Tongue in cheek

Mumbai’s Traffic Is Faster Than Quickest Snail: Andy Mukherjee

An excerpt,

‘Archie, the garden mollusk that won the 1995 World Snail Racing Championship at the Congham Church’s annual fete in Norfolk, U.K., covered a 13-inch circular course in 2 minutes.

That record, which remains unbroken, gave the plodding slug a speed of almost 10 meters per hour.

Cars and taxis in Mumbai, by comparison, are 1,500 times faster. Motorists are now zipping through town at a breakneck speed of 15 kilometers (9 miles) per hour, according to Bombay First, an advocacy group that still uses the city’s old name.’

For the record, the flight from Chennai to mumbai takes about 1.5 hours while it took me about 2.5 hours to travel from Mumbai airport to Mulund.

(link via India Uncut)

Office space

This is really funny. I can totally relate to the printer thing.

This one from Office Space is an all time classic.

(First link via India Uncut)

LG Viewty

Drooooool.

Jodha - Akbar - Short review

Grand.

A little too long.

Good performances.

Good music.

Worth a watch. On the big screen.

Yeh subprime kya hai?

Unless you’ve had your head buried in sand for the past few months, or have been living in a cave in the mountains with no contact with the human world, you probably know about the whole subprime-liquidity-credit crunch situation that has been haunting the world markets for the last many months.

I am no expert on the topic, but have a very basic idea of the situation. What I do have is a very good primer on the ongoing crisis. The link is :

http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/2871 - also click on the links within the article to uncover a wealth of information of the various related topics/issues.

Of course, this piece is far from perfect but it is a very good start if you are completely uninitiated. It gives a macro picture to the whole case.

Also check out this link for a ground level report, the root cause of all this :

http://www.ocregister.com/news/loans-camile-percent-1806121-subprime-loan

Match Summary - caught Ethics bowled Eco

Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the post match report of the first of the three ODIs between the CFAI and VP at the Thakur College stadium on Dec 3,Sunday. It was a full house today with almost 3500 turning up for the much-awaited match up.

Without much ado, lets get to the action. VP had predecided on a very unconvetional batting order with FSA and Asset Valuation (AV+PF) opening the innings followed by Ethics,Quant in the middle and Eco bringing up the tail.

Since it was home ground, VP had a slight advantage over others and rightfully got cracking in the first innings with FSA and AV completing in record time(1.5 hrs). Then came the middle order. Ethics was always going to be tricky and was on a tricky wicket from the word go.Finally after wasting much time in the initial deliveries, panic set in and started hitting blindly (a la Sehwag).
Then came an unanticipated respite in the form of Quant.It played above expectations and was completed in normal time. Eco lived up to its tailender reputation by hitting almost all deliveries blindly.All in all the first session, the performance was a little above expectations.

The unexpected performance in the first innings gave rise to renewed fears of a fightback by the CFAI in the noon session. And truly, compared to the first, the 2nd session was a disaster. Except FSA and to some extent AV, no player could read the pitch correctly and the middle order collapsed like a pack of cards.The tailender didn’t even give a glimpse of a fightback.The less said the better about the second session.

So, the final decision rests in the hands of the Third Umpire(CFAI) . Fingers Crossed (both hands and feet).Let’s hope the first session performance gets the team through.