SOUTH INDIA PART OF INDIA ? My friend Sameer who has settled in Bangkok for several years sent me this intriguing email DEAR RAVI, Are you madrassis seceding from the rest of India? When I was in school I remember some of your politicians were...
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Apr 16 2008
HOW TO STRANGLE SOMEONE—WITH RED TAPE It has been said that bad tidings come in threes. I got a taste of this recently. First came the news that Indian babus—the much derided government officials from the peon to the top echelons were to get an ...
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Apr 15 2008
WHO SAYS ELEPHANTS CAN’T PAINT? In typical American style, one author wrote a book called ‘ELEPHANTS CAN’T DANCE’. Millions of business executives are always on the lookout for a way to become more successful...
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Apr 10 2008
BREAKING NEWS—AMITABH IN TROUBLE – AAACHOOO– NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT I recollect a Hindi news channel rushing to tell viewers breathlessly in the BREAKING NEWS format that ‘AMITABH HAS CAUGHT A COLD’ ...
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