SRI'S Blog

Not sure how many of you noticed it , but following a government notification to discourage the use of plastic bags while shopping, all major retailers have started charging for plastic Carry Bags. The aim of this initiative is to create more awareness among consumers about the environmental impact of plastic. So we end up paying extra Re 1 or Re 2 or Re 4 or Re 7 for various sizes of carry bags to carry the stuff that we buy. The more you buy, the more Carry Bags you need to buy ! The Government clearly did not tell the retailers to charge but they have smartly used the notification and are making something out of nothing in terms of revenue , however small it may be. While we are happy with the intent , we can challenge the retailers to : 1. Give us a cloth bag or any other environmental friendly bag that we can carry our stuff. We are paying for it anyway , so we can demand the right thing , is it not ? And these can be re used. 2. Since we are paying for the cost of the bag , we ca...

England thoroughly deserved to win-- Strauss and his men outplayed a hapless Indian team to go up 3- 0 in the four match test series and get to the No :1 status ranking for Test playing nations in Cricket. Dhoni seems to have lost his"magic"suddenly and Strauss seems to have gained all the "Magic" that Dhoni had. Dhoni could go no wrong but going by the results of the three test matches , Dhoni can do all wrong as well !! Some obervations --- When the English team batted , the sun shone , there was no movement of the seam and swing and the Indian bowlers looked clueless as they were carted all over the park and when England bowled , the sun went behind the clouds and there was plenty of swing and movement that the batters found it difficult to deal with . The partial implementation of the Decision Review system ( DRS ) also went the English way. LBW could not be referred and there were several that went against India . How could one explain the fact Harb...