Posts from — October 2003

An excellent analysis of why Sharad Pawar is trying to rock the political boat by reviving the issue of Sonia Gandhi’s “foreign nationality”.

Its Hasta La Vista to Davis as Arnie wins in California.

I think this is an excellent idea!

Go check it out!

They’ve found worms in two samples of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolates.

So FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has ordered the seizure of these chocolates all over Mumbai. But I don’t agree with this step taken by the FDA. I mean… it’ll be a logistical nightmare to collect all the Dairy Milk chocolates from every nook and cranny of Mumbai, won’t it?!

The FDA should’ve made a public announcement that went somewhat like… “People in Mumbai are hereby instructed to consume Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolates only with Pepsi or Coke. The pesticides in the colas will be put to good use by using them to kill off the worms found in the Dairy milk chocolates!!“

Police have asked Shiv Sena not to use loudspeakers at their annual Dussera rally.. Now, I fail to understand how the police expect a massive rally to be held without the use of loudspeakers. Every year, tens of thousands of people turn up at Shivaji Park for the annual Dussera rally by Shiv Sena. This rally is used by the Sena to talk about party policies and future plans. And this has been an annual feature for the past 38 years. I wonder how the police expect the speakers to address the huge crowd without loudspeakers.

As per the court order, the use of loudspeakers is prohibited within 100 metres of a place of worship. The venue of the rally - Shivaji Park in central Mumbai - falls within the 100 metre periphery of a Ganesh temple.

The temple that is being referred to here is the Udyan Ganesh temple which lies at the periphery of the ground. Knowing the temple and the ground, I’m certain that this police activism is purely poilitically motivated!!