Must See.... [Continuously Updated]

(In no particular order)

• Istanbul, Turkey
• Egypt
• Tel-Aviv, Israel
• Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
• Barcelona, Spain
• Greece
• Venice
• Northern Lights, Norway
• Moscow, Russia
• Switzerland
• Czech Republic
  

Dubai vs India

• No elections, no waste of time, effort and money, no false promises. I don't even have to start with the Indian equivalent of the same.
• The ruler doesn't have to spend time strategizing ways to keep his seat, as if not his, it'll be one of his family. Here more brains, think tanks.. et al are used to plan ways to win an election than is done to improve the city.
• As the rule has been coming down from generations, the king would take personal pride in seeing the city of his family grow unlike here in India where a flyover is built by congress just because an underpass was built by bjp with zero planning and foresight.
• The king owns most of the city, and if need be he gives his own money for the development of the city. Thus has a lot of respect from the residents. In aka India, every politician is trying to be a king and is trying to acquire land/property by shelling out money from the residents pockets. So it's reverse synergy in motion here.
• Even though the local group is a minority, they have made it clear who the boss is so even though everyone is allowed to do their thing and live life the way they want it, the basic rules of Islam have to be followed by everyone which in fact is not a big inconvenience. Back home, everyone tries hard to prove which group is more local than the other and thus who s rules are more important than the others and in this quest end up breaking the remaining rules.

So even though democracy seems like a cool rule, doesn't seem like it's doing too good in a country like India with a vast population.
But then Hey!, I wouldn't have been able to put up this article if not for democracy :)

All of us have heard/seen multitudes of horoscope sites.. daily.. weekly.. monthly.. yearly.. and so on.. but ever heard of horoscopes for your pet dog..?! it's really weird and funny...
Just in case you want to check out the fate of your dog today, refer to this..
http://www.artcharts.com/astrology/dog_horoscopes.html
And do get back to us on the relevancy of the predictions.. so we can suggest on more creatures for them to work on..
Whatever the case may be we have to salute the guy who came up with such an intellibruto idea..

While you are at it you might be interested to read more such scopes like MomScopes, FoodScopes, BeautyScopes, CatScopes.......... here
http://horoscopes.astrology.com/index/dailyindex.html

Apparently in the astrology world lunacy is not so uncommon...

Bangalore is doing it's best to reduce the traffic conditions.. while they are still at it here's a simple solution to reduce fuel consumption and the pollution.
On busy one-way junctures where traffic moves inch-by-inch (which is a very common sight in busy cities), the roads can be made slightly downward sloping. This way vehicles can turn off their ignition and smoothly move down until they get the go-signal.
For the driver, the fuel consumption goes down, he can go easy on the clutch and he needn't breathe in all the exhaust fumes.
For the environment, lesser noise/air pollution and lot of fuel saving.

Guess it's time they accept me into the CPCB ;)

out shopping.. so may things to choose from.. everything looks so great.. after a lot of trials and fashion parades you come down to two options.. which of them is the winner?.. both of them are good in their own way (one has a little extra of the bluish greenish pink tinge and the other shows more of greenish pinkish blue tinge and oh it makes so much of a difference to how you look) but cant buy them both.. at this juncture a god sent fellow shopper walks by and tells you how pretty the dress in your right hand is.. lo and behold the winner is decided.. the emergency is subdued.. and now everyone can go home.. or move on to fresher pasture..
so next time you see someone breaking their head over what to buy.. just give them your opinion and surely they would be glad you stopped by.. and even if they realize later that the other piece was a better one.. you would be too far away for their hexes to reach you..
so go ahead and do your good samaritan bit even if it lasts for just a couple of hours..

Warning: Dont over do it :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Have you ever wondered why the shape that is known as a heart, called a heart when it does not look like an anatomical heart?

There seems to be quiet a few explanations and controversies surrounding this..

• During the seventh century B.C., the city-state of Cyrene had a lucrative trade in a rare plant: silphium. It was reputed to be a form of birth control. The plant's seedpod looks like the heart shape we know today. The theory goes that the heart shape first became associated with sexuality, and eventually, with love.
• Some say that in the 17^th century, when a saint had a vision of the 'Heart' surrounded by thorns, it became known as the Sacred Heart of Jesus and was associated with love and devotion
• It is said that the shape of heart matches that of cattle more than human and as ancient beings had only known the insides of animals, that shape probably got associated for a heart.
• It's also said that the drawing of a modern heart possibly originated because of drawings of the human heart by medieval artists after a philosopher inaccurately described the shape.

Well, what ever may be the reasons, the shape turns out to be just fine because if we had to replicate the human heart every time, every one around the world would have to spend a lot more time in their biology classes.

A blog is a very nice way to show off things which you have always wanted to, but people never ask you questions relating to that no matter how hard you try.
For instance, you can have posts like
When I was taking my driving lessons,.....
On one of my early morning walks...
When my nephew disturbed me while I was playing on my WII...
While partying late night,..,..
When back packing in the Alps...,.,.,..

And it could go on..