What drives a human to take another human life? Are lectures about how the other guy insulted your religion, caste, race, homeland etc enough for a person to cut 3 inches deep into another person? I sometimes wonder what would drive a normal person to the edge? Is it time..i.e taunt/torture him long enough and he breaks or increase the intensity in a shorter span of time?
Power in its most raw, naked state is one man physically overpowering another....
What pushes a man over the edge...maybe this video can explain.
No hope, no future, no family, no self-respect....no nothing. All under the garb of something you dont know about and said by someone you never met. I am against extremists of any kind, but people who act god-sent while killing, oppressing, maiming etc are on top of my hate list...
Showing posts with label scary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scary. Show all posts
Monday, July 7, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
India------ low cost= satisfaction
Indians have a habit of starting ventures enthusiastically and loosing steam half-way through. We have the BMWs/Bentleys etc coming into the country with no roads to drive them on. Hell we have cars and no road discipline. Indian industry still believe that if the consumer is given goods at a cheap price- safety & service can be compromised. The Indian consumer too is oriented to think that once I get something at a reasonable cost its a sin to ask for decent service and safety. Case in point:
1) Indian Airline Industry: it exploded with low cost airlines coming into the picture to replace train travel. Wonderful. The Indian middle class had access to flying like never before. What we have forgotten over the past few years is that-
a) Our airports are not in a position to handle air traffic- infrastructure, manpower and expertise wise. There are animals roaming on the runway and new international route airports are perfect for smuggling goods into/out of the country.
b) Saw a documentary on Headlines today which said there were 40 pilots found to be drunk right before they were to fly. These figures are from Jan-June 2008. What is more scary is that the minister of civil aviation when asked what he felt about this issue dismissed it as a petty matter. Petty? Wonder if we can have an alcoholic pilot flying his planes.
c) Pilot crunch in the sector leads to pilot fatigue. TOI this morning reported that both pilots on a Jaipur-Mumbai flight slept off and overshot the destination. They were half way to Goa when they woke up.
d) Have heard rumors of the Delhi ATC going off-line for about an hour and a flight landing at Chennai and taking off while still in motion because there was another plane on the runway....
All airlines btw have declared losses this year. Flights have been canceled to quite a few destinations. Laloo must be smiling to himself.
Let's wait till a plane crashes into a big mountain, maybe then we can have sober and rested pilots, operational ATC and animal less runways.........for a little while at least.
Coming soon----Telecom Industry
1) Indian Airline Industry: it exploded with low cost airlines coming into the picture to replace train travel. Wonderful. The Indian middle class had access to flying like never before. What we have forgotten over the past few years is that-
a) Our airports are not in a position to handle air traffic- infrastructure, manpower and expertise wise. There are animals roaming on the runway and new international route airports are perfect for smuggling goods into/out of the country.
b) Saw a documentary on Headlines today which said there were 40 pilots found to be drunk right before they were to fly. These figures are from Jan-June 2008. What is more scary is that the minister of civil aviation when asked what he felt about this issue dismissed it as a petty matter. Petty? Wonder if we can have an alcoholic pilot flying his planes.
c) Pilot crunch in the sector leads to pilot fatigue. TOI this morning reported that both pilots on a Jaipur-Mumbai flight slept off and overshot the destination. They were half way to Goa when they woke up.
d) Have heard rumors of the Delhi ATC going off-line for about an hour and a flight landing at Chennai and taking off while still in motion because there was another plane on the runway....
All airlines btw have declared losses this year. Flights have been canceled to quite a few destinations. Laloo must be smiling to himself.
Let's wait till a plane crashes into a big mountain, maybe then we can have sober and rested pilots, operational ATC and animal less runways.........for a little while at least.
Coming soon----Telecom Industry
Monday, June 9, 2008
I love my India
Our judiciary is under constant criticism for its apathy towards its citizen. A politically sensitive prisoner has little or no hope of getting a verdict in his/her lifetime from this system. Was reading the TOI this morning and came across an article in which Mohammed Afzal- the 2001 Indian Parliament attack accused said:
"I don't think the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government can ever reach a decision. The Congress party has two mouths and is playing a double game". He also goes on to say that if LK Advani was the PM he (LKA) would act swiftly in deciding his plight one way or the other while the present government is dilly-dallying his death sentence.
I wonder if a man like Afzal who is mentally stronger than most Indian being trained as a terrorist and all is crumbling to the apathy of the system, how ordinary citizens handle it?
Go BJP....make a political issue.
read the article here
"I don't think the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government can ever reach a decision. The Congress party has two mouths and is playing a double game". He also goes on to say that if LK Advani was the PM he (LKA) would act swiftly in deciding his plight one way or the other while the present government is dilly-dallying his death sentence.
I wonder if a man like Afzal who is mentally stronger than most Indian being trained as a terrorist and all is crumbling to the apathy of the system, how ordinary citizens handle it?
Go BJP....make a political issue.
read the article here
Monday, March 17, 2008
Private Treaties- Scary or Innovative
Launched in 2004, the treaties translate into the cash-rich BCCL (The Times of India Group) picking up equity stakes in companies in return for promoting those “partners” through long-term advertising and other publicity deals.
So give me a part of your company and I will give you Advt. space. It this brand extension or any other marketing jargon? I think not. First of all this information is not public knowledge and most companies are not related to the BCCL business.
read here!
So give me a part of your company and I will give you Advt. space. It this brand extension or any other marketing jargon? I think not. First of all this information is not public knowledge and most companies are not related to the BCCL business.
read here!
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