ONE TOO MANY
Spiritual gurus have preached temperance in all worldly affairs. It is well known that excess of everything is evil. It creates problems. We have seen what happens to our friends when they take ‘one too many’ in the bar. What is worrying me is the fate of an extremely balanced person, Nazar Singh, who is known to have maintained excellent health through controlled eating …
AN ELECTION MANIFESTO
Originally posted on 3rd April 2011 : The elections in the Punjab, UP, Uttarakhand and a couple of minor states have just been completed. We heard a lot of speeches. Political parties have promised many things. As a wag said, a politician can vow to make a bridge even where no river exists. Across our western borders, the politicians are …
The Advantages of living after 50
Originally posted on 22 May 2011 : Living after fifty has some advantages, but living after sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety has many more. Raj Chatterji is ninety five, and in his inimitable style, he has said something in one of his middles which should be etched on stone and be made compulsory reading for every child who goes to the …
A COMMON HERITAGE
Originally posted on 2nd March 2011 : I find that our Police force has inherited its ethos from the legacy of the colonial era. I have received a link to a youtube clip of a TV program in Pakistan, which depicts the functioning of the police on the western side of our border. It has been created in the lighter …
T & D Losses
Originally posted on 4th March 2011 : A few years ago, I was invited to participate in a seminar on the captioned subject. For those who may not be familiar with Electrical Engineering, the full form of the above acronym is ‘Transmission & Distribution Losses” As expected, the most eminent engineers on the globe spoke about ‘conducting materials. transformers and …
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ‘THE KING’ AND ‘A PRIME MINISTER’
Originally posted on 23rd Aug 2011 : You have ‘hit the nail on its head’ Arvind Kejriwal is miles ahead of Rahul Gandhi in academic and professional achievements. With a B Tech from IIT Kgp and after renouncing his job in the prestigious Indian Revenue Service (the first cousins of the IAS) he has a tall stature. Rahul Gandhi, on …
LONGER THAN THE LONGEST DAY
In school we were taught that the summer solistice occurs on about the 21st June in the northern hemisphere and that is the longest day, in the year. Later when we were in the Academy, a book with the title, “The Longest Day” was published which contained an account of the Allied landings on Normandy in France on 6 June 1944 which …
