Interim Solutions

I deliberated for some time before penning this post. Is it appropriate to add on to the millions of theories on the fate of MH370 when at this exact moment there are people grieving deeply about their loved ones who were aboard the flight ?. A moment of silence before I continue any further. With all due respect to all involved , I have three theories which I want to put forward regarding what led to flight MH370 travelling in the end in almost exact opposite direction to its original destination (assuming it ended its journey in the Southern Indian Ocean, as confirmed by Inmarsat ) . 1) Got Lost Theory :  There could have been a onboard technical event that progressively reduced the aircrafts communication abilities without the pilots necessarily noticing it i.e ACARs going off , transponders going off and potentially the ability to making may day calls going off . Potentially this degeneration in capabilities also led to a lose in the navigational ab...

Will the Russian engagement in Crimea set the tone for neo-colonial interventions in future ? I admit it is bit of a unique situation with Crimeans themselves appearing to be confused about their identity . There is one country which is watching closely and presumably seeking to cultivate such confusion actively (if not already). China must surely be encouraged by the response of the international community to the issue ?. Where do you think this model will play out next - islands in South China Sea , Tawang , Northern Myanmar , Taiwan ?? Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate." ― Edward W. Said

Zustand meiner Füße spiegeln den Zustand meines Geistes !!! ( State of my feet determine the state of my mind) !!!   Phew !! What if such prophecies turn out to be true ??? Ofcourse - Limits of my (ands your) language mean the limits of mine (and your ) world !! as aptly put by master Wittgenstein  !!

Kremlin was a room right in the middle of the corridor connecting the left and right blocks of the Men’s Hostel. It was also next to the stairs and to the doorway that led to the Mess. The strategic location was one of the probable reasons why one of the oldest civilizations in my college hostel had born, thrived and flourished there.   Like the ancient civilizations that thrived near rivers, civilizations in hostel thrived at strategic locations like that of Kremlin. Kremlin was an establishment, “A place where you find drunks at any given time’, hang out place , hide out place, civilization and a hostel room all at the same time. Kremlin was obviously not that from prehistoric times, at first it was like any other room in the hostel with green enamel painted doors (that was fun to peel off) and white washed walls. Room number was neatly stencilled in white paint and was painted over and re-stencilled every year, but that was of course before the frogs came. Kremlin wa...

It has been a long while at least a year since I have had the luxury of reading a novel at ease. I chanced upon some free time (by no means at ease, but still ..) and by greater chance I got hold of the much celebrated Malayalam novel Aatujiveetham ( Aadujiveetham actually , Goat Life ). My experience reading the book and finishing it one and a half sitting compares well to the description of the first (and the last) rain that Najeeb the protagonist experiences in an unknown part of the vast Arabian desert. At first the rain and the novel ushers in me a wave of fear and pain of not having experienced such a powerful yet familiar form of art for a long time. Then much like what the rain does to Najeeb, familiarity, joy and exhilaration returns and takes over the reins of the parched soul and the spirit. I had spent more than most of last year or so busy with the business of life leaving my spirits to the mercy of parched desert-like intellectual conditions and then comes a...

Conventional COE (Cost of Electricity) calculations based on engineering models typically indicate that cost-uncertain (unpredictable) non-renewable sources are more investment worthy than cost-certain renewables. Ofcourse for same reasons risky high yielding junk bonds appeal to the investors' imagination than low yielding secure treasury bonds (Not Greek ones and the newly announced Indian ones ??). On the same vein wouldn't in a fully TRP integrated Advertisment market - Ad slots before Sehwag comes into bat (when he used to) cost much more than when Dravid did (when he used to) ? getting closer to demystifying popular preference trends are we ?

Q: Why do you do it ? A: No reply Q : For the money ? A: No, for the juices - Apple , Orange and Fresh Lime !!