Child Bear and Coldless Phone

Around a decade back I was working for THE SPORTS CHANNEL and traveling all over the boondocks of Rajasthan and UP. In those travails ( oops travels )I saw lots of examples of indi-genius use of the English language. The gems being Coaching Clashes for young children in Muzzafarnagar and Child Bear at a 'English Wine and Beer Shop' on the way to Ajmer. Those days I didnt have access to digital cameras or NOKIAS and so could never take a pic for posterity. But I was always impressed and amused by this amazing ability to understand deeper aspirations. i mean what better to teach the young of Muzaffarnagar but clashes. And how best to get young users for beer but through child beer or maybe they had the Pint bottles in Ajmer .
But yesterday I saw the great Indian invention. Move Over Chinese phones, here comes the ultimate handset, the Indian phone that keeps you safe and sound. protects from sneezes and flu - The great Indian COLDLESS PHONE.Available in the heart of posh South Delhi.

Bomb Blasts and the spirit of Indians

I was tempted to use Delhites in place of Indians but then thought that across the country this must be the case.
People are more interested in being a Tamashai rather than be prudent and be safe.
Around an hour back just outside our office in Barakhamba Road, N Delhi two small packets were found unclaimed on the pavement. Due to the heightened security post the bomb blasts very soon there were some policemen who came to check the stuff. Since it was sealed they called the bomb squad.
Generally that area has some 100 people mulling around but with the news of the bomb spreading like wildfire (it spread to our floor which is 10 floors up ) there was soon a crowd of 500-600 people surrounding the bomb. And on being told to move back and be safe they were behaving like football defenders being told to move back by the referee. They were so reluctant to move back that it seemed the cops were asking them to do something illegal.
Anyways even our cops are crazy, the bomb disposal squad was without any protective gear and if anything had happened I swear I at least would have felt that they deserved it.
I think this episode should have been filmed and telecast all over the media networks so that the Indian mujahideens would just give up trying to scare people by their stupid idiotic acts.

Big Bang and The world coming to an End

I am generally reasonably well informed. I mean I might not know the present price of potatoes in Burkina Fasso but am aware of who Sarah Palin is and where Singur is. So it came as a big surprise to me when I reached office yesterday afternoon to be told that tomorrow is Apocalypse.
It seems there is this mega experiment happening as per Reuters which will enact the start of the universe and so there will be a black hole which will suck everything. It seemed straight out of India TV, Aaj Tak or IBN7.
That brought us all to discussing about how the standards of news has fallen. Every other day the Breaking News is about How demons have come, Chudails in a village and commissioner ka kutta gum.
In this case at least there is some scientific stuff happening and so the genesis of the story but what is the base of all these stupid stories which pass of as news. Who is responsible? who can the public look up to when the 'venerable' Rajedeep Sardesais channel carry such trash.