Recent developments in the situation in Bangalore have prompted me to write this blog.
Don’t worry traffic is still the same, people still flaunt the rules…
One major change that I have noticed is that Roads are being laid afresh and they have survived a rain….A big kudos to Mr. Kumaraswamy (CM) and his team…
The roads that have been laid so far are of good quality and have helped in increasing the life of the vehicles :)
Most of the roads that were in the East of Bangalore are all laid… I was mighty surprised when I saw this happen a month ago… So far so good… Lets just hope that the telephone companies DON’T take note of this…Otherwise they would be back to start digging again…
Another thing that I have noticed quite prominently is the appearance of Traffic signals in almost all areas…. These signals running on Solar Power have helped immensely in regulating the traffic…
Could this be the beginning for a new beginning??? Lets wait, watch and pray.
Good night … and good luck
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
UEFA Champions League Final
Well yesterday night was the UEFA CL Final between Arsena and Barcelona.
The build up to the annual extravaganza was good this year as two of the strongest teams made it to the final... Arsenal, in the final for the very first time, had eliminated Real Madrid and Juventus en route to the final, while Barca had eliminated Milan and Chelsea.
Arsenal were further buoyed by the fact that they hadnt let in a goal for over 700 game minutes...
Arsenal Had Henry and Barca had Ronaldinho... Two of the best at the moment...
The match began steadily with Arsenal attacking twice in the first ten minutes. Barca were getting the runs to the goal but werent finishing them. Then around the 18th minute, disaster struck for arsenal... Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann gets a Red Card for a foul... Barca score in the confusion but the goal is later disallowed (quite rightly so). Arsenal down to 10 men. They substitute Pires for the reserve goalie Almunia...
Then the pressure mounts... Barca attack in waves... but are thwarted by the Arsenal defence.
Ronaldinho and Eto'o combine for a brilliant strike which is saved by Almunia...
Then just after the hour mark, Eboue of Arsenal is brought down outside the Barca goal area.
There was hardly any contact and the dive worked. Henry kicks in and a towering Sol Campbell header puts 10 man Arsenal up 1-0. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Bad decision by the referee... Barca are shocked...
Arsenal celebrate... Barca respond in a way known only to them...
They attack like crazy, but somehow the defense holds up for Arsenal...
HALF TIME...Now the 2nd Half...
Barca continue attacking and the referee's decisions keep getting worse. A couple of Barca defenders dive and the Arsenal players are yellow carded. Ljunberg creates some magic for Arsenal with Fabregas but it aint enough...
Then in the 76th Minute, a brilliant play sees Eto'o strike from the near post. Goalkeeper mistake and GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL to Barca...
Five minutes later, substitute Juliano Belleti makes a good run and another goalkeeping error sees a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...
Barca 2-1 up... Barca then just waste the remaining time to win the champions league...
Well Summary.... Not a great match... Relly bad refereeing standards... Lots of Dives and a lil bit of magic...
Thats all for now... Hope the World cup would be better...
Good night...and Good luck
May the Force be with you....
The build up to the annual extravaganza was good this year as two of the strongest teams made it to the final... Arsenal, in the final for the very first time, had eliminated Real Madrid and Juventus en route to the final, while Barca had eliminated Milan and Chelsea.
Arsenal were further buoyed by the fact that they hadnt let in a goal for over 700 game minutes...
Arsenal Had Henry and Barca had Ronaldinho... Two of the best at the moment...
The match began steadily with Arsenal attacking twice in the first ten minutes. Barca were getting the runs to the goal but werent finishing them. Then around the 18th minute, disaster struck for arsenal... Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann gets a Red Card for a foul... Barca score in the confusion but the goal is later disallowed (quite rightly so). Arsenal down to 10 men. They substitute Pires for the reserve goalie Almunia...
Then the pressure mounts... Barca attack in waves... but are thwarted by the Arsenal defence.
Ronaldinho and Eto'o combine for a brilliant strike which is saved by Almunia...
Then just after the hour mark, Eboue of Arsenal is brought down outside the Barca goal area.
There was hardly any contact and the dive worked. Henry kicks in and a towering Sol Campbell header puts 10 man Arsenal up 1-0. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Bad decision by the referee... Barca are shocked...
Arsenal celebrate... Barca respond in a way known only to them...
They attack like crazy, but somehow the defense holds up for Arsenal...
HALF TIME...Now the 2nd Half...
Barca continue attacking and the referee's decisions keep getting worse. A couple of Barca defenders dive and the Arsenal players are yellow carded. Ljunberg creates some magic for Arsenal with Fabregas but it aint enough...
Then in the 76th Minute, a brilliant play sees Eto'o strike from the near post. Goalkeeper mistake and GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL to Barca...
Five minutes later, substitute Juliano Belleti makes a good run and another goalkeeping error sees a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...
Barca 2-1 up... Barca then just waste the remaining time to win the champions league...
Well Summary.... Not a great match... Relly bad refereeing standards... Lots of Dives and a lil bit of magic...
Thats all for now... Hope the World cup would be better...
Good night...and Good luck
May the Force be with you....
Monday, May 15, 2006
RESERVATION>>>RESERVATION>>>RESERVATION>>>
Now why is the present central Indian government so hell bent upon reservation?
Is it so that they can now garner votes from these people for the next elections? Or is it that they truly wanna push this country to the dogs?
I don’t know whatever it is, its not good for the people of the country…
When Dr. Ambedkar vouched for reservation for the lower classes in some areas, it was so that they could gain their foothold to compete with the rest of us…He himself told that the reservation was to be abolished as soon as possible…Now what has happened? They want to include a wide variety of careers under reservation…Great!
People …listen…Improve the condition of the downtrodden. That is the first priority, instead of hand feeding them forever… Someone once said “Give a starving man a fish and he will be satisfied for a day, Teach the starving man to fish and he will be satisfied for life”.
This is what must be done…
NOOOOO! The politicians I guess are more interested in ruining the country…
They want reservation for Doctors, Lawyers, Private sector companies etc….Where will this lead us? Only to the path of destruction…
What is going to happen to the widespread protests against reservation? Nothing!!!
Another reason why I am against all this is that there is a lot of corruption in the government.
When I was in college, the students belonging to backward classes were supposed to pay a lower fees if their families’ annual income fell below a certain barrier…Most of them I knew were affluent enough to own cars of their own and still paid only the minimum fees. Why? Because they could afford the hefty bribes to the government officials who would certify that they did not have enough money to reach the income ceiling…
Why is all this happening? What would happen to our wonderful nation due to this reservation, I shudder to think…
Well, since the government has a vested interest in Reservation, why don’t we have reservations in prisons? Ensure that a percentage of backward classes have to be in prison to meet the quota… Set the regular criminals free because their quota is full…
WOW…
Is it so that they can now garner votes from these people for the next elections? Or is it that they truly wanna push this country to the dogs?
I don’t know whatever it is, its not good for the people of the country…
When Dr. Ambedkar vouched for reservation for the lower classes in some areas, it was so that they could gain their foothold to compete with the rest of us…He himself told that the reservation was to be abolished as soon as possible…Now what has happened? They want to include a wide variety of careers under reservation…Great!
People …listen…Improve the condition of the downtrodden. That is the first priority, instead of hand feeding them forever… Someone once said “Give a starving man a fish and he will be satisfied for a day, Teach the starving man to fish and he will be satisfied for life”.
This is what must be done…
NOOOOO! The politicians I guess are more interested in ruining the country…
They want reservation for Doctors, Lawyers, Private sector companies etc….Where will this lead us? Only to the path of destruction…
What is going to happen to the widespread protests against reservation? Nothing!!!
Another reason why I am against all this is that there is a lot of corruption in the government.
When I was in college, the students belonging to backward classes were supposed to pay a lower fees if their families’ annual income fell below a certain barrier…Most of them I knew were affluent enough to own cars of their own and still paid only the minimum fees. Why? Because they could afford the hefty bribes to the government officials who would certify that they did not have enough money to reach the income ceiling…
Why is all this happening? What would happen to our wonderful nation due to this reservation, I shudder to think…
Well, since the government has a vested interest in Reservation, why don’t we have reservations in prisons? Ensure that a percentage of backward classes have to be in prison to meet the quota… Set the regular criminals free because their quota is full…
WOW…
Thursday, May 11, 2006
MONSTER BLACKOUT on TUESDAY 09MAY2006
Well it rained like crazy on Tuesday here in mysore... for about 2 hours...and then came the granddaddy of them all... A power cut...(A blackout).
Well i guess this wasnt an ordinary power cut... Lost power at home at 7:30 in the night...
9 PM:
I decide to have a candle light dinner :) No electricity remember!!!
10PM:
Still no power... My roommates are getting a little restless.
11PM:
Still no power... We are now down to our last candle.
Two others valiantly fought with the darkness till 10:30until they could fight no more...
The last one remained.
We decide to retire, hoping for a miracle. The candle is saved for another day.
2AM: Still no current. Am getting a little restless.
5AM: No current means no water... Oh My god! How do i take a bath???
My apartment has a water problem, so you know!!!
6:15 AM:
The nightmare is increasingly disturbing. I got up and rushed to the bathroom.... you know, for obvious reasons...Thank god the water is still coming...
7:00 AM: Am quickly done with my bath as well. My roomates get in, hoping that the water doesnt stop yet...
7:45AM:
Lucky everyone is in and out...SQUEAKY CLEAN...
Apparently the power came only by 3:00PM or so...The other areas got them back by 3:00AM itself. Lucky!!!
And Weird! One small drop of rain and one giant power cut...
Expect more though!!! Thats all for now...
Good night... and good luck
May the Force be with you!!!
Well i guess this wasnt an ordinary power cut... Lost power at home at 7:30 in the night...
9 PM:
I decide to have a candle light dinner :) No electricity remember!!!
10PM:
Still no power... My roommates are getting a little restless.
11PM:
Still no power... We are now down to our last candle.
Two others valiantly fought with the darkness till 10:30until they could fight no more...
The last one remained.
We decide to retire, hoping for a miracle. The candle is saved for another day.
2AM: Still no current. Am getting a little restless.
5AM: No current means no water... Oh My god! How do i take a bath???
My apartment has a water problem, so you know!!!
6:15 AM:
The nightmare is increasingly disturbing. I got up and rushed to the bathroom.... you know, for obvious reasons...Thank god the water is still coming...
7:00 AM: Am quickly done with my bath as well. My roomates get in, hoping that the water doesnt stop yet...
7:45AM:
Lucky everyone is in and out...SQUEAKY CLEAN...
Apparently the power came only by 3:00PM or so...The other areas got them back by 3:00AM itself. Lucky!!!
And Weird! One small drop of rain and one giant power cut...
Expect more though!!! Thats all for now...
Good night... and good luck
May the Force be with you!!!
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
DEMOCRACY: WHAT I SAW AND FELT...
Democracy… that which is seen in almost all the countries in the world… Is it good or bad??
Well my personal opinion is that democracy is not for development… I don’t like democracy because you end up choosing between two or more incompetent (couldn’t find any other decent words) people.
Why is it called the power of the people when the only power that people have to is to elect other people???? Shouldn’t development be the key for any government? Why is power, money, greed and corruption the key now-a-days?
I just wish that elected representatives do what they are supposed to do for the benefit of the people. Believe me one complete development oriented 5-year term is all that will take to turn this country around…
But in the current state, I just wish that no one votes for a candidate who does not focus on development. I feel that a dictator or a communist style would do better for the same…
But people still have faith in this wretched system… My neighbor is constructing a new house. There is lady who works in that construction… You can imagine my surprise when I heard that the lady took a 2 day leave from work just so that she can go to her native town in Tamil Nadu to vote in the assembly elections there. Whoa….
So why don’t the elected idiots realize that this is how much each vote they get is worth?
Imagine… a normal laborer forfeits 2 days work to vote…!
Just hope that the elected reps worry about something other than their own pockets…
Me? Well I do intend to vote when elections come around in my state… As said earlier it wouldn’t be for one who hasn’t done anything for the place…
When will this nation see a bright future? Hope the later generations are more honest than their predecessors…
Good night and… Good Luck
May the Force be with you!!!
Well my personal opinion is that democracy is not for development… I don’t like democracy because you end up choosing between two or more incompetent (couldn’t find any other decent words) people.
Why is it called the power of the people when the only power that people have to is to elect other people???? Shouldn’t development be the key for any government? Why is power, money, greed and corruption the key now-a-days?
I just wish that elected representatives do what they are supposed to do for the benefit of the people. Believe me one complete development oriented 5-year term is all that will take to turn this country around…
But in the current state, I just wish that no one votes for a candidate who does not focus on development. I feel that a dictator or a communist style would do better for the same…
But people still have faith in this wretched system… My neighbor is constructing a new house. There is lady who works in that construction… You can imagine my surprise when I heard that the lady took a 2 day leave from work just so that she can go to her native town in Tamil Nadu to vote in the assembly elections there. Whoa….
So why don’t the elected idiots realize that this is how much each vote they get is worth?
Imagine… a normal laborer forfeits 2 days work to vote…!
Just hope that the elected reps worry about something other than their own pockets…
Me? Well I do intend to vote when elections come around in my state… As said earlier it wouldn’t be for one who hasn’t done anything for the place…
When will this nation see a bright future? Hope the later generations are more honest than their predecessors…
Good night and… Good Luck
May the Force be with you!!!
Monday, May 08, 2006
ICE AGE 2: MOVIE REVIEW
Saw ICE AGE 2: The Meltdown over the weekend. Cool movie!!! (Get it, ice…cool…J)
The movie was well made and had a nice plot. Sid (The sloth) is hilarious as usual. Scrat and the acorn bit is also very nice. Diego (The tiger) is relegated a bit to the background this time as the focus shifts on Manny (The mammoth).
Main plot goes like this.
The Ice is melting and the inhabitants are warned against the great flood. The only hope is to cross the valley in three days and board a boat which will save everyone… Manny realises thathe is the last of the Mammoths until he discovers another one… Only this one thinks that she is a possum…:)...Cool... The rest of the movie finds manny bonding with Ellie (the lady mammoth) in a way that we would relate to... How everyone puts off their differences, fights the baddies and manage to survive the flood forms the rest of the story...
Of course... Look out for Scrat...:)
Though the first movie was better, this one definitely provides much more laughs...
So what are you waiting for??? Go watch ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN….
The movie was well made and had a nice plot. Sid (The sloth) is hilarious as usual. Scrat and the acorn bit is also very nice. Diego (The tiger) is relegated a bit to the background this time as the focus shifts on Manny (The mammoth).
Main plot goes like this.
The Ice is melting and the inhabitants are warned against the great flood. The only hope is to cross the valley in three days and board a boat which will save everyone… Manny realises thathe is the last of the Mammoths until he discovers another one… Only this one thinks that she is a possum…:)...Cool... The rest of the movie finds manny bonding with Ellie (the lady mammoth) in a way that we would relate to... How everyone puts off their differences, fights the baddies and manage to survive the flood forms the rest of the story...
Of course... Look out for Scrat...:)
Though the first movie was better, this one definitely provides much more laughs...
So what are you waiting for??? Go watch ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN….
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