There is a very old joke about Bangalore that a friend of mine told me the day I reached Bangalore for the first time after its new found status of India’s IT Capital. It goes like this (told in Hindi first for maximum impact):
Bangalore mein kuchh Chaalees Hazaar (40,000) kutte hain; Itne hi kareeb software [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘India’
October 3, 2007
The Great Indian Software Engineer!
September 5, 2007
Who is the Indian Shitizen?
Cross posted from http://theindiancitizens.wordpress.com and http://theindianshitizen.blogspot.com – contributed by yours truly of course but all comments here on are J Bo’s. Over to J Bo!
I will be polite to the housekeeping boys and security guards, or will at least keep my mouth shut each time I want to be rude. That would be my contribution today. [...]
September 3, 2007
Sab Chalta Hai
(This is my first post for the Indian Shitizen – a welcome-for-all blog that discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly side of all of India shared on this common blog to understand our strengths and weaknesses and work on them. The idea originated with Jhoomur Bose who is the moderator of the Blogspot [...]
August 26, 2007
Happy 15th of August!
I mentioned recently about the hypocrisy evident in the celebrations of the independence of India when our celebrities who cannot even talk properly in Hindi resort to their accented English to convey their love for the country. But I believe a lot more people are guilty of that charge of hypocrisy in one way or [...]
August 22, 2007
Chak de India!
A lot of political jingoism and patriotism marked this 15th August week, more so because it was our 60th anniversary of independence. Everyone and their daddy came out with some stuff which could be used to loosen the common man’s pockets by pulling on his patriotic strings. I, for one, don’t mind parting with a [...]
August 10, 2007
State(s) of the Nation!
How many states are there in India?
This was a very standard question in the General Knowledge examinations at my school till the fifth class. And no matter which class it was asked in, the answer remained the same – 25. That is, until recently. I kinda lost track of the number of states after that. [...]
