Slumdog Millionaire (8 Oscar bagging movie by British director) potrays India as a country of slums, misery, poverty, struggle, corruption and congestion. How much does the movie rightly potray the country and how much truth lies in it?
India is a vast country of 1.2 billion people (on paper), it is much more than that actually. [...]
Recession is there, recession was there, recession will continue; but they never agreed to it in the first place.
We all know that it was already there, the recession back in 2007 but the US government, Fed, etc never agreed to it; because it did not meet their ‘recession definition’. Now, there’s no way but for [...]
Obama says ‘change’, could be a change from Bush-policy. Bush encouraged outsourcing and deregulation. Obama could do the opposite? The Obama decision maybe fuelled by the degrading economy. Indian IT industry is already feeling the pain. While it used to be a one-in-million decision to layoff somebody in India, now it’s a common scene in [...]
An Israeli doctor says, “Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.”
A German doctor says, “That is nothing; we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have [...]
How does an Indian (not so Indian) get to win so many Oscars - Slumdog Millionaire? It’s really amazing. Oscar team (read America) never would appreciate Indian films from Mother India to Lagaan, but how come Slumdog Millionaire got 8 Oscar awards. It’s very simple -
“BASH AND DEGRADE INDIA IN ORDER TO WIN THE OSCARS”.
“Millionaire” [...]
“Use it wisely, you ride on it; use it foolishly, you drown into it.” This goes perfectly well with office gossiping.
How can it be good when it does not help you in improving knowledge in your field or improve your work-style? It could help-
Typical office gossip starts with:
“have your heard about …”
“do you know his [...]
What could a US trooper and a local Afghan possibly be discussing!
Gulping down the food could raise your risk of being overweight. Not drinking the right/limited amount of alcohol could be another big reason for obesity.
It is not just what you eat but how you eat that can make a lot of difference.
Eating in a haste causes obesity. A Japanese study looking at eating speed and [...]
Angelo R. Mozilo (born 1938 in New York City)
co-founded Countrywide in 1969
Countrywide was the first financial company to almost go bust (rescued by Bank Of America)
it did legitimize the notion that practically any adult could handle a big fat mortgage
James E. (Jimmy) Cayne (born February 14, 1934)
CEO of Bear Stearns (1993–2008)
Screwed up the company and [...]
What is with the Facebook ‘Terms and Conditions’? The privately held company has been lately trying to manipulate the conditions with which it would hold the user information.
Facebook is growing very fast with some 150+ million social networking users gluing to it all the time. It has become a favorite time-pass for people.
Facebook has been [...]