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Independence Day for India!! From innuswami in random thoughts (82 days old)

Somewhat damp and cloudy Independence Day in Bangalore! What with the Swine Flu, inflation, recession and all, there is lack of enthusiasm in most people. The morning news paper says that there is a n… more

Discrimination and Prejudices. From innuswami in random thoughts (88 days old)

Discrimination and prejudices are facts of life but no one wants to accept that it exists. All of us discriminate at one level or the other and get discriminated too. When we get discriminated in some… more

For the sake of popularity, name and fame!!!!!!!!!!!!! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (118 days old)

Many people want to know the income and such details of others to make comparisons and assess their worth, which in most cases is probably due to the kind of curiosity that killed the cat, and nothing… more

Slumdog, "Jai Ho!!" From innuswami in Jokes apart (234 days old)

Winning Oscar awards for the film “Slumdog millionaire” has created a lot of excitement and discussion in the Indian media. One worthy politician has trashed the film makers for so poorly … more

Moral dilemma!! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (290 days old)

Moral dilemmas Sivan Kutty, of 75 years of age lives, in Hyderabad. He is a retired man and spends his wakeful hours adding up the income from his various investments, and doing a five-kilometer spr… more

Mumbai! My heart bleeds! From innuswami in random thoughts (326 days old)

South Mumbai, Colaba to be exact, is where I lived for nearly 40 years. Every nook and corner of the place is familiar to me. I was stunned and numbed when I saw the television pictures of the mayhem … more

Crabbed age and youth From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (335 days old)

Love and respect are not commodities that one can demand from others as a matter of right. Sometimes you earn it through hard selfless work. For some, by way of their personality and behavior, they si… more

My Right to work, My Right to live From innuswami in Jokes apart (403 days old)

The Communists are fed up with agitations and unruly behaviour of not only the opposition parties in the two Communist ruled states in the country, West Bengal and Kerala but also their own cadres in … more

Down memory lane.........simple pleasures!!! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (434 days old)

In the nineteen sixties four figure salary was something every young man dreamed about. A starting salary of Rupees two hundred to four hundred per month used to be the norm depending on qualificati… more

Disjointed thoughts on Independence day!!! From innuswami in random thoughts (447 days old)

Independence Day is the day of freedom, The freedom that came to Indians on 15th August 1947, Celebrated ever since every year without fail, Politicians making speeches and hoisting the tricolour.… more

Political circus From innuswami in random thoughts (463 days old)

The other day I was watching a TV debate on terrorism. Politicians and experts aired their views. The Congress spokesperson said that under the circumstances he could very well say that this is the ha… more

A bicycle for me from U.K. From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (556 days old)

In 1950, going to America was a rare event and when my father went to Canada on some fellowship it was a big event for our family and friends. I was about 11 years old and I remember how my mother was… more

Anomalies, contradictions and plain inefficiencies! From innuswami in random thoughts (709 days old)

Monsoons are eagerly awaited throughout India because the country’s prosperity and the ruling Governments popularity depend on whether the monsoons have been good or bad. In case the rains failed in l… more

Hey! You! Grease my palm!! From innuswami in Jokes apart (751 days old)

The Times of India has initiated a novel concept called “Lead India” for selecting (or electing?) leaders for the country based on merit and proved achievements. The idea is laudable and the rationale… more

East is east and the West is west !! From innuswami in Jokes apart (797 days old)

An NRI Indian wife who lived in the USA for many years was shocked to see that in India people are wasting so much water for washing kitchen utensils dishes etc. In America the dishwashers do the job … more

Happiness? What? From innuswami in random thoughts (801 days old)

In our day-to-day life all of us are engaged in some activity or the other, presumably in pursuit of happiness. We may not be all the time aware of or conscious of the fact that the ultimate aim of al… more

Bitching, bitching all the way!!!!!!!! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (828 days old)

Every one in our country is talking about women’s empowerment. It is a subject that is occupying the minds of millions of Indians and everyone jointly let out a sigh of relief when a woman was elected… more

Hindus and Indian Muslims From innuswami in random thoughts (1075 days old)

There was this man who cursed a lady and called her a bitch and then went on to explain how sweet a bitch is, the wife of a dog! After all isn’t a bitch the respectable wife of dog? So why should an… more

Sobering thoughts on Indian Independence Day. From innuswami in random thoughts (1181 days old)

In the Fifties, Sixties and even the seventies it was treason to talk about anything that could be construed or interpreted as against the interest or security of the Indian Nation. No one ever talk… more

Love Thy Religion...! From innuswami in random thoughts (1204 days old)

Most westerners are surprised at the religiosity of the Indians. Everything that an Indian does has a religious under tone to it. From the moment he wakes up in the morning till he retires to bed at n… more

Spare me, my dear doctor!! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (1229 days old)

Spare me, my dear doctor!!:oops: Ram Sahib was my neighbour in Bombay some 35 years ago. He was 60 years old, retired from the railway service and about 30 years my senior. He joined a private compa… more

Dung is the thing!! From innuswami in random thoughts (1320 days old)

Dung is the thing!! Recent newspaper reports say that Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture-engineering professor in Tokyo University has successfully extracted .042 ounces of gasoline from 3.5 ounces of… more

Pastimes of a retired man. From innuswami in Jokes apart (1341 days old)

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There is no slight pregnancy!!...... From innuswami in Jokes apart (1357 days old)

There is no thing like "slight pregnancy". Was it Confucius who said that? !! So is corruption, either one is corrupt or not corrupt but never slightly corrupt!>:XX Recently the Municipal authorities… more

It is a case of the fence eating the plants..!!!!! From innuswami in Jokes apart (1380 days old)

:D:roll:We had a problem in our street. The street in front of our Apartment building is very narrow and if cars are parked on one side of the street, the movement of cars up and down the street beco… more

Market manipulations! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (1482 days old)

I have been a marketing man for decades and I believe in the saying “Customer is King”. But then this is not without conditions. However in the long run it will be proved that the customer knows best … more

"Work for loot" bill for poor in India From innuswami in random thoughts (1530 days old)

“Work for Loot” Bill You work and we loot seems to be what the politicians of India are telling the poor when the Congress Chairperson has so proudly introduced the Employment Guarantee Act in the Pa… more

Sobering Thoughts about Indian politics From innuswami in random thoughts (1531 days old)

Young men and women of today are a confident lot. They are sure of what they want, quite unlike many of us of the past generation. The young romantics of the past generation were idealistic and a lot … more

Customer is the King! Really!! From innuswami in Wicked wicked ways (1537 days old)

“Customer is the King” is the most repeated favourite proverb of marketing Gurus and companies, but the reality is that the norm is more often flouted than observed. Recently some one wrote in a new… more

Random thoughts on Indian Independance Day From innuswami in random thoughts (1542 days old)

Different people have different emotions on Independence Day. For most of us it means very little, and little more than just a holiday to look forward to. The speeches of the country’s rulers and le… more