People are dumbfounded at Kerala appointing retired tennis legend Steffi Graf as the state’s brand ambassador for Ayurveda. Aren’t there enough eligible Mallus in Malluland to promote Ayurveda? Why Graf when we have Sreesanth? (OK bad joke). The reason is simple. She is selected to promote Ayurveda (and Kerala) outside India and not within the…
The shocking incident of the brutal eviction of Dr.Dao from the overbooked United Express flight 3411 to ostensibly make space for some of their crew was, as per the free-market gospels of the post-WW2 world religion of capitalism that promises salvation through consumerism, an unpardonable sacrilege that promises eternal punishment for United Airlines in bankruptcy hell. However,…
“This is a Caaaar!” Golden words never die, they just get cunningly reused in the right places. And the Nissan Sunny ad campaign is the latest example for this. The TV advertisement describes the car as being not just a car, but a Caaaaar. What do you think this tagline is about? The space inside…
1,070,523,801 – The number of views the path-breaking, mother of all viral-videos, never-seen-in-human-or-alien-history “Oppa Gangnam Style” video had amassed at the time of writing this post. Phenomenal! Astounding! A Billion views! 100 Crores! If this is not success in these digital times, though it may sound mediocre, what is? In ancient times, success was measured…
AI generated content is everywhere and preferred because it is better than your “human generated” content. This also means that your “original” stuff has become obsolete and useless, as have you.
Dear Suits at Chevrolet India and Generally Motors, How are you guys doing? I know that times are hard and you guys must be struggling hard to fill Gas in your Corvettes and Camaros. That is alright, we all go through these phases. Niceties done, let me get to the point: What the facebook are…
Life in India is an obstacle course. Every day we face thousands of hurdles which make our life more and more difficult. And most of these impediments are the handiwork of people trying to make money by making our lives uncomfortable. These range from politicians swindling off crores of public money to hawkers occupying public…
Be very afraid. Supervillains do exist in real life. And they are not far removed from the Mavel Comics/James Bond cartoony types like Dr.No, Goldfinger, The Joker and Megatron – They have large and pointless facilities, hordes of mindless people working for them and they nurture that evergreen dream of world domination. And have a plan to achieve it. But since Hollywood has shown us that plain old terrorism, nuclear weapons and space-time-morphing…
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has a long and illustrious history that precedes even the state of Kerala or India. It starts in 1937 when the Travancore State Transport Department was constituted by HH Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore. The first buses were imported from England. Post independence the TSTD was incorporated as an…
Everyone agrees that Bangalore is not what it used to be, say, 20 years ago. But the fact is that it is not what it used to be just 10 or even 8 years ago! All these roads, malls, IT parks, flyovers, elevated highways and huge apartment complexes came up in this decade, and many…
This is my 50th post on this blog. Thank you all for your support and love! Keep reading! :) Google is up to it again with it’s tricks of truth. As with the Justin Bieber and puberty thing, Google always knows not just the answers, but they are also good enough to make sure to…
I had initially planned to include this in Part 1 (Read) but this better be treated as a separate unit. This is part 1 explained in more detail, Credit Cards explained, especially on HOW people wind up in Credit Card debt. This is the master plan, folks. The Blueprint for World Domination. The flawless plan of action which can tie…