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Worst American President

Monday, May 11, 2009 | Email This Post | | 112 views
(2009, Bangalore, Journalism, Nationalist, Occasions, Places, Politics, Truly Indian, USA)

Barak Obama happens to be worst president in history of America, as per my views. A president who took oath to stop wars started by previous government, a president who wanted to make this world the best planet to live at, a president who wanted America to rise from ashes by stopping the Economy Crisis.

 

What we didn’t know was that this president wanted to stop war being fought physically by American soldiers but  wouldn’t hesitate from starting virtual wars which might destroy other countries, that this president imagined America as planet ignoring rest of the world, that this president didn’t want to stop but shift the Economy Crisis to other countries.

 

Obama has been giving hate speeches before he became new American President. He has started hate war “on papers” as an irresponsible president, against India and other countries where American companies outsourced their business.

Being an Indian, I was hurt by those hate speeches and wanted to post my grievance and protest here at my place. Not sure how many people enjoy those words of this man but for me he is the worst president that I have witnessed in my lifetime .

 

Here is the record of hate speeches delivered by US President Barack Obama with the timelines published in Times Business on May 06, 2009 –

It’s a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York — Obama, announcing a crackdown on tax loopholes on Monday

 

I understand that the challenges facing our economy have forced children in Raleigh and Boston to compete for those jobs with children in Bangalore and Beijing — Obama at a speech in North Carolina in June 2008

 

At a time when a child in Boston must compete with children in Beijing and B’lore, we need an army of you to become teachers and principals in schools that this nation cannot afford to give up on —Obama at a college commencement address in Connecticut in May 2008

 

This is the president giving birth to new hate terms like Bangalored and Obamination.

  

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Gurgaon and Security

Thursday, August 9, 2007 | Email This Post | | 270 views
(Bangalore, Gurgaon, India, Journalism, Mates, Places, Tech, Work)

My room-mate was robbed on National Highway at 10 pm in Gurgaon at gun point (They 3 were on same bike with no number-plate) – does it mean Gurgaon, the next Big-Indian-Tech-City after Bangalore and Noida isn’t safe?

At least the newspapers and corporates think like that when IBM Global Services already issued advice to its staff about un-safety in Gurgaon -

 

Unsafe Gurgaon: IBM issues advice to staff

 

In a searing indictment of the law and order situation in the Millennium City, IBM Global Services an IT services arm of the US-based computer hardware major has issued a set of guidelines to its employees clearly listing out the dos and don’ts while travelling to and from office. 

The guidelines come after last Monday’s incident of carjacking at gunpoint from outside the IBM Global Services office at Sector-18. The circular, issued by the internal security division of the company, says that most victims of carjacking, loot and mugging are those returning home late in the night especially in Gurgaon and adjoining areas.

 

IBM GUIDELINES

Never carry ATM cards along with the PIN
If your vehicle is parked away from office, bring it close to your workplace before it gets dark
The minute you are accosted/attacked, evolve a method where you can immediately set off a mobile number intimating the emergency situation you are under
Look out for vehicles which slow down and come beside you when you cross the road

  

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An article about North Indians in South Indian Newspaper

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 | Email This Post | | 1,137 views
(Bangalore, India, Journalism, Just like that!, Places, Truly Indian)

I came across this article at this blog anonymously named as Just Another Blog. The article was published on front page of popular South Indian newspaper Vijay Times on March 6, 2007. As per this article (doing CAP from original post) -

 

 

S M SHASHI PRASAD & ASHWINI KATGERI

 

Bangalore:: South Indians are a great hit among house owners in north India. They are believed to make good tenants, are not quarrelsome and do not drag the owner to court when asked to vacate the premises. The north Indians hunting for houses are, however, not so welcome back in Bangalore. Not because they are anti-theses of south Indians in north India but for an entirely different reason.

 

Fear of links with terrorists! This apprehension is making several Bangalorean house owners to turn away north Indians, especially bachelors, who come knocking at the doors to take their houses on rent.

 

If the north Indian is a government employee or is married with kids, he/she has a better chance of landing the house they want in the area they prefer. Otherwise it is pretty tough, say both house owners and house hunters.

 

The unhappy scene is unlikely to change for the better any day soon what with terror threat looming large over the city and Bangalore being perceived to be a safe haven for terror outfits.

 

Several house owners are confused and face the dilemma of whether to let the house on rent, outright turn away the north Indian or tell him/her to first register their details with nearby police station.

 

“I have been told by many people not to rent out my house to unknowns and people from north Indian region. I am totally confused about the matter. If tenants are made to provide their details to a nearby police station, then it will be very helpful for house owners like us to believe in them, “ says Girish K, who owns a house near Kumaraswamy Layout.

 

The Frazer Town Police had last year launched a programme requesting all house owners in the locality to register themselves and to provide information about their tenants. Since it was not mandatory, not many responded.

 

N Srinidhi, Inspector, Frazer Town, says collecting information on tenants in the area is moving at a slow pace because of staff shortage as well as public not taking the matter seriously. The owners might also be apprehensive that their financial status may come under scanner, he adds.

 

Srinidhi says not only rented houses but also growing PG accommodations have become a big concern for the police as none is providing the details of the tenants. Antisocial elements can easily take shelter in these houses and PG accommodations, he fears.

 

House owners have their own tales to tell about giving police the details of their tenants. They feel it is impractical considering the fact that many tenants frequently shift houses. Also dealing with police is a major problem, as they may tend to harass the owners on flimsy grounds.

 

Badri, a techie, who recently hunted for a house, says nowadays the owners are very sensitive about the background of the tenants. If the prospective tenant is from north India, they entertain only if the person is working in a government office or is married and living with the spouse and children. The house owners are not at all encouraging bachelors, so it has resulted in increasing demand for PG accommodation, he adds.

 

“We are looking forward for compulsory registration process to get a push. It is difficult to trace the person’s background when he comes looking for house to rent. Most of the owners are also concerned with the rent being paid on time,” says Nagaraj S, a real estate businessman in N R Colony.

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Just for laughs : Rest of India vs Bangalore

Thursday, November 23, 2006 | Email This Post | | 555 views
(Bangalore, Forwards, Just like that!, Personal, Places, Truly Indian, Work)

It sounds very true to me specially when I think about Infrastructure of Bangalore.

 

 

 

Category

Rest of India

Bangalore

What is a sidewalk?

Shopping center/Homeless Shelter/ Site of temple

Two-wheeler lane

Autos

Run on Petrol/CNG

Run on Kerosene

Places where you can fill petrol/Diesel

Petrol Pumps

Petrol Bunks (or Banks)

How do cops stop your vehicle

Wave hand

Stand in front of the moving vehicle

Bribe paid to police if caught without documents

100 Fixed rate

100 normally, 200 or more if you are an IT/Call centre guy.

Worst Enemy

Pakistan

TamilNadu

Most Hated person

Pervez Musharraf

Deve Gowda

Reasons for rioting

Religion/ sacking of cricket player

Water

Favourite pastime of residents

Discussing why politicians suck/ why Sourav was dropped?.

Counting potholes

Front Page news

How their undercover reporters exposed MP’s.(Note: Bury the story if your channel/newspaper doesn’t have the exclusive).

Reporting clashes between IT industry and politicians, The Prasad Biddappa(who is he?) summer/winter/monsoon fashion tips.

What News Paper editorials talk about

Is dropping Ganguly good or bad for Indian cricket?.

How closing pubs at 11 affect the IT industry.

 

English Spoken

With regional accent

With California/New York accent.

Languages Spoken

Hindi/English/Regional

Every language on the planet.

Reasons for traffic Jams

Cows on the road

Flyover construction/ VIP visiting Infosys.

Land grabbers

Mafia/Politicians

Software Companies

Historical Sites

Statues/ Buildings/ Temples

Half constructed Flyovers.

Frequent Complaints about Govt Departments

Corrupt/ Lazy etc

Don’t have websites, Emails bounce

 

  

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Indian IT guys @ Bangalore

Friday, November 17, 2006 | Email This Post | | 1,426 views
(Bangalore, Forwards, Just like that!, Nationalist, Places, Truly Indian, Work)

I got this forwarded mail which has been written in leisurely time targeting leisurely life if IT guys in Bangalore (or should I say Bengaluru). Really deep thinking reflects in this mail about the expensive rather than quality lifestyle at Indian IT hub which has been imposed by local people, PVRs, Baristas etc.

 

Here is the mail -

 

No  PVR  Cinemas, No coffee day, No Barista, No  S.L.V  hotel, No  Adigas hotel, No  theatres (You know where to go and where not to go after reading this mail…) between 17-Nov-2006 and 15-Dec-2006.

It’s not just a forward. How many of you are ready to follow this?

Hi,

(below email “Save the IT People from Debts” was wonderful and we should go through it and also forward to all our friends)

 

Real Estate price hike is known open robbery from IT guys by brokers / whoever it is and it’s not only Flats / Real Estate, IT guys undergo open robbery from all rich shop owners / a person who wanted to become rich as fast as possible…

 

The salary whatever we get, it’s our hard-earned money, most of the times sitting in the night, away from family functions, friends, etc…but all our money or most of the money are going to someone who just takes advantage of our stressful life (both mentally and physically) and our new western life style.

 

I do not find anything wrong in having a western life style, but many open thieves (starting from Ministers to our local Restaurant owner) just swindling all our “legal money” and as we do not have any other choice becoming poor / debtor day by day.

 

Well most of the price hikes are just unbelievable and there is absolutely no justification (few examples given below).

 

Chicken Biriyani ) – Rs. 65

 

Today (since last 2 weeks) same  Chicken Biriyani (believe me, there is absolutely no change) – Rs. 78, there is no justification for such a big increase.

 

Pop Corn ( PVR  Complex) previously (month and half back) – Rs. 20

 

Today (almost the same quantity) – Rs. 30 (again, i do not find any justification)

 

Corn in Garuda Mall previously (month back) – Rs20 Small, Rs 30 Medium and Rs 40 High

 

Now,     No “actual” small and real small has become 35 now and 45 for high… [Are they the farmers who have given their blood to grow this ]

 

(In  PVR  complex, many price hikes are really too much for no reason…)

 

Chips packet (Gangotree) previously (three months back) – Rs. 15

 

Since last two Months the same packet costs – Rs. 20 (again, I do not find any justification)

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