SRI'S Blog

Quotable quotes of the week Today people say PM presides and Madam decides - Venkiah Naidu ridiculing Manmohan and Sonia Being a border state and having a history of terror incidents , Rajasthan is a vulnerable state -- P.Chidmabaram Union Home Minister Yes , we are competing with the United States in terms of our nuclear agreement with India . And that will go on till the end - Francois Fillion French PM ( not sure what the end means ) You have got democracy and democracy is part of our solution . So please give us the help we need Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan PM on what he expects from the US and UK Cricket -- The great escape and leadership India manage to draw the second test through a grinding second innings knock by Gautam Gambhir and resolute defending by others -- The question was whether we could have avoided getting in to the position that we were -- following on and loosing Sehwag to stroke ( rash ) play at the end of day three in the second innings. No -- this was not needed e...

Quotable Quotes I want to beat the recession by contesting the elections -- Jaspal Bhatti Comedian ( Sri : he is not joking on this one for sure ) My purpose today is not to Criticise President Obama . He deserves my silence - George Bush Former President ( Sri : they only learn later ) We are here not to play Marbles -- Deve Gowda former PM on the third front ( Sri :not sure what they do anyway ) If it is a question of a Dalit becoming the PM then why not Ram Vilas Paswan -- Ram Vilas Paswan LJP chief ( Sri :one cannot express his thinking better than this ) EPL update The race for the top spot is becoming very close -- ManU lead by one point and a game on hand at the end of the last week's schedule of matches -- for the second week in running ManU lost and that too a club to which they have never lost in the last 45 years -- When your club loses what do you wish -- you wish that the other close contenders to your club loose their matches as well - that is what second placed Che...

Quotable Quotes of the week Whether it is their "hand " or our " cycle " , the aim should be common - Amar Singh Sp General Secretary on alliance with the congress Despite resources that are unmatched anywhere in the world, we have let our grades slip, our schools crumble - Barack Obama - US President on primary school education in his country. Fundamentally, the world is becoming older and India is becoming younger and that is our strength -- Mukesh Ambani The two betrayers have come together and so the task for us becomes easy -- Tarun Gogoi Assam CM on AGP - BJP alliance THE EPL status and excitement of next matches Man U was leading the table at the end of last week by ten points -- that is a significant lead to hold -- This week they were pitted against Liverpool who are threatening this year to be contenders for the title with Chelsea -- In their home match Liverpool beat Manu 2 -1 ( Sep 08 )and in the return match ( home match for ManU ) , one expected ManU t...

Some quotable quotes of the week : My wife thinks I have been busy all my life with politics that I won't be able to reconcile with retirement. But , I will give it a try - Somanth Chetterjee Lok Sabha Speaker No leader of UPA can aspire to win election without invoking my name at least once a day -- Narendra Modi Gujarat Chief Minister I think President Obama is somewhat more analytical - Robert Gates US Defence Secretary comparing Barak Obama with George Bush Those who talk only about doom and gloom often forget that the beer and spirit business in India is growing at 20 % annually - Vijay Malaya Chairman UB group How to brew a great cup of Coffee At our Rotary club , this month 's fellowship ( sip ) program had a unique topic and that was " how to brew a great cup of coffee " and the title was good enough to attract more number of Rotarians to this meeting -- We had a Rotarian from Yercaud club who runs a plantation come down to Chennai to talk about this topic-- T...

How to make it better for the customers It is hot days ( literally ) --- Most of the companies are withdrawing facilities or small little things they do for the customers -- I have seen banks take off drop boxes from their ATM's to reduce their collection effort in clearing these drop boxes frequently-- But I saw a good example of a small thing that will make customers happy ( may be do this every year when the weather is extremely hot or rainy ) -- I was at the Madurai Airport and there are no shuttles at these small airports to ferry passengers from the terminal to the aircraft ( distance is small and walkable --It was very hot even at 5 PM-- As soon as the flight ( )-- this was Kingfisher Airlines ) landed and the door opened out , support staff were ready with bright red umbrellas ( what else could the colour be ) and every Guest was handed over a umbrella to protect themselves from the Sun as they walked from the parking bay to the terminal building -- I think the passengers w...