Let’s accept it. Most of the educated lot has this popular perception that maximum accidents are caused by drivers who are illiterate or received very less education. We think that, in general, educated people...
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February 3, 2004
Is India Shining?
Asks Charu. Here is what I commented. If we are talking about a surging stock market, which might be a short-lived and synthetic phenomenon , yes. But going by the same yard-stick was India shining while Harshad Mehta was reigning? India is not shining because our exports have suddenly amassed, but because of the fact […]
February 2, 2004
Political Compass
Finally a gauge to enlighten me on the orientation of my thoughts. Political Compass tells me that I am an economic left winger with a slight inclination towards authoritarianism (score: Economic Left/Right: -3.88, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.05). A confirmed authoritarian leftist, wow! Though my score on the social dimension surprises me! [Link via Acorn] Update: Wow! […]
January 29, 2004
Background cleansing
My last post had a quote that represents my long standing apprehension: How will the BJP look minus Atalji? The answer is: very scary. But how has this scary party managed to run a coalition government for 5 years and reach the stage where they could proclaim the “til-gud factor”. The answer is: BJP (read […]
January 29, 2004
Equal Opportunity, My foot!
Many, if not most, of us might have gotten rejected at interviews and recruitment processes. While rejection itself is reason enough for one to brood over and blame the selection process or the employer, I had tried on such occasions to sit for a while and put myself in recruiters shoe to analyze what might […]
January 20, 2004
Resonating Jibes: 1
In this series of posts I will try and include quotes from various sources which match my own views. Here is the first in the series. Vir Sanghvi quips, “Vajpayee's stature blinds us to the reality of the BJP. Take him out of the equation and what do you have: a party composed of people […]
January 19, 2004
My Hindi Blog
Finally, I had to jump into it. I have been a Hindi writer, it is the language in which I think. But since typing in Hindi is tedious I had somehow put the project on backburner; not any more. The Hindi version of Null Pointer is now live here. It is called “Nukta Chini” (meaning […]