Sunday, November 20, 2011

Aldashi la jagacha tatvagnyan

This is a marathi saying that my dad used to scold us with every time we slack on something and try a shortcut. The saying means that a lazy person has the knowledge of the world. In one sense it gives a usefulness to laziness which is always treated as a bad habit. But aren't human beings inherently lazy? It is our want of comfort that pushes us to use brains more and reduce he use of hands. Agree that too much of laziness if bad. It should not make you shut your brains too. One should be lazy but not content.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

In response to mint article quoted at sooo many places on web

First and foremost, Mint agreed that the article was incorrect and Poornima Mohandas made mistake. When I pointed out all errors in the article, the mail from their senior editor Nabeel was:

"Dear Mr Bakshi

Following our inquiries, we find the reporter made an error of judgment and presented an incomplete picture in her story. Given this, we are taking the story off our website and in line with our policy, we will be issuing a correction in the newspaper. 

Sincerely yours
Nabeel Mohideen
Senior Editor
Mint
New Delhi"


I don't have to say much beyond this straight forward acceptance from LiveMint.