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HOW DID THEY GET MY SECRET EMAIL ID ?
It was a mischievous practical joke that I initiated in India last week.
I asked my detective friend Alphonso to start a rumour that I was short listed for the Nobel Prize this year but the Committee had felt...
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I am a fan of Amitabh but do believe that he has been a great star but not a great actor. He has not displayed the kind of versatility that some others including some from southern cinema have. I shall avoid getting into names lest I stir a north-...
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Churchill said about the US that Americans try every other option before doing what is correct. I suggest that the Indian approach to obedience to rules is something similar — we will observe rules ONLY after exhausting all other possibilities.
Let...
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It is uncanny the way I seem to narrowly miss some of the most memorable achievements anyone can aspire for. I have searched far and wide but have not been able to get a satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon of JUST NOT IN TIME.
Let’s start...
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I recall with laughter my first day at B school. Students introduced themselves dutifully and solemnly till one guy said that he was working for the R @D department of Hindustan Motors, the makers of the Ambassador car. Later we ribbed him on this,...
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GOALS VS SIDE EFFECTS—AN EYE OPENER
A young man went to Gautama Buddha and sought the Master’s guidance to achieve Enlightenment, The conversation—that in my opinion must be required reading for anyone– went roughly as follows:
YOUNG MAN...
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Kisne Murder Kiya Hai (who committed the murder)?
I recall seeing a bollywood film many years ago in which a conman plays a trick on his business associates.
The conman has borrowed staggering amounts of money from several people. He has stashed...
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It is eerie how disparate news items are — if you examine closely — related to each other in a manner that provides interesting insights.
First came the news about how iconic athlete P.T. Usha was ill treated at Bhopal where she was present as...
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Nobel Prize for an Indian?
I was walking past the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus at Boston two days ago. I met an Indian student at the Sloan School - a Business School and asked her how it felt to study at this famed institution. She...
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3 monkeys anyone?
The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi that fell on 2nd October is also a time when we recall the 3 monkeys that we have always associated with him. But the symbolism has changed They now stand for:
SEE NO CRITICISM
HEAR NO...
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