tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74163582012-01-23T13:19:01.981-05:00Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.comBlogger1631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-10117582292471338202012-01-22T22:21:00.000-05:002012-01-22T22:21:52.140-05:00

Just came across an interesting column from Francis Fukuyama published in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs. The column is a wide ranging commentary on current state of world. It is about impact of financial crises of 2008 on western world, nature of protests around the world, drawbacks of existing form of capitalism and democracy, few alternatives to the existing model and

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I was all riled up when India meekly capitulated to Australia in the third test at Perth. But then I had epiphany. It made perfect sense. Playing for India is irrelevant. It used to be an honor, a privilege. The respect you earn for representing your country, the allure of joining a club so select that only few hundred people in last 50 years have managed to join. Not only you have to be a

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Once you bite the apple there is no going back!  The recent performance of Indian team in England needs no introduction. No cricketing team ranked Number One has played as poorly as Indian team did. As if losing a series wasn’t bad enough India didn’t even win a single international game. Not even a single one-day international. I blame this shameful performance to IPL.  Gautam Gambhir a

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-16087970342453752042011-07-20T00:57:00.006-04:002012-01-22T22:26:27.498-05:00

Digvijay ‘Doggy’ Singh, the current professional ‘ sewer dweller’ of Indian politics is at it again! When bombs went off killing dozens of innocents on the busy streets of Mumbai most of us were, at first, shocked to see mayhem then sad to see the human loss and finally enraged to witness, yet again, the sheer incompetence, impotency and criminal negligence of ruling party. But Digvijay,

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It was the last hour of the third test. India, the recently crowned one-day cricket world champions, had five wickets in hand and only 86 runs to score. Any sane person would bet for India. It's just makes sense. A good 15 overs were in hand, sun was shining brightly. There was nothing stopping India from cruising to victory and win the already won cricket series. Yet Indian captain offered to

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The news that US is trying to have peace dialogue with Taliban shouldn’t be surprising. But is it really a good sign? Given the conditions at home and on the war front, there is no way in hell that US could stay put in Afghanistan any longer. Moreover, what is there to achieve anyways? Even if they spend next hundred years in Afghanistan they will You see, US troops have home to go but Taliban

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I thought that there is no need to write about building mosque near Ground Zero site. The twin towers were destroyed by Islamic militants and to build a mosque next to the site would be too inflammatory to a lot of people. Apparently, the permission was given last year and the controversy started only this year. What ever may be the case the fact is that the decision to build Islamic community

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One of my good friends is doing her residency in US medical school. The US medical school system work little different than India. Here a student has to do regular graduation before going into medical school for their MBBS and then they go for residency where they finish the specialization in one field. Medical residency is a practical experience that all the medical doctors have to take in a

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-68479910967264282402010-08-06T10:32:00.013-04:002010-08-11T14:08:08.055-04:00

The Leaks created drama for a week. And then nothing! The US media was buzzing with analysis and counter-analysis and all of it conspicuously stopped. One can argue that these leaks are creating havoc thousands of miles away from US mainland and perhaps that explains the apathy of US populace towards back-stabbing drama. But, what about Indians or Indian government? Shouldn't’t they be more

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I will be honest, I never thought Lebron will go to Miami. I was putting my money on him going to Chicago. I knew he isn’t going to stay in Cleveland. That team had bloated contracts and they weren’t in a position to acquire any other players. Knicks – a long shot to begin with. If he were to go there then one, he would have to believe in Knicks management for getting other good players and

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-80685516892935165872010-06-23T16:06:00.003-04:002010-06-23T16:14:55.834-04:00

No, I didn’t meet Raavan and No, this is not a philosophical musing on him either. After more than three years I watched a Hindi movie – Raavan in the theaters. Watching the movie, so many thoughts were racing in my mind, trust me not the good kind of thoughts, that my brain had indigestion. So like a good ranter I decided to write a blog. I just couldn’t fathom the wastage of money in making

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LeBron James is so ubiquitous that an alien landing on mother earth would probably think that LeBron is dunking his way to the title. And that alien (I am talking about the one coming from out of space!) doesn’t even need to be a basketball fanatic. For the love of sweet bananas even Obama is weighing on LJ’s next move. Unfortunately though LeBron is probably having cold shower at home thinking

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 So, Western nations sounded red alert for their citizens traveling to India. According to them (US, UK, Australia and even Canada!) another terrorist attack is imminent in New Delhi. I don’t think I heard anything of this sort coming from Indian government. But then to expect that is to believe that the current administration is actually interested in saving and protecting Indians. They are not

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-24584542581313837802010-04-23T09:21:00.001-04:002010-04-23T09:21:33.225-04:00

The story in the Ramayana goes like this - Jatayu was a magnificent bird with huge wing span bearing greatest of strength. He also had a brother possessing equal, if not more, strength and propensity to show off. They both would roam the skies touching the stars at will. Then they decided to get closer to the Sun. By then they were flying on ego rather than their strength. Obviously their time

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It was very disturbing and frustrating to see US agencies apprehending Mr. Hadley from Chicago and then convicting him for his role in orchestrating Mumbai massacre and actually, make him sing about his activities. And in the mean time we are still grappling to convict the terrorist who was caught on camera spraying bullets in innocent Mumbaikars. To say that our judicial and political system is

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-18082625395423147972010-03-04T16:19:00.001-05:002010-03-12T07:46:27.401-05:00

It was depressing to read New York Times article on possible debt crises in United Kingdom a day after I published my blog. It also shows how our rating agencies are still soundly sleeping at the wheels. They recently threatened to cut ratings of Greece. It’s like Doctor showing up when patient is already dead. It’s just useless. The ratings are supposed to show the financial strength of the bond

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The Greece’s problem is emblematic in various ways. All though the base line story is heard numerous times in recent period. Especially so in the housing bubble. We have a party (a country in this case) borrowing beyond their means and bankers who helped them not only in borrowing but also masking the debt in such a way that the party could borrow more. The bankers reaped hefty fees (Goldman

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-44714449996012911982010-01-29T15:01:00.000-05:002010-01-29T15:02:01.837-05:00

It’s funny to see Pakistani reaction to recent IPL auction. I mean, common, they should be the first one to get picked. In fact in the name of inclusiveness, IPL should be rechristened (this word may be blasphemous to the Islamic state of Pakistan!)as PPL – Pakistan Premier League. (No relation to Muslim League) They have done so much for the world and particularly for India that snubbing them

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-23335175391890586012010-01-07T15:43:00.001-05:002010-01-07T21:05:56.301-05:00

Honestly speaking I am not a technology guy at all. I love technology and I follow it quite a bit but my interest lay more in the Sales and Market Share. It’s good to know the OS that my iPhone works on but that doesn’t excite me as much. Yet one thing that stuck in my throat like tiny fish-bone is that during all the hoopla, discussions, articles and blogs over major events of last decade, Apple

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-61850540835690818552009-12-17T16:41:00.001-05:002009-12-17T16:43:25.549-05:00

One of the constant criticisms emerging from recent credit crises is that financial engineering does not do any good to the society. To dismiss the whole work stream merely as jugglery that provides intellectual satisfaction to the brainy and a nightmare to the general public is kind of unfair. It’s like saying anything related to Nuclear reactor is bad. It depends on what you using nuclear

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-73391603427434045342009-12-10T18:09:00.000-05:002009-11-12T17:37:43.559-05:00

I know I know I was the one who wrote “Endulkar” blog some time ago. Call me a hypocrite or anything but at least I am ready to stand up to my fault. One lesson I learned is that no matter what, one should never write off a Champion. Champions are rarest of rare breed and hard to recognize but then Sachin's case is no secret. All though for what ever it's worth I must say that even in my last

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As the debate over whether US should be sending more troops to Afghanistan rages the real question remains unanswered. In fact, no one is even asking the real question. The question do we need a nation called Afghanistan? What will happen if there is no Afghanistan? Actually you can ask that question about any country? But that will just be a stupid counter-argument. A country can be defined as a

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-90511124904981165322009-10-13T15:47:00.001-04:002009-10-13T15:47:24.341-04:00

In recent credit crises one of the culprits that escaped scrutiny as well as public wrath was Rating Agency. Rating Agencies like S&P, Moody’s et al played most instrumental role in inflating the balloon and then realizing their mistake played pivotal role in bursting it. And yet no one seems to blame them for anything. In fact technically speaking, they are the sole culprit of the whole problem.

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-90087088653769774812009-08-28T14:13:00.000-04:002009-08-28T14:14:19.280-04:00

Success has many fathers and failure has none. But in a very perverse manner a contradictory scene is developing on Indian political scene. BJP which lost the election seems to be taking new rabbits out of hat every other week, while Congress, which won the election, seems to be calm. Without usual drama they selected their cabinet ministry and started working as if there was never any election

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-2918883277455856052009-07-31T15:08:00.003-04:002009-08-01T18:19:05.828-04:00

India has the fastest growing population of youth under 25. According to recent estimate more than 40% of Indian population falls in this bracket. So it’s just natural that they will be the one driving India’s future. As India increasingly embraces capitalistic ethos the consumption based culture will take deeper roots. I think this phenomenon, in particular, will provide biggest resistance to

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-7451608416072015162009-07-19T11:44:00.000-04:002009-07-19T11:44:00.630-04:00

The fiasco in Iran seems to be finally over. I am not sure what and if it changed anything. We have an Islamic regime that barks at pretty much everyone. I must say that the regime probably does not reflect the general consensus in the country and that majority of the Persians do have sane mind. But anyone who denies existence of Holocaust must immediately be admitted to the mental asylum and

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-21286179648683802852009-06-05T16:20:00.004-04:002009-07-06T06:19:52.346-04:00

Since last week New York Times is buzzing 20th anniversary of Tienanmen Square massacre. Various articles, photographs and old reports were getting published trying to shed more light on that tragic event. But any new material is so scarce thanks to absolutely tight control over this incidence by Chinese government that basic questions like how many people were killed and what happened to the

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-79978057374135783062009-05-28T13:15:00.001-04:002009-05-29T08:31:05.648-04:00

I haven’t blogged in all most a month. Such a long break is first of its kind. I wasn’t busy per se but I couldn’t write anything. There were quite a few things to write about but it felt like there is no point in writing. What’s going to change? Nothing! I don’t claim to be influential writer that well, influences people. No, it’s not about that. The question that kills me is that if a person of

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-71497730815813808292009-04-16T13:19:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:20:41.889-04:00

The general elections are round the corner and the consensus seems to be that anyone can come to the power. And that is of course very scary indeed. If third front comes to the power then we will have hodge-podge of parties that are hell bent on making as much money as possible as quick as possible and the results will be disastrous. Remember the period of 1996 to 1998? Nothing got done and we

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-55787589654839957692009-03-30T17:18:00.000-04:002009-03-30T17:18:00.749-04:00

The AIG controversy gave slimmer of hope to American population to finally lay blame of current credit crises on someone. Alas, the pop fizzled out so quickly that the joy of revenge didn’t last long. Traders based in US returned their money and traders based in Europe didn’t even bother to take notice of this hoopla. After spending or rather printing, literally, two trillion dollars, getting $80

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-5876292481970588212009-03-08T10:05:00.004-04:002009-03-08T11:42:26.687-04:00

I am kind of tired of writing about Pakistan but somehow these buggers manage to keep themselves in the news and that too for wrong reasons. I mean spreading terror around the world does take some efforts! Things are moving so furiously in Pakistan that the repercussions will soon be felt throughout the world. I think another major terrorist attack is due soon. I don’t think the so called

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-26549595513119612522009-01-19T10:27:00.000-05:002009-01-19T13:02:46.101-05:00

VaR or Value at Risk is a must model for all financial institution. What VaR model suggests in terms of Dollar figure is that there is a certain confidence that the losses of a firm won’t exceed a certain dollar amount. Calculating VaR number requires complex statistical and mathematical models. And people calculating such numbers are called Quants – a venerable job at least until now! For

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I am so tired of writing similar blogs that I can’t even think of any words anymore. How many times the words can be repeated to describe seemingly unchanging environment. We have terrorists coming from Karachi by sea this time. They captured an Indian fishing ship and killed all the fishermen (poor souls, no one is even counting them among the victims of Mumbai carnage) and after reaching Mumbai

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-301255560877695302008-12-02T16:05:00.004-05:002008-12-03T10:42:25.231-05:00

As the gruesome carnage in Mumbai comes to macabre end the politicians, especially of the ruling party, are under severe attack for their ineptitude to read bold letters of terror on the wall. The failure that these coward politicans show in protecting innocent citizens borderlines treachery. But politicians and the terrorist are not alone in this ghoulish drama of Muslim appeasement and ghastly

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-9176612987691378492008-11-26T16:12:00.003-05:002008-11-26T16:36:01.862-05:00

Apologies for my long absence! I was busy moving to new place and then I went on a vacation for all most a month. I tried to write couple of ideas but couldn’t finish them properly. Plus the issue I was trying to raise was changing so fast that it would even beat chameleon. So let’s get back to the business. Allegedly, a Sadhvi – Female Hindu monk, planned to bomb innocent Muslims. What’s worse

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-22973112292587364502008-09-16T13:41:00.002-04:002008-09-16T13:43:20.197-04:00

Sometimes I feel that it’s a curse to know or understand current affairs and politics. There are enough people in the world who don’t give a damm about politics and they live blissful life. Is it that large number of ignorant people or small band of ambitious people that makes politics is so nasty, so dumb, so counter-productive, so illogical, so irrational and worst, so bloody? I don’t know. One

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-20052902070601151822008-09-11T09:34:00.002-04:002008-09-11T09:41:47.782-04:00

One the most celebrated aspect of democracy is freedom of choice. A person can speak anything, do anything (as long as it’s legal) and live life the way he or she wanted. So it’s quite ironic that freedom is like a rewinding coil that stops democracy from succeeding. Hallmark of any democratic institution is allowing commoners to elect the leaders. The idea to let people decide their own fate by

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-26356636150839304802008-09-04T10:10:00.002-04:002008-09-04T10:12:55.890-04:00

The recent assassination of Swami Laxamananada in Orissa doesn’t bode well for India. The issue wasn’t properly addressed by Indian print media and as usual what ever scanty news the print media provided were obviously uninformed and biased. Swami Laxamananda was associated with VHP and he dedicated his life towards the betterment of Hindus in India. One fine morning people barged into his room

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-35177281495998502012008-08-27T12:40:00.001-04:002008-08-27T12:40:00.109-04:00

The presidential election in United States is upon us. Well, upon US citizens. And I am increasingly getting uneasy and frustrated with it. Not only that both the candidates are creating elaborate charade of sincerity and chicanery but Media is playing such huge role in creating this façade of “I am the only guy who can lead the world” bravado that I feel like puking. That got me thinking about

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-65249795282411157882008-08-13T13:40:00.001-04:002008-08-13T13:41:42.527-04:00

Okay, so let me think when is the last time Indian politicians, diplomats or foreign policy experts behaved rationally and responsibly. Umm…..naah…..can’t remember nothing. Let’s try to understand history with real life examples. First, our beloved Mr. Nehru – he was so infatuated with Chinese friendship that he went into shock when China attacked us. I wonder why! I mean, India was under foreign

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-44369694560643956472008-08-01T10:12:00.001-04:002008-08-01T10:14:24.665-04:00

It was purely coincidental that within a week of me writing a blog on Guantanamo Bay prison camp Wall Street Journal published an article that unequivocally proved the necessity of having that prison camp. I wish I could just copy and paste that article on my blog but one, it’s too long and second, that will be copy-right infringement. Not that they will come after me but we will save that for

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-60305877633610896262008-07-16T08:34:00.002-04:002008-07-16T08:48:22.633-04:00

If you do any crime then do it on such a large scale, do it so brazenly that if you get caught then people will be more worried about your human rights or your well-being than victims. Hold on, that don’t make no sense! Am I crazy? Or is that world is going coo-koo? Well, I have been crazy for long time and World has always been coo-koo. But the hoopla over Guantanamo jail is so pathetic, so

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-40578503539307124702008-06-20T11:34:00.001-04:002008-06-23T08:59:36.744-04:00

He is a friend of mine for last 18 years. We are not very close friends. Not like best buddies or anything. But he is a good bloke and a good friend. He was brilliant from right from the 1st grade. He topped the merit charts in 10th grade state wide examination. He repeated that feat again in 12th grade state level examination. He enrolled into Karanataka Regional Engineering College for Computer

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-53029131300751495952008-06-18T10:51:00.003-04:002008-06-18T11:03:44.995-04:00

It’s funny to read headlines and commentaries about Barack Obama creating history. He did create history by beating formidable Hillary Clinton but most of the Pundits ain’t talking about this part. They are praising him for being first black candidate to win nomination for Presidential race. It’s true to certain extent but to anoint him as symbol of black liberation is all most as non-sense as

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-29091386362980229602008-03-28T09:42:00.010-04:002008-04-02T13:42:27.668-04:00

To be honest I don't give a damn about ICL and IPL. For me, they are simply attempts to make more money out of T20 format. But what bothers me beyond anything was the fact the BCCI - the bastards of Cricket Control of India has audacity to ban all the players who wish to play for ICL. Please correct me if I am wrong here but last time I checked India was still a democratic country where the land

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-41072069492538853862008-03-18T16:39:00.001-04:002008-03-27T22:18:32.561-04:00

As the credit crises unfolds and more skeletons tumble out of closet I find it amusing that there is an element of surprise at this crises. It’s like something similar to this never happened. Remember the Enron? Anyone? The way Credit fiasco took place and the way it is unfolding is different on the surface but the underlying philosophy and the culprits are the same. Enron had all the ingredients

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-31775548067781025622008-02-12T21:25:00.007-05:002008-02-15T11:50:01.174-05:00

I was watching a program on PBS. The theme of the program, hosted by a Harvard University Professor, was to trace lineage of some of the famous American black personalities as far back as they could. Any written documentation in the form of county records or War records that talks something about their ancestry was used to create sort of picture about who owned their ancestors, where did they

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-63212107993633102502008-01-14T06:16:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:18:37.284-05:00

I was trying not to write anything about recently concluded second test match between India and Australia. Apart from being just a cricket test match, the end result of the controversy was all too obvious to me right from the beginning. To begin with, bad umpiring is nothing new in Australian tours. About Aussie players sledging, well, they learn how to sledge before they even say Ma. Moreover,

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-29578678458961420342007-12-31T08:16:00.000-05:002007-12-31T08:30:30.447-05:00

The audacity of politicians, especially Pakistani rulers, to think rest of the people as dumb and ignorant baffles me beyond any limit. I mean, agreed, we are mere mortals who live and breath towards bright and preferably, comfortable future. And they (Pakistani rulers) are more of, well, Darth Vader. So, yes, there are itsy-bitsy differences. But in no way we are this dumb. Yes, we like to

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-66873227849349607902007-12-23T17:42:00.000-05:002007-12-24T08:56:42.766-05:00

In one of the most stupid electoral analysis of BJP’s stronghold in Gujrat, author summed BJP’s successes in Gujrat as ‘in 1995 they won on Ram Temple aftermath, in 2002 they won by killing Muslims and now, they will probably win because of Sonia Gandhi’s statement that generated communal fervor’ I mean, we ain’t talking about, Bihar – the corrupt state in India, or Orissa – the most backward

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-9222324239815371802007-08-05T10:18:00.000-04:002007-08-05T10:18:35.206-04:00

Gandhi ji baffles me. I always find him very intriguing. His life moves effortlessly from one end of spectrum to other. He believed in peace. But his zealotry in handling any situation with peaceful manner often caused India and Indian independence movement major setbacks. He wanted all voices to be heard but at the same time, he was quite autocratic in his decisions. He created fierce followings

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-71090274619681741132007-07-13T22:41:00.000-04:002007-07-13T23:05:15.383-04:00

Discussing Stock Market always excites people. Tell people that you are a trader and people will start asking you for ‘tips’ immediately. Some people are nuts about stock market and some people just hate the idea of investing directly into stock market. The irony is both are right. Risk to invest money for short term usually outweighs the returns while investing for long term is probably a better

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-19194122771777447132007-07-09T10:07:00.000-04:002007-07-09T20:49:39.615-04:00

It seems Hindus are destined to take fault for every possible ill in our society. Now, considering more than 85% of our population is Hindu so,it is quite obvious that Hinduism or at least, Hindus are responsible for social problems. But what bothers me is that Hindus are the victims here. Victims of bloody and torcherous history. The situation that they are facing today is the result of constant

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-47522205378962135212007-07-01T13:29:00.000-04:002007-07-01T13:32:11.086-04:00

With housing market crashing down, market is behaving quite cautiously. The effects of housing crash took two of Bear Sterns hedge funds to cleaners. Failures of these two respected hedge funds, which has more than $20 billion of investments, bares the inner world of extremely complex debt and securities market of Wall Street. I will try to shed some light on these intricacies.

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-13772049618824815072007-06-14T22:49:00.000-04:002007-07-09T22:37:29.654-04:00

The recent sudden increase in dollar value of rupee ruffled quite a few feathers. At least, my roomies who regularly send money to India have lost their sleep. In last month or so, the Rupee value of Dollars decreased from around Rs. 44 to Rs. 40. It means, Rupee is getting costly. There are bunch of reasons behind it. Most of the people believe that monetary policy is solely responsible for this

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-91896649581887266792007-06-12T18:46:00.000-04:002007-07-09T22:38:36.028-04:00

I am continuing my argument regarding to Mr. Prime Minister’s recent comments about conspicuous spending of rich Indians. I am throwing some facts that I got from recently published article of Mr. Guru Charan Das in Foreign Affairs. The facts and last Italic paragraph are of Mr. Guru Charan Das. The first three facts proves how much India has progressed in last 25 or so years. And, then how much

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-77648828623254880532007-06-02T22:57:00.000-04:002007-07-09T22:38:56.854-04:00

The recent caste violence of Gujjar community in Rajasthan is quite unsettling. This situation can be analyzed in two ways and unfortunately for India, both of them are harbinger of dark times ahead. The infuriating thing is that this particular ‘caste’ is not fighting for social justice but rather to prove its ‘backwardness’.The suspicious pattern that emerges from controversy of Dera Sacha in

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1073003432403658042007-05-25T18:15:00.000-04:002007-07-09T22:40:36.245-04:00

Yesterday prime minister of India, Mr. ManMohan Singh in his address to CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) emphasized on ‘inclusive’ nature of the growth. He said “India has made us. We must make Bharat...vulgar display (of wealth) insults the poverty of the less privileged” His assessed that rapidly rising income inequality in India is a source of concern and it may lead to social unrest

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-64419007149092979042007-05-14T22:08:00.001-04:002007-07-09T22:42:07.109-04:00

Globalization and capitalism usually work in tandem. In the tussle between communism and capitalism, capitalism was conclusively proved as a sole winner. But the effects of this rapid transformation of global financial scenario are still mixed. On one hand we have enviable growth rates of Asian economies and on the other hand we have plunder of African natural resources as well as seemingly

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-3941373334229789542007-05-12T14:40:00.001-04:002007-07-09T22:42:24.508-04:00

“Mr. Gonzales, do you remember the events of 29th September 2006?” Asked one of the Senator. “No” replayed Mr. Gonzales. “You don’t remember that you had a meeting in your office about the possible firings of the District Attorneys on that day?” another shot at Mr. Gonzales. “My schedule says that I had that meeting 8 of that morning but I don’t recall the happenings of that meeting” replied out

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-23589694195586635612007-01-23T22:20:00.000-05:002007-01-23T22:22:00.555-05:00

How do you define greatness of a person? Who do we think is worth enough to be called a Hero? Is it that he – as a leader - survived toughest time of the history ? If that’s the case, what is the definition of ‘toughest time’? Is it that he lead the nation to the dizzying height of the success? Then, in that case, what is the definition of the ‘success’?. Or is it that he – as a leader - astutely

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-11810620149606199332007-01-07T16:33:00.000-05:002007-07-09T22:42:50.147-04:00

The recent reports about U.S. pulling out the troops from the Iraq all together or at least, not increasing the troop level is depressing as well as sickening. The common arguments in pulling out troops goes like this - One, US has no business of being in the Iraq at first place and we need to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. Second, US is the rallying point for the Jihadist in the

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-45832761090753744882006-12-28T12:53:00.000-05:002007-01-02T11:53:03.068-05:00

My apartment complex sits right at the T-junction of Route 18 and commercial avenue. Across the Route 18 and opposite to my complex, there used to be little garden and then flows the Raritan River. If you take the aerial view (Google Maps !!) then my apartment, Route 18 and garden is sitting comfortably in the Raritan river basin. When you take right turn on Route 18, from the commercial avenue,

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-25776876705856857262006-12-22T22:05:00.000-05:002007-01-01T11:18:48.664-05:00

We Hindus have very weird notions about our own way of life. I shall say we are more confused than we think we are. When people ask us about our religion, we say we are Hindus. It’s quite strange because Puran-Itihaas or Veda doesn’t have nomenclature called Hindu. What we follow is Sanatan Dharma. And, it’s more of way of life than religion. The definition of Dharma is way different than the

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1165676039578411362006-12-09T09:44:00.000-05:002006-12-11T13:55:51.848-05:00

Lately, it seems that I am running out of ideas. I mean, I do have lot of ideas but they are not materializing into a blog of a page or tow. Is it a writers block? Naah.....that's funny. Because, I ain't a writer...may be...actually, Naaah !! All I wrote is few blogs and to say I am a writer is retarded. May be a bloggger but nothing more than that. Well, I don't know but I can't write anything

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1165113006475391902006-12-02T21:08:00.000-05:002006-12-02T21:30:06.706-05:00

Indian cricket team was beaten convincingly by South African team in recent one day international tournament in South Africa. There is nothing new in India loosing in the foreign territory. In fact, India won extremely rarely in the bouncy pitches of South Africa, West Indies and Australia. So, I ain’t going to waste my time in talking about how India should have played and how they could win

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1162429487683207452006-11-01T20:04:00.000-05:002006-11-04T12:46:20.530-05:00

What is god? I am not the first person, nor the last one to ask this question. I don’t know any persuasive answer either! Apart from the philosophical jargon, I intend to connect the very concept of higher power to the reality. My point of view is strictly Hindu philosophical based. I don’t think Son of God needs to descent on earth to tell humans ‘thou shall not steal’

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1161223200609619912006-10-18T21:44:00.000-04:002006-10-18T22:00:00.660-04:00

The recent issue of The Economist talks about the shortage of brain power around the globe. It was an interesting read, because there is so much competition in every possible sector that I was under impression that we have more brain power than needed. But the brain power they defined is not lower level clerical (read computer skills here!) but more of middle or upper level managerial skills. And

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1160870815353453002006-10-14T20:06:00.000-04:002006-10-14T20:11:48.463-04:00

So, Mr. Afazal Guru, mastermind behind the attack on Parliament is very close to getting clemency. The game plan is pretty clear - he will get clemency and his death penalty will be converted into life imprisonment. He will have quite and luxurious life in the jail, proudly sponsored by Indian tax-payers. And, when he is bored, he will call his colleagues in Pakistan, they will do some hijacking

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1160270768450818452006-10-07T21:25:00.000-04:002006-10-07T21:26:08.466-04:00

I am feeling like running in the vacuum right now. Without any external push you can’t run in the vacuum. No matter what you try to do, you ain’t going to move an inch. Similarly the more I try to do, the situation ain’t changing a bit in my life. Basically, actions without consequences. I don’t like to talk about my life. It’s not that worthy. At least not yet. In any case, there is very thin

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1159837446463546852006-10-02T21:02:00.000-04:002006-10-02T21:04:06.480-04:00

Am I the only person who don’t want to see Lage Raho Munnabhai? By not watching this film, am I being dumb or by watching film, Indian society is fooling itself? The film is a box-office hit and though, I am not talking about film’s content, I am definitely enraged to see Sanjay Dutt getting kudos for the film. I am frustrated to see this guy still acting in the film industry. I am sad to see

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1156093987421652592006-08-20T13:12:00.000-04:002006-08-24T07:07:35.570-04:00

Islam means total submission to the God i.e. Allah. And, they profess that it is the only pure way to attain salvation. But apart from obvious religious reasons, I am trying to present the political usefulness of being a Muslim in contemporary period. First, if you are a Muslim then you are certainly safe from Islamic terrorist. (not in Iraq though!) Most of the

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1155689663156142012006-08-15T20:53:00.002-04:002010-07-21T10:51:15.249-04:00

..But now Jamat-ud-Dawa, a charity banned by the US State Department in April, is at the center of a firestorm suggesting they were doing more than lending a needed hand. The group's leader has been placed under house arrest, and investigators in England and Pakistan are probing whether the group provided financial and logistical support to the London terror suspects, raising fears that it has an

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1152992795086497432006-07-15T15:35:00.000-04:002006-07-16T10:22:50.403-04:00

Mumbai blast came with no surprise. The modus operandi is recurring. Pakistani terrorist recruit locals, they in turn keep bags of RDX or similar material in crowded places and rest is taken care by those explosives. Even though, India is no innocent to terrorist attacks, the response to such acts is invariably useless at best and ignorant at worst. Blaming police force or

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1150939061365838742006-06-21T21:15:00.000-04:002006-06-21T21:17:41.386-04:00

Wow..here goes the news, three dumb ass terrorists hanged themselves in Guantanamo and media is going nuts over the incidence. United Nation wants the prison to be closed and so does the host of ‘human rights’ organizations. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan asked US to release their citizens from the prison. Wait a minute! Aren’t we talking about terrorists here? These three terrorists

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1150567193643638072006-06-17T13:20:00.000-04:002006-06-17T13:59:53.676-04:00

Writing is not an easy task for me. Specially, when I have to write in English. I was decently good writer in my mother tongue but it is unfortunate that in India, it is seen as a sign of backwardness to write in one’s own mother tongue. Observing my writing, I realize that sometimes it carries an impression of the material I am reading. For instance, if I am reading Dr. Radhakrishnan

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1148789913476504442006-05-28T00:14:00.000-04:002006-05-28T11:26:35.506-04:00

‘Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me’ This saying is so apt when discussing Salman Khans issue. Yesterday I was watching his interview on some desi channel here in US and he was confidently telling the interviewer how he is innocent and how he is framed. He seemed to be catching up with his lost glory. And, I kept wondering whether Indian press is

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1148657568327400702006-05-26T11:31:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:32:48.333-04:00

On Christianity -: When righteousness is practiced, not for its own sake but because it is the will of God, it is practiced with a fervor and a fanaticism that are sometimes ungodly. When the well of God is known, we feel driven to pass it on and think it intolerable that it should be disobeyed. ‘The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?’ While such a belief gives

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1148448273611761442006-05-24T01:20:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:31:37.780-04:00

Who is responsible for recent criminal overture of Indian government in implementing inane affirmative policy in every facet of Indian social life? Indian government, NO! Sonia Gandhi – No, she is clearly working on Vatican’s instructions. She wants to divide Hindu populace further into pieces and then ‘harvest’ the crop. This may sound like conspiracy theory. But if you closely recently

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1147616585302083012006-05-14T10:22:00.000-04:002006-05-17T08:44:24.813-04:00

I wonder what British imperialist would think of India today. Will they be sad to see that the country they divided geographically and socially is still standing? Or, Will they be ecstatic to see that their policy of dividing India into tiniest possible pieces is aggressively persuaded by Indian policymakers, lawmakers and politicians in post-independence period? I guess, they will be

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1146960535272752792006-05-06T20:05:00.000-04:002006-05-17T08:40:23.713-04:00

Here we are, Back to square one. We have another riot in Vadodara Gujrat. The press is up in arms, the central government is trying to attain political mileage and Mr. Modi- chief minister of Gujrat is probably preparing himself for another crucifixion. Last time I wrote a blog about communal riots I predicted that another set of riots are around the corner. In fact India had quite a

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1146610500223664162006-05-02T18:53:00.000-04:002006-05-02T18:55:00.246-04:00

“Fate is merely a device used to exploit the masses by convincing them of the inevitability of their station in life. I spit on fate.” – Karl Marx I don’t see fate as a conspiracy theory of elite class to exploit masses. But, at the same time, I don’t exactly believe that everything is decided by higher power and we are just mortal pawns. If we don’t believe in fate (not in Marxist

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1144615029401580772006-04-09T16:32:00.000-04:002006-04-09T16:37:09.416-04:00

I want to add few more things about the issue I raised in my last blog. Am I defaming Gandhi ji in my last blog? I dare not do so. He was truly a great spirit but, at the same time as an Indian, I have right to take critical approach of his public life. He was the most powerful leader in 1940’s. He could have shaped things in much better way. But, he got entangled into his inner conflict of

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1142385384880260062006-03-14T16:44:00.000-05:002006-03-18T13:23:18.220-05:00

Writing anything about Gandhi is not easy. You have to confirm to strict code of conduct. Failing to do so instantly qualify you to for the membership of right wing Hindu fanatic and perhaps, as a Gandhi killer. You either eulogies Gandhi or you don’t write about him. There is no room for criticizing him. This process of making prophet out of him has cost India dearly. His naïve political moves

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1142116948276116492006-03-11T17:39:00.000-05:002006-03-11T17:42:28.290-05:00

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Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1140796419765323942006-02-24T10:53:00.000-05:002006-05-28T11:26:00.770-04:00

I am not first person to write about Ganguly and certainly not last. At the same time, I am not in majority when I say that I love Ganguly but I won’t be in the minority either. Strange as it may sound but I believe that Ganugly saga is a test of Indian mentality, questioning their abhorrence towards brashness, aggressiveness and their timidity. It will show who do we, as Indians, want to be in

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1140783236159575792006-02-24T07:13:00.000-05:002006-02-24T07:13:56.173-05:00

coming soon !!Guess, who is next on my Hate list?

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1139755433337754012006-02-12T09:37:00.000-05:002006-02-12T20:11:53.406-05:00

First, I thought the issue is not worth the attention. Second, I thought it will die down in short time as it is too ludicrous to even think about it. And even though I still think that it is a non-issue, the reaction to it, the reaction to the cartoon of Muhammad is taking demonic shape and spreading like plague epidemic. For me, there are two questions, two central issues and I am trying to

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1139354146886201282006-02-07T18:14:00.000-05:002006-02-07T20:55:11.790-05:00

With end of cold war and, communism proving to be defunct, capitalism was left with no rival. Yet, most of capitalizing attempts in non-western world in post cold-war scenario proved to failure at best and disaster at worst. The term failure term is subjective but looking at south-American continent, south-east Asian countries and host of African countries and Russia, capitalisms definitely

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1138196072991084562006-01-25T08:26:00.000-05:002006-01-25T17:18:30.900-05:00

Visiting India is increasingly becoming a profound dilemma to me. In just four years I am finding myself staring at some gibberish scenario, a country that is fast becoming alien to me. Or perhaps, I am becoming alien to it. May be I am exaggerating or may be this is effect of V.S. Naipaul on me. I think I am simultaneously living in three different narratives. First one, a booming

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1135352041961590962005-12-23T10:32:00.000-05:002005-12-23T16:31:41.263-05:00

India is again having peace dialogue with Pakistan. It is sick, it is frustrating and on the top of that it is useless. You can't have peace negotiations with your enemy. Positive outcome from current peace process out of question, considering Pakistan is hell bent on destroying India. But it is impossible to teach some one who is not ready learn. As 'peaceful negotiations' is leitmotif of Indian

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1133506111579816332005-12-02T01:40:00.000-05:002005-12-03T13:26:04.610-05:00

In the list of celebrities I hate most, I am adding Mr. Amitabh Bacchan. He worked incessantly in last five years or so to achieve this honor. I love him as an actor. His movies in late 70’s and early 80’s were phenomenal. And interestingly, if he gets good director he can still deliver stupendous performance. Sadly currently, it is almost impossible to find good directors. We celebrate pitiable

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1132420680081577642005-11-19T12:09:00.000-05:002005-11-19T12:18:00.096-05:00

I wanted to write about Indian education system for long. I am a cross over product of this system, making me eligible to comment on it. But I was in dilemma whether to talk on this topic or not. If I make a favorable comment on it, then people ask me that why the hell did you leave India for US education? If I make some unpleasant comment about it then I become foreign educated person who always

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1131283952841551332005-11-06T08:23:00.000-05:002005-11-06T08:32:32.853-05:00

I have been blogging for quite a bit of time. But, I never explained why the title of my blog is 'Quest of Rationality' and web address of it as 'evolved monkey'. I guess it is imperative for me to explain the significance of it. Both the title and the web address are closely connected and signifies important message. Which, I usually try to convey through my blogs. Generally my

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1130593531137019342005-10-29T09:38:00.000-04:002005-10-29T09:45:31.153-04:00

The recent earthquake in Kashmir area was unfortunate. Thousands of people lost their lives and many more lost their livelihood. The politics that ensued in post-earthquake scenario was like rubbing salt on the wound. But, if anyone was expecting that such politics should not happen is clearly out of three dimensional realms. This area is most militarized region in the world, and perhaps, hardest

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1125706892531122452005-09-02T20:21:00.000-04:002005-09-05T10:29:57.983-04:00

Life is ephemeral. You think that it’s in your hand but when you try to grab it, it vanishes, as if you are trying to grab vapor. But we refuse to admit the transient nature of our existence. We believe in its reality. But it is no more real than your mirror image. I pride myself as a rational. Everything has an answer. Each action, every event is result of something that had happened prior and

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1125076768484009402005-08-26T13:17:00.000-04:002005-08-29T07:44:24.590-04:00

One of the dictionary meanings of democracy is government by the people; exercised either directly or through elected representatives. If we take the literal meaning of the definition then we end up with only visible portion of democracy. That is, voters electing their representative and by exercising their vote of consent they take direct part in the governance. But governance of law,

Chinmay 'भारद्वाज'noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416358.post-1124546798911476602005-08-20T10:04:00.000-04:002005-08-20T10:06:38.916-04:00

I was supposed to write a follow up blog on Democracy. I am writing that on that subject but increase in oil prices needed prompt attention right now. The oil prices touched $66/barrel and from Wal-mart to consumers, everybody is feeling the pinch. There was an article, very informative, about oil prices in New York Times. But I felt like the article failed to touch the core issue. Other reason

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