Category — Asides

A few days ago, UN requested us to eat less meat to reduce global warming. Fair enough, I say! But then, another set of researchers have warned us that going vegetarian can lead to a shrinkage of brain! Bring on the meat, I say!!

George Bush’s ’secret’ letter to the US congress, published by the Washington Post, exposes the inconsistencies in the assurances that Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, gave to the Indian parliament while saving his government. No more “Singh is King” then?!

If you’ve been as bamboozled by Ajantha Mendis’ carrom ball as the Indian batsmen have been, then you ought to unravel the method behind this “mystery” ball by reading how the Australian bowlers John Iverson and John Gleeson used to bowl in a similar fashion many decades ago.

If you’re in Mumbai and are worried about the taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers fleecing you by charging you based on wrong/fictional tariff cards, then you can carry the official/authorized tariff cards for taxis and auto-rickshaws. Of course, that doesn’t stop you from being fleeced due to tampered meters and/or round-about routes. ;-)

Micro-blogging trumps traditional media once again. Twitter blog reports how the tweets about the Los Angeles earthquake started at least 9 minutes before it was reported by AP. Back home, I tweeted about the mild 4.2 pointer temblor that shook Maharashtra last night about 20 minutes before the news channels started their “Breaking News” tickers about the quake.