A number of you have been cribbing that you won't be able to see my posts anymore on your LJ friends' pages, and have been asking me to continue blogging here also.

Here is an elegant solution to this problem. LJ Paid Account users are allowed to syndicate non-LJ feeds. I assume some of you people have a paid LJ account. If you do, I request you to ( Read more... )

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It's been almost four years here. It was on the 27th of July 2004 that I put my first ever post on LJ, moving it from my earlier blog which was on blogger. It was the network effect at work - a large number of my friends were on LJ, and with its "community feel", friends lists,  threaded comments, etc. LJ was really comfortable.

For the first few ( Read more... )

I read somewhere that the US president does little bold work during his first term as his sole intention at that point of time is to get re-elected. In his second term, however, he tends to take more risks and make bold decisions, for he knows that he can never be re-elected.

I was wondering what would be the consequences if we limited the number ( Read more... )

Many people may claim many different things, but I think the main motivation for people to watch so many soaps is schadenfreude.

• Why do you think most characters in soaps are shown leading such miserable lives? I mean not miserable in the material sense, but everyone seems to have one problem or the other.
  
• Assuming that people who watch soaps, on ( Read more... )

Some 3-4 days back, I wrote a post in the Indian Economy Blog with a conjecture as to why India never got an overwhelming "gentleman class" in the way that European countries did. I forgot to cross post it here back then, so I'm doing it now.

Actually, when I posted this I wasn't even sure if it would be appropriate for the IEB. I'm not sure even ( Read more... )

This blog post is about a relative of mine, who, for purposes of this blog post, shall be called "Commie Uncle". That name is intentional, for he is surely a commie. Ages back, he managed to land himself a PSU job with the help of a recommendation from his cousin's wife's cousin's girlfriend's cousin's uncle. And no sooner had he got his ( Read more... )

The cost of credit default swaps (CDSs) for 10 year US Treasury bonds have reached an all-time high, trading at as high as 24 basis points. In this regard, what should we use as the risk-free rate ( Read more... )

Last week, Kumble was issued a notice by the BCCI for talking to the media about selection committee meetings. Kumble's "crime" was telling the Mumbai Mirror that he insisted on two specialist keepers in the party ( Read more... )

Yesterday I gave my old bike for servicing. It was in such bad shape that for a while I was worried that the cost of servicing would be greater than the salvage value of the bike. This morning, when I went to pick it up, I was pleased to see that the bill came up to Rs. 445 only. The first thing I did after that was to ask the mechanic how much I ( Read more... )