Raj Binder in Las Vegas

Here is how You Cover Up a fart

Believe me I have seen this clip many times and I burst into laughter every time I watch it.

What Women Need

There was a recent article in Economic Times, a business newspaper in India, about a survey done by somebody about how much fewer women in the labor market costing the economy of India. The survey found the number to be in Billions of dollars. Duh! why do a survey when its so obvious and simple. This is simple, two hands can do more work than one and four more than two, but it is very important for India, To become an Economic power in this world, the women had to contribute equally or more than men for that to happen.


I was trying to find the link for the article i mentioned earlier but instead found this, "The Economics of Dowries in India" , a paper written by Vijayender Rao of Developmental Research Group, World Bank. It is very interesting. One of the functions of www.warondowry.com (a project in progress) is to discuss the economics related to dowry.

If you are wondering when i am gonna talk about what women need, here it is. Women need an education in economics, i bet if somebody does a survey about women professionals, they will find that women with a degree in economics will be the most successful women financially because they know the cash flow and intern they will be the most happy people around.

Virginia Tech - who to blame - guns / people

My condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16Th 2007. No body deserves a death like that and those students and professors will never be forgotten by this world. The media has made the perpetrator a hero and the experts are trying to find out why he did it. Well there is only one answer for that he cannot make sense between right or wrong. Influenced by the wrong elements of society and used the tools provided by the society against it. Well instead of focusing on the victims and their achievements and their families as usual the American media is focused on the killer and his act. As a result almost everybody knows more about him than any of the victims. Its a shame, media thinks that they did their duty by reporting what needed to be reported,well i ask this media a question, what is the difference between you and the people who video taped and broadcast Saddam's hanging? Nothing. Both are wrong you cannot make a killer a hero. You just cannot do that. FCC should do something about things like these rather than focusing on Janet Jackson's pop up.

Now the other day after the killings i cannot stop myself thinking about who to blame guns or people? well possessing fire arms is a right of every American, as spelled out by the second amendment. Well news flash, its old, and people who quote its my right should find out the history behind second amendment. It should be extremely difficult to get firearms for any individual. of course some people will always find a way, but others like cho might have difficulty. Do we talk the same talk about fire arms if one of our loved ones is a victim? Does a shotgun would have had the same impact? Does the doctors be protected from revealing private information of individuals to authorities? should institutions react to a killing on campus by immediately shutting down activities? these are the questions we have today.

My bet is we will still have these questions till another tragedy happens. Unfortunately.

Have enough not more not less

New Year's Party has come and gone and I have some advice to give. Guys/Gals do not drink more than you can handle, when u are outside in a club its a no - no. If want to drink and puke do it at home, buy your own beer and drink and puke as much you want, and where ever u want. That's my number one advice and second, if you respect the alcohol never - I repeat - never abuse it.

Third - If you bring any fools to a party, Take care of them from start to end. Do not ask others to take care of them. Fourth - When the party is over Go Home. Fifth - When you drop a beer bottle, don't worry about it go get a new one. Leave the old bottle get a new one, once again never in a club, one exception is when there is no way to get a new one.

And of course don't be like HOMER and Drink and Drive.

Mac Vs PC Part I

Hi All,

Well Recently Microsoft released the much awaited MS Vista Operating system for PC's. The initial reviews are good and they say that it looks more like the Mac OS. I have always been a Windows PC user but for a short period during my higher education i was introduced to the Mac. Well i fell in love with the machine the instant i saw it, not so for what Mac can do but for their design. Design is taken very seriously at Apple computers, iPod should tell you everything about the importance of the appeal. But if all is well with the Mac's then why Windows PC rules the computer world? Can we answer that? we can try.

Afterall its up to us users to decide what we want. Recently i had to make that choice. I was looking to buy Laptop/Notebook. So after looking at Dell, HP, Sony, Lenovo and Others, i liked Samsung, for some damn reason it was not for sale in the USA. Samsung, Can you hear me, if you can, you lost a potential customer. My second choice was Lenovo (formerly IBM), i was getting a decent discount (i know some people who work for IBM you know). I did not even look at Apple Notebooks until my friend asked me to take a look at Apple stock to buy. I was convinced that i needed a windows based system because of the ease of use and the available applications and choices, above all the habit. Also what made me take a hard look at MacBook is that now they can run windows. and amazingly the hardware i was getting with Mac at the price was way better than what I was getting with any other PC. I am not a big fan of cheaper Dell's and Acer's, but i wanted a good deal for my buck. And I got lucky with the release of MacBook with the new Intel Core 2 Duo Processors. I bought one just because I always wanted a Mac and now I can run Windows on them.

Now its been just a month since I bought it, I am sure I have not made a mistake. I have not run Windows yet on it, but will certainly soon. I am in no hurry though. I love what i can do with the new MacBook, make videos, chat, take photos, publish web pages, iTunes and most of the other things I can/can't do with windows.



That's it for now folks, will continue stories of me and my MacBook.

Sachin

www.warondowry.com

Hi All,
I am working on a project www.warondowry.com, the purpose of this site is to promote people to stop taking/asking for dowry. Of course this is one more attempt to curb dowry system. But it is different in a sense that we (Team WOD) don't believe that everybody who takes or asks for dowry is a criminal, we don't believe that punishing or hating them is a solution to this. Here we are looking to discuss the issue of Dowry at length. Many of us who really do not support this system end up accepting or providing it. Well most of the time we are either do not have the guts to stand up against our elder generation or are worried about future of our family members. Well folks i tell you what, WE NEED TO TALK. We need to talk to people who have taken dowry, the girls who had to go through a valuation and most of all to our elders. We need to search for answers.

One biggest cause for dowry is the financial situation of the families involved. Again there are financially healthy people who ask for or give dowry 'cause of status issue, its just ridiculous how people think when it comes to this issue. Imagination just runs out of range.

Well the website is still in the early stages, but there is nothing wrong for like minded people to get together. You can join an orkut community till then warondowry.

I appreciate you taking time to read this.

PEACE
Sachin