Indeed Smart

An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly that made the world community smile..

A representative from India began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir , after whom Kashmir is named.

When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath.' He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Pakistani had stolen them.'

The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The Pakistanis weren't there then.'

The Indian representative smiled and said, 'And now that we have made  that clear, I will begin my speech.'

And they say Kashmir belongs to them................

 

I am not sure if this incident really occured, but found this as a smart one!

(via email from Anil Acharya)

Open Letter To Susan Candiotti of CNN

Dear Susan,

I just saw you on Television reporting from Haiti about rescuing a quake victim from under a collapsed five-story building and read the story on cnn.com as well. I think it has been great work by CNN selling the whole story to the World. Especially, I was touched by this part:

Verpre lay on his right side, and by Thursday morning, the men had managed to free him enough that he move his left leg.
He also could talk, with enough English to speak with CNN national correspondent Susan Candiotti.
He remained jammed, and his father and brother remained determined.

.... the part where, you/your crew, with great pain pushed a microphone through the rubble to get to the victim who was under terrible pain still trying to find a way out and other rescuers desperately trying to get him out, just to ask "What's going on in your mind?". I thought your next question would to ask him who he loves most in Hollywood.

I hope you will continue the good work and in an case where an accident victim is lying on the road needing immediate medical attention, I hope you will not forget to ask "How do you feel?" or "Walk us through what you are going on" before getting him medical aid.

Thanks,
KK

More Trouble With Technology

As if there not enough trouble for women right now, a new product rolls out requiring women to wear thicker fabric.



You can use the direct link to the video as well.

Of all the demos that are possible for this product, this one inclines more towards tapping the horny side of men. This could well become a troublesome product and probably an illegal one at a lot of places. Lets see where this goes.

(thanks @_mariabc for posting this)

Looking Back At The Decade

The decade just got over and I was thinking of what I would remember from the last decade.

- The hostel life - 2000 - 2001
- Passing out off college - June 2001
- Struggle for 2 years to get a job (thanks to Osamaji) - 2001 - 2003
- Getting my first job - April 2003
- Being one of the youngest to get a promotion in my organization - December 2004
- Buying a car - May 2005
- Buying a house - August 2005
- Bro getting his first job - 2005
- Meeting my wife - March 2006
- My first trip to the US in 2006 - May 2006
- Getting married - November 2006
- Trip to Thailand - October 2007
- My first birthday after marriage - October 2007
- My first wedding anniversary - November 2007
- My relentless slogging at work - all of 2008
- Trip to Sikkim - October 2008
- Trip to Hampi - December 2008
- The moment when I came to know that I was going to be a father - Feb 2009
- Trip to Goa - August 2009
- Birth of my son - November 2009
- The day I had to leave my wife and son and travel to the US - December 2009

Well, this was quick list that popped out and there could be more if I think more about it. And now I see that what I remember more is all the things that are personal and pretty less around work even though I spend most of my life at work. Hmmm ... reminds me of the song from 3 IDIOTS.

"Sari umar hum, mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal tho hamein jeene do jeene do"

Good quality time with my family and time enjoy the good things in life is all I ask for. Putting all the forgettable things behind ...

What about you? ...

2009 in Words

Copenhagen
Telengana
Austerity Drive
Elections '10
Advaniji (the to-be PM)
Twitter
Liberhan
Shashi Tharoor
Obama - The Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty
26/11
Mayawati and the statues
Twitter (... again)
Kasab
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One a personal note - This was a big year for me with my son Neel joining me and my wife on Nov 25th.

TED Talk by Sunitha Krishnan

I thought I should share this with people who don't follow TED. Just watch this ...



Speechless! Standing ovation is just an acknowledgement, but what after that? Social Media is a great platform to address this. Make people aware of it. And here we have Twitter and other media being used to discuss non-sense.

We are no considerate. We are still not civilized. We are not compassionate.

My heart feels heavy ... :|

Happiness

On 25th November, at 10.10 am, I was sitting very anxious on the 3rd floor of Apollo Hospital. I had not received any news in last 40 minutes.

I couldn't take it long and I ran down to the 1st floor and tried get a peek to see if I can talk to some nurse. In a minute, a male nurse came out asking for Uma Nair's attendant and I raised my hand.

I was called in and then a doctor came and said, "It's a boy. He was born at 9.56 am and he has a birth mark on his right palm!".

I couldn't stop smiling. My son is here.

(Note: Mother and child doing well)