Go read Rajesh's mini-autobiography "On Turning 40," which he did last year on August 15th (but posted it only today because he was on break from blogging.) Please to note that the "Atanu Dey" he mentions in there is indeed yours truly 🙂 I will take this opportunity to publicly recognize that it is an … Continue reading Rajesh Jain “On Turning 40”
Day: February 20, 2008
Be Vewy Vewy Quiet
Found on the web. A little rascal. A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper: “Hello.” “Is your daddy home?” he asked. … Continue reading Be Vewy Vewy Quiet
Alan Watts: The Vegetable Root Discourses
[Here is a transcript from one of the scores of Alan Watts' talks I have in mp3 format.] [Begin transcript of Alan's talk.] I’m not really a musician but it just so happens that I have in front of me a fabulous instrument which the Japanese call koto. I suppose it would be best described … Continue reading Alan Watts: The Vegetable Root Discourses
Advani’s Address to FICCI
Mr L K Advani, the leader of the opposition in the lower house of the parliament (Lok Sabha), addressed the 80th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi on 15 February 2008. Here are some excerpts: I can, in all humility, claim that ours … Continue reading Advani’s Address to FICCI
