Saturday, July 25, 2015

Hear...Hear!...Union Agriculture Minister Says Love Affairs and Impotency Cause of Farmer Suicides

Hear....Hear!
Shri Radha Mohan Singh: Union Agriculture Minister Says Love Affairs and Impotency Cause of Farmer Suicides....(news)

Friday, July 17, 2015

'Late Charles Correa on Chandigarh' - by K.J.S.Chatrath


"Not that Chandigarh is utopia. Far from it. The dust-catching jalis, the confusing patterns of sectors, the medieval segregation of social classes are apalling" wrote late Charles Correa in a Times of India article in 1968.

Incidentetally Correa's profile picture of that time shows him donning Le Corbusier style round spectacles!

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

'Papa, Pappu & Vyapam Scam' by K.J.S.Chatrath

Pappu: Pappa, Pappa.

Pappa: Yes Pappu.

Pappu: Calling the scam in Madhya Pradesh as 'Vyapam Scam ' is not correct.

Pappa: Then what would you call it?

Pappu: Considering how pervasive it is, one should call in 'Vyapak Scam'

Pappa: Naughty fellow. Go finish your school homework.

'Pluto: Have a heart'- or- 'Pluto has a heart!' by K.J.S.Chatrath


Photo source: NASA

The first photo of Pluto seems to be saying, "Have a heart!" or is it saying "Pluto has a heart!"

Monday, July 13, 2015

'Why suddenly the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner has become the darling of all schoolchildren of the town'- by K.J.S.Chatrath

If you want to know why suddenly the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner has become the darling of all schoolchildren of the town, then please read the article "Jaitley to visit Amritsar, schools to remain closed"- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jaitley-to-visit-Amritsar-schools-to-remain-closed/articleshow/48062278.cms.

I remember how thrilled we all used to be as school children when the schools used to get closed suddenly, as it meant 'chutti'.

As an ex- civil servant, I look at the implications of what is happening. Now that Amritsar has shown the way, where ever the Hon'ble members of the Union Council of Minsiters go, the schools would be closed for the day (Precedence hai Sirji). And soon the demand would be for the schools to be closed when the Hon'ble Minsisters or the Parliamentary Secretarys of the States go on their numerable visits.

The school children have never had it so good.

Baccho ache din aa gayay hain....Chutti hai....