January 2010

Win at Rock Paper Scissors

Just imagine all the shotgun seats and last beers that would be yours if you won every game of rochambeau. Impossible? Not according to Graham Walker, coauthor of The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide. 1. Play paper first. Rookies tend to lead with rock, so paper is the safest opener. (A savvy opponent will […]






Can’t Pay, Take the Keys

This event by itself may not unsettle the credit markets like the news of Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing did. But it epitomizes the symptoms of this country’s corrupt financial system where excessive credit and leverage has pretty much sucked every last penny out of the system – especially from the hardworking middle class.


Dirtiest Hotels – United States

[Via – TripAdvisor] 1. Heritage Marina Hotel, San Francisco, California 2. Days Inn Eureka/Six Flags, Eureka, Missouri 3. Tropicana Resort Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia 4. Super 8 Virginia Beach/At the Ocean, Virginia Beach, Virginia 5. Quality Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 6. New York Inn, New York City, New York 7. Parisian Hotel & Suites, Miami Beach, […]


Give What We Want or Else…

It is irrelevant which party is in power, the modus operandi is the same. Give us what we want, or else markets will tank! What we know from this process is that it is not the elected officials who are in charge. This is no democracy. This is an oligarchy. A bunch of fat cat bankers and large corporations are in charge. Not the Congress. Not the President.


India’s Journey

As we all know Time magazine reflects the current events on their cover page, India was on several times from the pre-independence era but for the first time in 2006 India Inc dawned as the cover page, this is the first time in a while something positive about India was featured on the cover story. […]


Telugu Sahiti Charcha

This forum is for all those to share and exchange knowledge on scriptures, puranams, poems etc…Its like a quiz….A question would be asked and anyone can give a complete explanation on that in say, a week’s time…We can do our homework anywhere… The following is the first question posted in this forum: “Bhandana Bheemudaartajana Bhaandhavadujhwala […]





MMGL 2010-01-15 Discussing Telangana with the Right Tone 1 of 2

During this conversation, I told the caller, Vijay garu that the formation of AP was prior to the Gentleman’s agreement. This is factually incorrect and I had to retract that assertion in an editorial insert. The reality of conducting a live show is that mistakes do happen for a variety of reasons. Regardless, I sincerely regret misstating the chronology of events surrounding one of the fundamental issues of dispute surrounding the demand for a separate Telangana state.