I am reminded of what Thomas L Friedman said in his lecture titled 'The World is Flat 3.0' This was delivered at MIT as part of their open courseware program and can be freely downloaded on iTunesU. In this lecture he ridicules the current so called green revolution. He says: It is not a revolution. When have you heard of no one getting hurt in a revolution. It is a party out there. (or something similar to that effect).
I agree.
The Govt of India has agreed to increase the maternity leave from the existing 3 months to six months.
In addition, mothers will get 2 years of paid leave to take care of their children - during examination or illness.
This applies only to the women employed by Central Government.
For now.
I hope the private sector follow suit. The women in the private sector must not exploit such facilities though. I know of numerous cases where after availing of the maternity leave the woman employee resigns within 15 days of rejoining. Only to join some other lucrative job. There is nothing illegal about this, I am sure, but seems like shameless exploitation of facilities. You see the long leaves have a built-in trust factor that to my mind is violated here.
That said, this is will give an opportunity to so many women who cannot follow a career due to family constraints. A welcome move!
"Cops snuff out youth's life" screams a Deccan Herald news item. I think it is just to grab attention. Read through the news details and the tragedy hits your guts. A 26 year old college student going to collect his offer letter for a job fell from a motorcycle when a policeman tried to grab the speeding motorcycle on the busy highway. The bike rider wore no helmet and the police were trying to book the offenders.
Perhaps, the police could have tried other methods to stop the motorcycle. Grabing the handle of a bike is guaranteed to throw the biker off leading to serious accident, if not death. But why don't people wear helmet on bikes?
Perhaps they thing the laws of physics donot apply to them.
Frankly I do not feel sorry for the kid who died, as heartless as it may seem. I feel sorry for his parents.
My heart feels heavy as I type.
Why do the MBA's command such high salaries. I believe the pick of the pick are the financial chaps. I wonder what explanation would they come up with to explain the Wall Street meltdown, in layman's language, I mean.
Anyway, sample this:
"It seems perfectly clear leverage is going down, that banks will be more careful who they do business with, and that there is a desire to be more of an agent that a principal."
And this:
"There will be a trend toward specialization. It's hard to be in too many places. Firms will concentrate on their strengths."
And this:
"There is a new way coming, but the old way is gone. I think the old model have been destroyed, or at least cyclically challenged. We'll have to figure out when the dust settles."
Does anyone know what new words of wisdom are being offered?
"We've highest regard for Christ and Christians' work in health and education fields. The attack is only on groups engaged in conversion." So that justifies the attack on (claimed to be a case of mistaken identity) the Adoration Monastery in Mangalore, where the nuns do nothing else but pray 24x7.
Elsewhere, bomb blasts from Muslim Terrorists rip the limbs of common man in N Delhi.
In both cases the perpetrator is an Indian and Indians have suffered.
My head hangs in shame. And all I can do is blog!
Wall Street is in a state of turmoil.
Unemployment rates in US are on the rise (HP has today announced a downsizing of 25,000 odd employees).
And if the value of currency is determined in open market, will someone tell me who is upbeat about the US economy? And why?
PS: I did get the answer to this one. See Why is Dollar Appreciating?
Later on, the main stream media caught up. What fun!
Hello all cyclists of Bangalore,
We are a small community. As we cycle through the busy roads of Bangalore, dodging irresponsible motor bike riders, car drivers and equally irresponsible pedestrians who think cycles are massless objects, once in a while we pass our own kind. The least we can do is acknowledge each other - a wave, a thumbs up, a nod, a smile, anything. Come on! Spread the cheer! Show your fellow cyclist that you are enjoying your ride and hope that s/he is too.
By the way, my vote goes to any candidate of any political party who promises a cycling lane in Bangalore ( a white strip on either side of the road is not a cycling lane ).
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