I was searching for a furniture piece recently.I was amazed to see the cost of basic furniture shoot up enormously.The reason was-Wood scarcity,No natural teak and rose wood available in much of the country.Even though our population is shooting up to almost a billion,we have not cared to increase the forest cover over our country.
The end result,mass plunder and destruction of our limited forest resources to satiate an insatiable appetite for wood and allied products.
We need more NGOS to work at the grassroots in afforestry programs to solve this problem.We need an performing environmental ministry rather an namesake protagonist.
Environmental activism is needed,However what is happening is an ostrich like approach,Burying the head in the sand and failing to see reality.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Meaning of life-???
What is the meaning of life on earth?
When do you feel you have attained satisfaction?
Is it attaining unlimited money,fame,power,unlimited pleasure?
What is the meaning of life...I keep thinking...
If i have left behind children,property and charity,Have i attained the pinnacle?
What about the person who could not obtain property and wealth?
Is his life in this planet meaningless??
is it unrivalled charity?
Or is it destruction which is the ultimate aim of creation?
the "death goal" as a sociologist put it.
But anyways on a lighter note,I will postpone these serious issues to another day...
and till then............??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eat,drink,party and be merry-uncontrolled hedonism
When do you feel you have attained satisfaction?
Is it attaining unlimited money,fame,power,unlimited pleasure?
What is the meaning of life...I keep thinking...
If i have left behind children,property and charity,Have i attained the pinnacle?
What about the person who could not obtain property and wealth?
Is his life in this planet meaningless??
is it unrivalled charity?
Or is it destruction which is the ultimate aim of creation?
the "death goal" as a sociologist put it.
But anyways on a lighter note,I will postpone these serious issues to another day...
and till then............??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eat,drink,party and be merry-uncontrolled hedonism
Friday, July 9, 2010
Rising Fuel costs
What is the solution to the rising fuel costs?
option1- Switch over to renewable energy sources?
option 2- force the government to issue artificial subsidies by organizing strikes
option 3- Ban all vehicles more than 10 years or with outdated combustion systems from plying?
option 4- Improve public travel systems.ban unlimited vehicle production and distribution.Maybe we need to be a dictatorship for this to come in force.
option 5-Force all single people to use only cycles...lol
Wish some people find some innovative solutions to this terrible problem and save the natural resources of our planet..... .
option1- Switch over to renewable energy sources?
option 2- force the government to issue artificial subsidies by organizing strikes
option 3- Ban all vehicles more than 10 years or with outdated combustion systems from plying?
option 4- Improve public travel systems.ban unlimited vehicle production and distribution.Maybe we need to be a dictatorship for this to come in force.
option 5-Force all single people to use only cycles...lol
Wish some people find some innovative solutions to this terrible problem and save the natural resources of our planet..... .
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Johnny gone down-Book review
Verdict-Good, Rating-3/5
A good attempt by Karan Bajaj.
The Novel is an adventure novel and is a combination of James Bond meets Phileas Fogg meets Manmohan Desai.
The Novel traces the life of its Protagonist an Indian MIT student-Nick,who keeps stumbling from one mishap to another across different troubled spots on earth.
Nick who is on a vacation with his chum in Cambodia finds himself accidentally hurtled through the clutches of the Khmer rouge.He survives this and lands in a Monastery in Bangkok.He seems to discover a vision of life here.
He moves to the Rio branch of the monastery to indulge in evangelization to find himself trapped in the vicinities of the Rio underworld.
He himself becomes the gang-lord and eventually move to the las vegas through another whirlwind of circumstances.He develops an online gaming software worth billions when he returns to India to become a bait in an indian satta version of Russian Roulette.
This is when he realizes the whirlwind his life has taken and tries to sort out things.The author attempts a surreal psychedelic view on life.
The book is a good entertainer and opens the floodgates for an indianized version of James Hadley chase.
Some of the instances seems cliched and resembles bollywood potboilers of the 1970's,especially the last minute reunion with his college chum.
The book is a good one time read,could have been a little more down to earth.
A good attempt by Karan Bajaj.
The Novel is an adventure novel and is a combination of James Bond meets Phileas Fogg meets Manmohan Desai.
The Novel traces the life of its Protagonist an Indian MIT student-Nick,who keeps stumbling from one mishap to another across different troubled spots on earth.
Nick who is on a vacation with his chum in Cambodia finds himself accidentally hurtled through the clutches of the Khmer rouge.He survives this and lands in a Monastery in Bangkok.He seems to discover a vision of life here.
He moves to the Rio branch of the monastery to indulge in evangelization to find himself trapped in the vicinities of the Rio underworld.
He himself becomes the gang-lord and eventually move to the las vegas through another whirlwind of circumstances.He develops an online gaming software worth billions when he returns to India to become a bait in an indian satta version of Russian Roulette.
This is when he realizes the whirlwind his life has taken and tries to sort out things.The author attempts a surreal psychedelic view on life.
The book is a good entertainer and opens the floodgates for an indianized version of James Hadley chase.
Some of the instances seems cliched and resembles bollywood potboilers of the 1970's,especially the last minute reunion with his college chum.
The book is a good one time read,could have been a little more down to earth.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Save the tiger
"Tiger tiger burning bright in the forests of the night" wrote William Blake,
But time seems to be running out.
In these days of mega-cities,holiday resorts and commercial farming-Wild life conservation seems to have taken the back seat.With powerful commercial interests pitted against conservation efforts,the conservationists seem to be on the back foot.
Wish their were more people like Valmik thapar around.
We need to save our forests and their ecosystems to save the tigers.
It is a complex symbiotic web.We need to build a national people's environment movement like the chipko movement.Just preaching and cribbing will not do.
Wish something happens like in Michael Jackson's earth song.
All the uprooted forests and killed wildlife spring back to life with a prophet like Michael restoring them.Miss you Michael Jackson.
You were a visionary entertainer.
But time seems to be running out.
In these days of mega-cities,holiday resorts and commercial farming-Wild life conservation seems to have taken the back seat.With powerful commercial interests pitted against conservation efforts,the conservationists seem to be on the back foot.
Wish their were more people like Valmik thapar around.
We need to save our forests and their ecosystems to save the tigers.
It is a complex symbiotic web.We need to build a national people's environment movement like the chipko movement.Just preaching and cribbing will not do.
Wish something happens like in Michael Jackson's earth song.
All the uprooted forests and killed wildlife spring back to life with a prophet like Michael restoring them.Miss you Michael Jackson.
You were a visionary entertainer.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Bhopal Gas Tragedy-A Leviathan tragedy
The Bhopal gas tragedy has been in the news nowadays.
It has been one of the greatest industrial disasters ever to take place anywhere.
The tragedy has been compounded many times by the inaction and lack of proper settlement for the victims.
The fact that the victims got such a paltry sum for such a gigantic industrial disaster thrust at them by the callousness of a global MNC shows how far judicial activism has to go in our country.
The fact that the key player Warren Anderson was allowed to leave the country without making Dow chemicals pay its dues for the leviathan tragedy it thrust on the innocent Bhopal people is pitiable.
The case has been stretching on endlessly in courts without the hapless victims getting adequate relief and succor from the protagonists of the industrial disaster.
THIS RIGHTLY JUSTIFIES THE ADAGE-"TOO LATE IS BAD"-"JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED".
It has been one of the greatest industrial disasters ever to take place anywhere.
The tragedy has been compounded many times by the inaction and lack of proper settlement for the victims.
The fact that the victims got such a paltry sum for such a gigantic industrial disaster thrust at them by the callousness of a global MNC shows how far judicial activism has to go in our country.
The fact that the key player Warren Anderson was allowed to leave the country without making Dow chemicals pay its dues for the leviathan tragedy it thrust on the innocent Bhopal people is pitiable.
The case has been stretching on endlessly in courts without the hapless victims getting adequate relief and succor from the protagonists of the industrial disaster.
THIS RIGHTLY JUSTIFIES THE ADAGE-"TOO LATE IS BAD"-"JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED".
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Leader who had no title-Book Review- Verdict-Good
This is Robin Sharma,s latest book on personal development.
I have been a great fan of Robin Sharma one of the best author
of self development books.
The book is a fictionalized account of a Man in search of his destiny in life.
He meets a stranger who has known his father and agrees to mentor the protagonist.
He is introduced to four different people who show him how to lead life.
The four people are four extraordinary people who have accomplished much
even within rather dimunitive work profiles.
The four people lead the protagonist through their life and ultimately
make him discover four golden truths which would lead the protagonist
to discover the meaning of life and ultimately see through life's intricacies
in depth.
The book is a pretty good self development fable and ultimately delivers on its premise.It is a good one time read.
But the book seems to be based on utopian circumstances and utopian people
and hence sounds a bit ultra-glamourous.
Would want Robin to bring more down-to earth people characters in his
future works.
The world is in a great paucity of genuine leadership and hence this work is right on the dot.A world with more responsible people donning leadership mantles in the need of the day.
Anyways my final take would be -A great one-time read which makes readers evaluate their principles in life-Go for it.
I have been a great fan of Robin Sharma one of the best author
of self development books.
The book is a fictionalized account of a Man in search of his destiny in life.
He meets a stranger who has known his father and agrees to mentor the protagonist.
He is introduced to four different people who show him how to lead life.
The four people are four extraordinary people who have accomplished much
even within rather dimunitive work profiles.
The four people lead the protagonist through their life and ultimately
make him discover four golden truths which would lead the protagonist
to discover the meaning of life and ultimately see through life's intricacies
in depth.
The book is a pretty good self development fable and ultimately delivers on its premise.It is a good one time read.
But the book seems to be based on utopian circumstances and utopian people
and hence sounds a bit ultra-glamourous.
Would want Robin to bring more down-to earth people characters in his
future works.
The world is in a great paucity of genuine leadership and hence this work is right on the dot.A world with more responsible people donning leadership mantles in the need of the day.
Anyways my final take would be -A great one-time read which makes readers evaluate their principles in life-Go for it.
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