Skip to main content

The ooh and aaaaaaah's of 2007

The sweet & sour points of 2007. The common point being it was UNPREDICATABLE.

  1. December 2007- voluntary retirement appeal by Kiran Bedi who served as United Nations Police Advisor accepted by the Union government. Reasons behind voluntary retirement: inability to appoint a woman officer as Delhi’s police commissioner. In a male dominant society this was not so ……. Unpredictable.

  1. Narendra Modi the great man who has risen to iconic staus in Gujarat post in 2007 Assembly elections post Godhra riots- killing the B.J.P and burying the Congress. Riots or no riots Gujarat is merry making and so is Mr. Modi. Does anyone have personal opinions regarding our man – keep them to yourself!

  1. December 27, 2007 saw the killing of the Pakistan’s people’s party election candidate for PM- Benazir Bhutto being killed by snipers while suicide bomber killed 20 people in the election rally that she was addressing. After spending 35 years in exile an ending like this was unpredictable.

  1. The next in queue was or must I say its still in continuation – the Nandigram episode of West Bengal. The great rule and idealogy of communist state that has elected a communist government for so many years saw the practicality that is utilized by every Political party in India- if you want to do business –listen to money talk only! Money matters yar after all if you don’t have the paper crisp you cant have the fancy of being in power. To conclude –these things that involve money talks are and will always be unpredictable.

  1. The desi (oh for those who didn’t get the term- local) corporate giant Rely-ance has decided to become vegetable vendor – only difference was that they gave a better airconditioning to its vegetables and the sabji bechne walas who were selling them. Who would have ever thought that this vegi business would become so Classy!. Again unpredictable isn’t it?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The fine line between hypocrisy and advocacy.

The experienced hot shot : climate change is essential! Its going to ruin the entire future! (AND MY STOCK EXCHANGE MONEY) The lowly subordinate : yeah sure sir you bet we agree on that-climate change is going to have a diverse impact on livelihoods. The experienced hot shot : (irritated) ah well do whatever you were asked to do this morning and don’t forget to book my flight by business class and don’t forget to mention that airconditioned luxury car in our UNDP budget for climate change project. The lowly subordinate : Well if I may ask……why do ‘we’ want an AC car sir? The experienced hot shot : arrrrrrrrrrrrrrh growls, scowls and many ageing frowns later—have you ever understood the term; using for future investment {from a funder’s money}? Do you want to take that expense of the Mercedes C class from your salary? The lowly subordinate: ah well! (Gulp) now that you have made crystal clear I don’t think Sir there is anything left in the grey area but d...
Post a Comment
Read more

Visiting the land of Aqua farming - Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh

I was on a work trip from Hyderabad (Telangana) to Bhimavaram by train.  Unlike other train journeys, which involve travelling overnight and eventually missing the dropping point due to a good nights sleep, this one was plagued with a co-passengers plagued with bed bugs in Indian Railways, Third AC berths. Yes those blood sucking monsters exist and thrive in Indian Railways! No I am not a senior citizen, writing about a train journey to AP in the 80s / 90's. Its 2017 and already December. Co-passengers : Aunty, Uncle and a boy. Aunty and Uncle on Lower berth. Boy on the middle berth. Me on the middle berth too. Sandwiched between aunty and another interesting player on the top berth. Cursing my luck for not getting any other seat, i decided to try sleeping to wake up fresh. The boy falls asleep, peacefully, snoring away to glory! Some very audible talking by Aunty in Telugu, or some south Indian language continues with Uncle. Seems to be they are in a happy mood, cross ...
1 comment
Read more

Uncle Sam's Pizza

Udaipur - well known as the CITY OF LAKES didnot have a genuine Pizza outlet till November 07. Come 2008 and on my way from the railway station of Udaipur i see a shining board amongst some dirty travel boards. I stopped my friend immediately and we went back to check if it was really genuine! So we went back and found those round- without back support shiny little stools or chairs if you want to call them and some 4 young men eagerly searching our faces to check if we fell in the window shoppers group or just curious passers by. So we placed a delicious order of Vegi delight pizza and and some Garlic cheese bread with Jalapeno topping. So they seemed to have authentic ovens for pizza and when it came out i ll tell you how it looked and smelled but you gotta try it on your own to believe me. The waitor came with the pizza in a thermocol plate and nonbiodegradable plastic glass. Apart from that The small mushrooms just tender enough to melt in the mouth, the Green capsicum, and the oran...
Post a Comment
Read more