“Five minutes before the voting on the confidence motion commenced in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sitting on the first seat on the Treasury side, appeared nervous. His hands were folded and a bunch of papers had covered the buttons, one of which needed to be pressed to muster the vote in favour of his leadership and in the government.”
Needed to be pressed by whom? By Dr. Manmohan Singh himself?
I would like to point out that the Prime Minister is a member of Rajya Sabha, not that of Lok Sabha. So, Dr. Manmohan Singh can / could / did not vote for saving his own Government in Lok Sabha!
However, the first paragraph of report reads “India Test captain Anil Kumble is confident his experienced top order would cope with Sri Lanka’s new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis”.
Taming a bowler and coping up with a bowler are two different affairs. The former is about disciplining the bowler by the batsman, while the latter refers to the survival of a batsman against a willy bowler. It appears Rediff has goofed up (as usual?).
Anyway, for taming or coping with, either Mendis should open the bowling attack (which is unlikely) or the Indian top order has to survive the pace battery Vaas and Co.!
Without reading this post further, can you tell me what is “Yes Entry”?
If we are not allowed to enter a road marked “No Entry” by a vehicle, we should enter a road only if it is marked “Yes Entry” (according to my 5 years old daughter- Manisha)!
After Nanopolitan was classified as an attack site by Google Gods (in the terminology of Abi), it is the turn of Deccan Herald to fall out of favor from GG. Visit Deccan Herald using Firefox 3.0, and what do you find? If you choose to ignore the warning and go ahead with browsing, you have got Hobson’s choice. The “Ignore this Warning” link does not work!
(Unusual: from my site you may be able to visit Deccan Herald using Firefox 3.0, but if you start from Samachar.com, you can not. At least I couldn’t).
If you still want to browse the Deccan Herald, you got to ban Firefox 3.0 on your system and use IE7!
There was a time, when thieves used to steal tap fittings (made of brass) located outside the house. The effect: all brass fittings were changed to plastic.
Now, they have started stealing petrol from the two-wheelers parked outside the house, by cutting open the petrol pipe and draining the petrol tank.
Singers start their concert with a song praising God
In an examination or test, students mark “2″ at the top of every page (they believe “2″ represents Lord Ganesha) or “shri”
If you buy a new vehicle, the very first place you go (may be forced by your wife) is a temple
What about blogging? Why not start the blog with a post about God?
So does Abishek.
He started blogging, with the very first post on God, with opening remarks- “This being my first blog [post], let me start with GOD !”, BUT with a twist!
I took this snap at Kodaikanal last week. On that particular day, the temperature was lying between 12 and 16OC. Yet, the monkey in the pic should have felt hot!
According to this (ppt) report [1] from Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, the total number of crimes reported to police is 6.1 million annually. As I am typing this, the instantaneous population of India is 1,129,771,300 (source: National Commission on Population). That means, for every 1000 persons, 5.4 number of complaints are registered with police annually.
CNN-IBN reports that nearly 63,000 complaints were filed against policemen across the country in 2006 and the figure has increased in the last two years. You can believe this report, as it is not far away from reality. Just have a look at Table 16(A) on page 481 of this pdf report [2] from National Crime Records Bureau. The total strength of civil police in India is 1,012,000 [1]. That means, for every 1000 police, 62.25 number of complaints are registered on an average annually!
The number of crimes committed (and reported) by (civil) police themselves is one order of magnitude greater than the national average, if all the complaints against them are genuine! However, again all the 6.1 million complaints reported need not be genuine.
The strength of armed police in India is 363,000 [1]. If we add the two numbers, the total strength police force in India is 1,375,000. If we take the ratio again, it amounts to 45.82 number of complaints against police, per 1000 police. Still it is one order of magnitude greater than the national average. Horrifying, isn’t it?
After the Indian cricket team, boasting the best batting line up in the world (on paper?), was beaten by minnows, there were a few knee-jerk reactions in the media. Here is my reaction, at my blog.
I propose to the BCCI to have a separate research department. This research wing would carry out research and develop a few innovative gadgets that may improve the on-field performance of Team India.
Here is my list of possible gadgets with applications of Heat Transfer. The BCCI may even hire me to develop these gadgets, with a salary equal to that of an icon player of IPL!
A helmet with ice packs to keep the head cool under pressure-cooker situations. The player wearing this helmet will not panic under pressure.
Laser ablator for grass on the pitch: This gadget will simply ablate the grass on the pitch (vaporise within nanoseconds), or the residual grass which is left on the pitch after cutting at the behest of Indian skipper. The pitch will be left with no tint of grass. The absence of grass on the pitch will make it easy for the Indian batsmen.
Heavy roller for the pitch with heating facility: The heavy roller would make any pitch flat. You know any Indian cricketer is a hero on the flat pitches. In addition, the heater present in the roller would evaporate the moisture in the pitch during the early hours of play (before Sun heats and evaporates the dampness in the pitch). Indian batsmen can not bat on damp pitches, you know.
Cricket ball heater: Whenever dew is present, the ball would get wet and bowlers can not grip the ball while bowling. The ball heater could be used to heat the ball and evaporate the moisture so that the Indian bowlers can grip the ball well.
Internal ball heater: A heater is present inside the cricket ball, which is remote controlled. Whenever an Indian batsman hits the ball directly to a fielder, this heater is remotely switched on, and the ball becomes very hot. Even if the fielder catches the ball, he has to drop it!
Note: The gadget no. 2 and 3 should be used only after Indian team bowls (first).
