Friday, June 20, 2014

14.2% rail fare hike


Remember you have to add the Service Tax on the 14.2% as well as on the 6.5% hike in the freight .....

Friday, June 13, 2014

India at the World Cup 1948 & 1950 by K.J.S.Chatrath





In 1948 World Cup India had played and lost to France 2-1.


India was invited to participate in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil considering the high standard of football those years and also keeping in view the appreciable performance of the Indian team at the 1948 Olympics. In the 1950 World Cup India were to open their campaign against Paraguay on June 25, 1950. But, as legend goes, FIFA did not allow India to take part as boots were mandatory and most Indian players were used to playing barefoot.


Those were the days my friends... ... (with apologies to Mary Hopkins).



Later....Corrigendum:Ooops....1948 was not the World Cup but the London Olympics. Sorry for the mistake.






Thursday, June 12, 2014

‘Men drop their jeans, go for coloured trousers’ by Anshul Dhamija



‘Men drop their jeans, go for coloured trousers’ by Anshul Dhamija.


No thank you. I wouldn’t like to be seen dead in shocking pink or banana green trousers…uck…



http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Men-drop-their-jeans-go-for-coloured-trousers/articleshow/33302838.cms







Tuesday, June 10, 2014

'Mera Bharat Mahaan!' by K.J.S. Chatrath



This is how 'The Hindu' put it in its edition dated 14th May, 2014.


What a gracefully smooth transition! Bravo to Indian democracy in spite of all its shortcomings!






Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Yahoo predicts 46 degrees C. in Tricity during the weekend.


Yahoo Weather is predicting mercury touching 46 degrees C. in the Tricity on the coming Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Hope Yahoo weather desk is wrong and we get a good shower instead!