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Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 8:43 AM § in , ,

Mayawati's tryst with Keynesian economics

In Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, one lady is engaged in the remarkable task of applying Keynesian economics to revive her state's economy. That is none other than Mayawati, the most charismatic person in India after sam anderson! According to John Maynard Keynes, during a recession [...]

Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 9:04 AM § in , , ,

The Lampoon Interview:IIT JEE Topper

This is the first edition of the Lampoon Interview(LI). The LI features interviews of famous and not so famous people who, owing to their exceptional words or deeds,have been deemed be worthy of being lampooned. For the first edition of the Lampoon interview, we have with us Mugeshwaran Iyer(MI), [...]

Monday, June 15, 2009 - 8:16 AM § in , , , ,

The Numbers Game

ZERO: The average IQ of the SONY SET MAX Extra Innings team. 1:No of people who read my blog regularly.(Including me, that is!) 3:No of times Dhoni uses the words obviously/of course in a sentence. 13:Total No of people who watched the santosh trophy final. 75:Amount in lakhs spent by VIT management to be ranked 10th best engg college in India, ahead of all the NIT's 364: Duration, in days, of [...]

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 9:27 AM § in ,

My Fair Lady

The Women's reservation bill has been in the news lately, and it has spurred a series of articles, debates and discussions. In principle I am against any sort of reservation, be it for women in parliament or for the backward classes/communities in educational institutions. A reservation is basically a compromise on merit, although I doubt merit has any relevance in the context of politics. Then again [...]

8:29 AM

Castigat Ridendo Mores

The raison d'etre of this blog can be explained by the above latin phrase, "Castigat Ridendo Mores", which translates to one who corrects customs by laughing at them, which is a figurative expression for a blunt critic. I believe that if one can't solve the problems of the world, the next best thing is to laugh at them! I also believe that it is futile to laugh at others if one can't laugh at oneself. [...]