Yesterday the Parliament passed the Running Regulator Act, 2012. The Sports Minister said that as more than a Million people had taken to running in Mumbai city alone, and about 10 Million Indians are running all over India, there was a need to regulate the Running Movement. The Regulator will be headed by Mr. Y […]
Once upon a time the British ruled us. However we have had such a great impact that we still cling on to what they have left behind, without much of a thought. Let us look at some examples. The Government comes out with 2 budget – the railway budget and the general budget. Why the […]
Not very long back I was addressing a group of school teachers – in a big branded school. The school owners were worried about the government allowing foreign schools to come and operate in India – and naturally they were scared. When it came to my turn I asked the teachers: How many of you […]
You have heard this so many times, but just once more -Tough times do not last, tough people do…. Not sure if it is the right thing to say now! Times are really tough. There are no clear signals. The rupee is weakening – BJP says it is because of the deficit and poor management […]
This has to be the joke of the century. The Congress wanted (needed) to get the nuclear bill passed. They must have got a huge pay off from the Americans to get it done…let us assume that there was a pay off. Rarely does Congress do anything for free…. Let us see then what could […]
I am no fan of BJP. I was and am anti Indira Gandhi’s Congress (original spelling of Feroze was Gandhy) – and in 1977 as a school kid rooted for Janata Party. I hate the way they do not want the Lok Ayukta in Karnataka, but claim that they want the Lokpal at the Centre. […]
A couple of days back (Monday 8th to be precise) I was at my parents house. Suddenly my dad switched on Jaya TV – and I watched the ‘Thuglaq’ annual show – which he does for the Pongal festival. Two great speakers – one was Gurumurthy and the other speaker was Cho Ramaswamy himself. Amazing […]