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Monthly Archives: April 2004

Power Shift by Alvin Toffler

23-Apr-04

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Blog’s RSS Feed. Or my Comment’s RSS Feed. Your funny bone is definitely as big as your femur!Amazing book. Close to five hundred pages and just 100 Indian rupees (at the old books store).
A proud me carried the book home, refusing the khaki […]

Sonia yet to find friends

21-Apr-04

Very special, double strong coffee …err…correspondent Jamshed V Rajan will be covering the Election beat. Irregularly of course.
By Jamshed V Rajan
Delhi: This scribe did not expect somebody of the stature of Mr Vajpayee to come out against Sonia Gandhi’s nationality. But on second thoughts one wonders…maybe…just maybe the present Indian Prime Minster could be […]

I am 4,69,094,588th richest in the World

19-Apr-04

I have always known richness as a relative term. And have always thought that I hailed from a family which - was, is and always will be - as rich as the coffee they serve at Foodcourt (an eating joint in my office building). Guess, that explains my eagerness in finding out where I stand […]

Writing on the wall

16-Apr-04

Times (New Roman) are not too good. A Century (Gothic) back cricket was played in the spirit of the game. The way they play it today is Comic (Sans).Gone is the rule Book(man old style). Enter emotional Impact. The Microsoft (Sans Serif) appeals have given way to persuasion of the umpires; at times threats.
Though there […]

My quote (you can quote me on that)

13-Apr-04

Do onto others what you do not want them to do and then run.
- Jamshed V Rajan

My Creative Thoughts

13-Apr-04

Somebody once said, “It’s a good idea to keep on good terms with everybody, especially with your wife, your banker, your stomach, and your conscience.” If that somebody had worked in a corporate, he would have added ‘colleagues’ to that long list.
Yesterday when my boss was chiding me for not being creative at work, I […]

Shaving….

09-Apr-04

Has your father ever chased you around the house to apply that dirty lather (that’s what one thought till one started shaving) on your cheeks? If the answer is no, you would probably not understand the romance involved.

My father was trying on my sisters, and me what he had already tried on my mother. I […]

My father once owned a bank

08-Apr-04

A series of blogs on my father, in the hope that he doesnot end up reading it. I am in luck: for my father the internet is as good as a fishing net …
I know it is hard to believe, but my father once owned a bank. Yes, a bank.
Name: Royal Ramawamy’s Bank
Account Holders: Three […]