Today’s Tweet Log

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• 21:04 restful Sunday after return from Bhopal in the morn. Lots of sleep in the aft, browsed at Odyssey and now cafe at Barista. #
• 21:05 Finished off couple of Asterix stories while at the store. Ridiculous prices for these comics. It is a crime against humanity, this. #

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• 15:31 Mallus! come together right now over me. RT @ShashiTharoor: 5 wkts for Sreesanth. Am I allowed to say I feel vindicated? #
• 15:39 Breaking News!! RT @maddytwit: Q. Is India Safer? A. Not till TV News channels are running after viewership numbers to retain the top slot. #
• 16:29 a run out! a run out! A test match forsaken by a run out! #
• 16:56 And nothing for cops to protect the city RT @HNatarajan: Cost of keeping Kasab alive: Rs 31 crore and counting bit.ly/4QOFv2 – #26/11 #
• 19:17 absolutely f*** all Jagjit Singh version of Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon just happened on some FM radio channel. Heard it in this AC bus #
• 19:21 all looking for jobs eh? RT @psam: 39K TCS, 30K Infosys and 29K Wipro employees are on LinkedIn! #
• 19:26 One thing remains the same, to paraphrase Franklin – Death, taxes and traffic jams – 26/11 drowned by honking logjam in sion #
• 19:28 Just found out AiR Fm playing in the bus. The RJ is being patriotic today. Luka Chhuppi from Rang De Basanti. Nice vocals. #

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• 11:43 Daniel Vettori – the man who is unofficially running New Zealand cricket, gets out for 99 as umps call bad light one ball later #
• 15:55 No one is completely worthless. They can serve as a bad example #
• 15:58 the web interface of twitter has many changes. wondering whether I shuld abandon tweetdeck go bk to that. As of now all lists are academic #
• 17:53 2010 Commonwealth Games gonna be an embarrassment for all it seems. MPs like Jaya Bachchan get emotional bit.ly/4DW0Bd #
• 19:45 Oxford puts ‘unfriend’ as word of the year. Do, undo. Friend Unfriend. Follow Unfollow… Live Unlive. ‘un’ prefix of the year maybe? #
• 19:48 spoken like a banker RT @maddytwit: Buy now. Pay later. #nosuchthing. Buy now, keeping paying forever is more like it. #
• 20:03 How come we have no Celebrate Chembur? #chembur twitterati rise and shine #
• 20:08 We need John Mclane! RT @anaggh: Fact: bombay roads, whether you, schumaker ya uska Baap – time taken to travel is same 10kmph #
• 21:36 \m/ RT @maddytwit: @anannyadeb OLPS #chembur #win #
• 23:45 welcome. we always deliver RT @ruxandraale: @anannyadeb thanks for bugging @parul121 to start tweeting #

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• 11:13 Mendis versus Sehwag! Sehwag has survived the first hour, as has GG. #
• 11:17 31 runs from the first three overs of Mendis! And Sehwag was supposed to have been "bogged down" #
• 12:40 Sehwag had a SR of less than 50 in the first hour. Now post lunch he has a strike rate of 102. And the damage is in the Econ rate of M,M & H #
• 12:42 New Record Alert: Sehwag 79 runs away from 6000 runs. *thumbs* to @sumants #
• 13:55 Not surprisingly, scoring rate which was 7.5 and thereabouts comes down to 4.7 and thereabouts. Coincidence: Sehwag out, Dravid in #
• 13:56 Now, another 40 overs, we should be looking at a Day 1 total of about 500. #
• 13:56 One is assuming that RSD will be adept at playing Mendis, Herath and Murali #
• 14:00 Bombay sandwichwalas promise Chili Cheese Toast and deliver tons of capsicum. Found a guy near an office who puts real chillies. \respect/ #
• 14:03 Powerpoint and Twitter junkies rejoice! The twain shall meet. Have already downloaded for testing. bit.ly/7Yq5UY #
• 15:28 Overall run rate has dropped below 5. Why are they letting these guys off? One needs to be relentless, man #
• 15:59 Think it is a bit of a let down. Ten overs to go and they are just about managing to cross 400. I would have thought 450+ was more like it. #
• 16:00 RT @atulyarb: Random cricket observation of the day: When Dravid reaches 73, he’ll have 11,111 test runs. #
• 16:08 Reciting a cliche created by Harsha Bhogle, RSD and SRT are packing up for bed and breakfast #
• 16:27 check out Over Comparison in Cricinfo’s live scorecard page. Observe specifically how from 5.58 in over 50, every over it is decreasing #
• 16:39 via @rameshsrivats Monk opens the emergency window because he wanted fresh air. It can happen only in Air India. bit.ly/5YuTQj #
• 16:55 rats when exposed to fuel fumes become more aggressive. ergo, humans exhibit road rage. does this mean humans = rats? bit.ly/7cNgkX #
• 17:05 Me neither. 15 overs is not end of day’s play RT @sumants: Possible reasons: @baxiabhishek @adityar @AaruC I don’t buy them at all. Heh. #
• 17:40 China executes poison milk sellers. bit.ly/7DgHXh #
• 18:50 Am sure this must have been tweeted before. @prempanicker and his Bhimsen, the Mahabharata from the eyes of Bhim bit.ly/7eEaZr #

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Today’s Web Discovery : 24th November 2009

Last few days have been a bit hectic at work and so did not really get much time to discover new things via the web. So this post is a bit short and includes some discoveries over the last couple of days.

Bhimsen (Prem Panicker) : Prem Panicker, the former editor of India Abroad and a long time voice on Rediff, has been working on this brilliant project – retelling the Mahabharata through the eyes of Bhim, the second Pandava. Inspired by a Malayalam work Randhamoozham by MT Vasudevan Nair (MTV he calls him), Prem insists that “this is not a translation or a transcreation” but a re-telling and I quote :

What it is, is a re-telling, in which— with profound respect for one of my favorite writers—I intend to stay faithful to the central narrative and its governing emotional undercurrents, but manipulate time lines and incidents, and where necessary even chapter progressions, to suit my own narrative.

So why does he want to do it and what is it that is about the Mahabharata? I suggest you read on.

Reward of Service – Elizabeth Barren Browning (Veritas) : This is a blog that brings a lot of joy every day. Its Poem of the Day pops up in my Google Reader and immediately takes me away from the duniyadari into another world of reflection, peace and quiet. Today it features a poem by “Portuguese” as Robert Browning used to call her. The full poem and many other poems are there on the blog. Here are a couple of lines from this one:

Thy love shall chant its own beatitudes,
After its own like working. A child’s kiss
Set on thy singing lips shall make thee glad;
A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich;
A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong;
Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense
Of service which thou renderest.

That’s all for today.

Today’s Tweet Log

• 10:07 RT @nilanjanaroy: Andrew Brown on Larsson’s Millennium trilogy: Salander is a witch, and the power of the happy ending: bit.ly/W87Iw #
• 10:09 RT @nilanjanaroy: So how do U know it’s time 2 teach yr kid Klingon as his 1st language? When Elvish has lft the bldg (bit.ly/2cbfUp) #
• 10:12 RT @i_become: Quick lessons for business thinking RT @GuyKawasaki: Top ten bad business decisions om.ly/cMuO #
• 11:01 Or Pritish Nandy looks like an aged @madmanweb Depends on who is more kvlt #
• 11:27 RT @i_become: Check out the self-discovery modules on bit.ly/4gsjCZ know what are your unstated and most valuable potentials #careers #
• 11:29 Ha Ha Ha, journos at a Microsoft event using Macs RT @GuyKawasaki: Picture. Of. The. Day. om.ly/cMxZ #
• 12:10 RT @HNatarajan: Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; Wisdom is humble that it knows no more – William Cooper (via @grapevine32) #quote #
• 14:22 Half the population of India have a mobile phone. Talk about network congestion. bit.ly/6dBNw2 #
• 15:16 He supports Carlos, calls him a revolutionary. Idi Amin was not a brutal fellow. In short, the bad guys are not bad bit.ly/6NSCks #

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Today’s Web Discovery : 21 November 2009

I’ll start today with some news features which caught the eye and interest.

Sandhya Jadhav graduating while in jail (DNA India):  This is the story of Sandhya, who in her self defence, killed the person who was trying to rape her. She was convicted for homicide and given a seven year sentence. While in jail, she learnt Marathi and then took the Sociology course from nearby Nagpur University. She has now graduated and has in fact been hired by Nagpur University as a clerk in the despatch department. Apparently she is the first woman prisoner to graduate while still in jail. A good story

$1 per annum salary – symbolism? (Economic Times): Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citibank, has redesigned his annual salary. He will now be paid $1 per annum. On the other hand, his other executives have received significant increases in their compensation including various dividends. So what is this in aid of? Symbolism? Will it do anything to revive the ailing bank?

The Great Khali and Kasab (DNA India): The Great Khali had his bit to say about Kasab. He wants the fellow hanged. While he concedes that fair trial, justice, etc must be followed, in the end, he wants to see Kasab swinging. Why is this news story significant? Again from the one above, symbolism. The world is living on token gestures and speeches and stuff like that.

And now for something from arts and literature

Tim Burton Exhibition at the MOMA: The art that one is familiar with in his movies comes alive in this exhibition.

Steig Larsson, Millennium and Lisbeth Salander (Prospect Magazine): Those familiar with Larsson’s trilogy will enjoy this piece. Personally, this Millennium concept is really refreshing and for a non-Scandinavian, opens up a new geography and culture. There are some minuses – the length of all three books, the verbose descriptions (based on the English translations) and a bit of cliched / hackneyed characters. But the character of Lisbeth rocks – a person you hate and admire at the same time.

Origami Hats using currency notes (Boing Boing): Unusual hats. Keeping the image of the key personality in the currency note intact, we have different hats for different people.

I will finally close this with this blog post by my former professor at IIMB, S Sadagopan

500 million mobile subscribers in India (S Sadagopan):  Prof Sadagopan writes and I quote:

With Telecom likely to be the largest contributor to GDP and the creator of largest number of jobs in rural India soon, imaginative exploitation of the phenomenon can change the face of India. Mobile services, broadband, mobile e-mail and Internet are the next set of challenges. One hopes that government quickly clears the policy muddle that has been holding up 3G license; once again Government should not get greedy and look for huge “License fee”

500 million is more than the population of more than 80% of all the countries. Imagine the power of this connected community.

Today’s Tweet Log

• 10:15 Everything you do has a value. Don’t waste it. RT @i_become: Mockery of an IT Engineer bit.ly/3Ifl5p #
• 11:08 4 out of 7 centuries are in the second innings, & at least 2 I can remember (including today) where it mattered for India. GG the next wall? #
• 16:13 On a dead pitch, 14 wickets down, India have scored just 76 runs more than Sri Lanka did. As per Ranji trophy rules, Sri Lanka win #
• 16:15 Herath takes lessons from Ashley Giles, bowling way outside leg to Sachin. Last time Giles did it, Tendulkar was stumped. #
• 16:17 Favourite player for Hindi news channels – Sun Sunny Khez Herath Angez #
• 16:19 Does thsi 4th innings century for SRT count as one where he saved the match for India? I will concede to Gautam Gambhir. SRT I am unsure. #
• 16:22 Man of the match to Dhiraj Parsana IMHO. He contributed to seven centuries including a double. After all, it is a batsman’s game #
• 16:23 RT @yesnosorry: Shiv Sainiks attack IBN office. Going by visuals, the Shiv Sainiks are getting whooped. #
• 16:32 If I am not mistaken, IBN Lokmat is headed by Nikhil Wagle, the perennial bugbear of the Shiv Sena. Wonder what new truths he published now? #
• 16:34 If I recall correctly, Adolf Hitler too wanted to be the top man of Europe. As of now it is a Belgian. bit.ly/3RxzUi #
• 16:37 The Great Khali wants Kasab hanged 4 killing his "brothers & sisters". Justice wustice theek hai, pahle suli pe latkao bit.ly/2IHlsx #
• 17:53 “We had no idea that such a thing was going 2 happen: CM re SS attack on IBN Lokmat. Well, was he waiting 4 them 2 share their GCal? #
• 19:11 Just got myself a 1Terabyte Seagate box: Freedom from shaky laptops and unstable portable harddisks. 1TB of music, movies, games and ebooks #
• 19:43 WTF? Sanjay Leela Bhansali compared to Martin Scorsese? Imagine Scorsese directing Rob De Niro as Devdas driving a Taxi bit.ly/1F9tii #
• 19:45 If beauty queens can’t have private threesomes, who can? bit.ly/1FKZCu #
• 19:50 +1 RT @gkjohn: Aha. My retirement plan. RT @HNatarajan: Ex-smoker sues cigarette firm, awarded $300 million in damages bit.ly/27fmXp #

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• 10:28 Or an express delivery! RT @rameshsrivats: Woman delivers baby on railway platform. Naturally, it was a Mail child. j.mp/28IfAq #
• 10:30 RT @sm63: tried the cricket commentary next. And then wondered why i should listen to description of 5 days of batting net practice?? #
• 17:51 inglourious BasTurds #toiletmovie #worldtoiletday #
• 17:57 Probably people with the runs RT @rameshsrivats: Wonder who decides this #worldtoiletday thing. Did some committee pass some motion? #
• 18:01 I wonder if there is any correlation between #worldtoiletday and Isabgol sales? #
• 18:47 #worldtoiletday tragedy: couple meet while squatting on the railway tracks every morning. 1 day girl is missing. Boy jumps in front of train #

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Today’s Tweet Log

• 10:21 Just for fun @sumants @amitvarma #whereisdebashis? bit.ly/3eRkgi #
• 10:46 no wickets in the 1st hour. Is this the same pitch that was used on day 1 – 2? Or are the SL bowlers superior to Ishant / Zak? Or batsmen? #
• 13:06 third centurion for India – Harbhajan, 129 runs off his 33 overs. #
• 14:21 RT @nilanjanaroy: Gorgeous. A history of SF classics, told through changing book covers over the years. bit.ly/3letjC #
• 16:09 The i-become list bit.ly/87IJJ for single stream of the i-become philosophy – authors include self, @kidakaka, @i_become, etc #
• 16:12 From Cricinfo: "This must be the record for the highest Test partnership between unrelated players with the same surname ." #
• 16:26 Job opening: Head of Tata Sons, Motors, Steel, … Trinamool Congress people not allowed. bit.ly/3wCUqe #
• 16:32 You are out of form? Your batting is under the weather? No problem, please go and tour India. Mr Harbhajan Singh will take care of it. #
• 16:51 Tim Burton’s art exhibition at the MOMA in New York Couple of the numbers quite interesting. bit.ly/42p3Zc #
• 17:00 RT @i_become: Bridging the gap between colleges & #careers: these #entrepreneurs do their bit. And it is working well. bit.ly/3TXEOy #
• 17:24 How desperate are people when it comes to looking for symbols to score brownie points? Obama’s umbrella the latest bit.ly/4mLyEc #
• 17:25 Nice! RT @anaggh: Atom Bomb An invention to end all inventions. #
• 17:42 More symbolism: Vikram Pandit fixes his annual salary at $1 per annum. And what will it achieve? bit.ly/45xp8D #
• 18:04 Somebody invent teleporting pls RT @madmanweb: Who wants to come hv drink at Moss? Will give nice discount on booze. ‘Tis the weather 4 it. #
• 18:52 anybody wants to team up for the Bombay quiz at Cafe Goa, Bandra tonight 8.30 pm? #
• 19:48 Dharavi, what a place! MIA’s Paper Planes with its 3rf world urban decay lyrics resounds in the mind #

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