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August 25th

Quotable Quotes Who are you ? Union Sports Minister MS Gill to National Badminton Coach and former All England Champion P. Gopi Chand at a funciton Waiting for the umpires review is like three minutes in the ICU- The heart misses so many beats - Sourav Ganguly Cricket on the referral system that was demoed in the recent series with Srilanka The same guys that brought you George Bush are trying to bring you John McCain. They have the same strategy. They can't win an argument on ideas , so what they will do is attack me -Barack Obama Mostly all ht ebegaars are from other states and trains scheduled from Patna to Goa will create problems-- Ravi Nail Home Minister of Goa talking about beggars in his state Gettogether by Kids It was a event that we would not have thought about at that age- Nine kids ( all girls ) in our flat decided to have a get together on account of Krishna jayanthi -- ages ranged from the least at 3 years to the eldest at 11 years -- What was impressive was the way

Aug 18th Updates

Quotable Quotes If we can have BMW and Mercedes as separate companies, why can't we have both the Indian Premier league and the Indian Cricket league ? -- Kapil Dev Former Indian cricket captain I am overworked and underpaid-- priyanka chopra actress Issues like losing sovereignty over signing a nuclear deal with a another country should not let a government neglect the gigantic, older problems of persistent deprivation of human lives, tolerated without much political protest--Amartya Sen Nobel Laureate The Long week end It was a long week end but one that did not help me plan a travel outside of Chennai -- it was a "Nonbu " ceremony at home and that meant you could not go anywhere after the poojas were done-- There were invited visitors , so most of the time at home -- Friday evening attended a interesting talk by a TCS person who talked about Project Ignite -- through this they are brining people from Tier 3 and tier 3 cities to Chennai and making them employable as sof

Aug 11th updates

Quotable quotes of the week It is chaos but we are managing it and having a wonderful time - Angelina Jolie Actor on life with her six children including her new born twins Breaking our oil addiction is one of the greatest challenges our generation will ever face-- Barack Obama - Is presidential hopeful I love the idea of scaring people- Ram Gopal varma Film Director Humour club meeting This month's meeting , one thought would be a mild one taking in to consideration the fact the last one was the silver jubilee one and so there would be a reduction in the level of enthusiasm among the organisers as well as the attendees-- I was proved wrong as the regular crowd turned up for the event- The chief guest was a doctor and so most of the jokes were aimed at the doctor fraternity -- Some good ones to recollect The Creams road in Chennai is where the Apollo hospital is and the road can have traffic in one direction -- the sign board at the entrance of the road leading to the hospital is g

Aug 4th Updates

Quotable quotes of the week The fact that my speech struck a chord in the valley and the rest of the country is a uique experience for me - Omar Abudallah National Conference President on his speech in the Parliament on the trust vote The land of Mahatma Gandhi has been blooded by terrorists, whom we should not spare -- Narendra Modi Gujarat CM The action of India and China has thrown the entire Doha round in to the gravest jeopardy of its seven year life -- David Shark US trade official critizing the countries for the failure of the talks Formula1 There could not have been a better race for the twists and turns- the Hungaroring is one of the toughest circuits on the formula one course- first overtaking is next to impossible and the track is very hard on the cars and engine as well as the tyres - One of the key things is that whoever takes pole in the Saturday qualifying is a winner in all likelyhood- So when Lewis Hamilton of Mclaren took the pole , one thought that the Briton was on