Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Cat in a Bowl !!

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The CEO

A young executive was leaving the office at 6 p.m. when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important document, and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"

"Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO, as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."

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Friday, August 17, 2007

Some People Click Cameras at The Right Time



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King Abdulaziz (Jeddah) International Airport

Join here OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have designed a new international airport for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia .

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Located between Jeddah and Mecca , the airport will cater for the two million pilgrims who make the journey to Mecca during the holy Hajj period and features a special terminal for the Saudi Royal Family (top two images). Join here

The main terminal is in the shape of a ring with an oasis at its centre and is configured to cope with a massive increase in visitor numbers during the Hajj , while the smaller Royal terminal echoes the form of the larger building. Below is a statement from OMA: -

NEW JEDDAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT For 33 days per year the new Jeddah Airport will host the influx of two million Muslims for the holy Hajj period in Mecca . No other airport in the world can claim such overwhelming specificity of its use. These programmatic requirements form the base for a new approach to both the organization of the airport and its architecture.

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Predictability over indeterminacy Airports come in two sizes: too big and too small. Fundamentally compromised by the necessity to accommodate unpredictable future expansions , airports are ultimately forced to 'gamble' on their right size. In terms of its design the airport is condemned to a permanent open end.

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With the Hajj as one of the main defining elements , the new Jeddah International Airport presents a unique situation: its expansion is a given in advance , occurring at a fixed moment for a fixed length of time. This relative predictability allows the design of the Jeddah airport to acquire a level of specificity unheard of in a 'regular' airport: allowing the rehabilitation of the particular over the general , of centrality over linearity , and of character over blandness. Join here

Arrival over departure Airports are primarily places one leaves from. With the business trip and the vacation as the airport's main , perhaps even only , use , the excitement of going away generally outweighs that of coming back. Join here

This discrepancy is also expressed in the design of the airport , with departures generally located in a 'grandiose space' on top (mostly under a billowing roof) and arrivals located in a flat utilitarian luggage-collect-space below , making the first acquaintance with a new destination often one of disappointment.

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The unique condition and purpose of the new Jeddah International Airport presents us with a compelling reason to consider arriving with the same consideration as leaving. ( Mecca you don't leave , to Mecca you go!) Join here

The surface required by the Hajj equals that of the airport itself. Accommodating the Hajj theoretically means building the same volume twice , with one volume being empty for most of the year. In the current situation this is solved by having the Hajj section as a temporary structure in the form of a big tent. Design Proposal. The initial proposal resulted in six different schemes with an emblematic quality. The final design follows the organizing principal of 'the ring'. Both the main terminal and Royal pavilion with their crescent-like shape enclose an internal oasis that can accommodate different forms of use. The layout of the airport is organized in such a way that Airport and Hajj become a single integrated whole without forcing the airport to double in size. Join here

The design realizes departures and arrivals on the same level allowing both to benefit from the same spatial conditions. The realization of departure and arrival on a single level creates a large surface that equals that of the Hajj , allowing the Hajj to be accommodated on the same footprint as the airport itself. No longer realized as a separate section , the Hajj becomes the almost casual by-product of a particular airport design. The Hajj becomes the invisible twin that - at fixed moments - allows the airport to expand its size.

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Project: International Airport for Jeddah Status: Commission 2005 Client: Wthheld Location: Jeddah , Saudi Arabia Site: Desert between Jeddah and Makkah , Saudi Arabia Program: New International Airport with Hadj facilities and royal family terminal Partner: Rem Koolhaas Associate: Fernando Donis Team: Gustavo Guimarães , Laurent Troost , Miho Mazereeuw , Katrin Betschinger , Joshua Beck , Haiko Cornelissen , Léonie Wenz , Filipe Balestra , Jo ão Amaro , Inge Goudsmit , Joao Ruivo , Ben Milbourne , Tiago Branco-Sampaio Project: International Airport for Jeddah Status: Commission 2005 Client: Wthheld Location: Jeddah , Saudi Arabia Site: Desert btween Jeddah and Mecca , Saudi Arabia Pro! gram: New International Airport with Hadj facilities and royal family terminal Partner: Rem Koolhaas Associate: Fernando Donis Team: Gustavo Guimarães , Laurent Troost , Miho Mazereeuw , Katrin Betschinger , Joshua Beck , Haiko Cornelissen , Léonie Wenz , Filipe Balestra , Jo ão Amaro , Inge Goudsmit , Joao Ruivo , Ben Milbourne , Tiago Branco-Sampaio

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Kashmir's extra-judicial killings

Courtesy : BBC news : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6367917.stm

A young Indian soldier recently stationed in Kashmir reflects on the controversial issue of 'fake encounter' killings - where the security forces are alleged to carry out extra-judicial killings while claiming they were caught up in gun battles with militants.

Since he gave these views to the BBC's Urdu service, seven policemen have been charged with murder in connection with the death of a carpenter that he refers to.

"I heard that there have been some 'fake encounter' killings in Ganderbal [near the summer capital, Srinagar]. It's not that I was not aware of the fact that these things happen, but somehow the number disturbed me. Apparently the security forces are being held responsible, and they have probably even accepted responsibility.The big game being played here is that of money
Some of the people who are part of the security forces are Kashmiris, some of them are even surrendered militants who fought the army at one time. I was appalled, and at the same time very sad.
The question is, why would anybody want to kill a poor carpenter? I mean how harmful can he be? The answer is so obvious that I was at first surprised and then angry at my own naivety.

The answer is the system.

The system in the Kashmir valley has become such that "kills" by so-called security forces are associated with medals, monetary benefits, promotions and a host of other perks.So any organisation getting or registering more "kills" reaps the benefits.Now, to kill a seasoned militant these days is difficult, because these guys are mercenaries and are tough.So some elements within the security forces apparently do the next easiest thing: pick up an innocent man from the street and get him killed somewhere else.
And the saddest part about the whole thing is that even Kashmiris themselves are doing this to their own people.Suddenly everything becomes a blur. It becomes unclear who the real enemy is. I had come to the valley with naive ideas of being able to make a difference, but in reality I can only influence not more than 10 people.
And then something like this happens, and there are villagers and more villagers protesting on the street, asking for freedom from this kind of oppression.Obviously they will protest. Anybody would.A solution to the suffering looks a long way off
Even if there is no solution in sight one cannot just go and pick up people from the street and kill them. And if they do this there will be never be any solution.I had dear friends who had nothing to do with the Kashmir problem, who were from places far away from here, who were soldiers, who died here believing they were dying for a cause because they were told so.But now I realise they do not really want to solve the whole issue.
The big game being played here is that of money. Money being pumped in by Pakistan to wage the war and money from India to conquer it.And as long as there is a war going on in the valley there will be unaccounted money and people to make good use of it. I realise that we are just pawns in this game of dirty politics. And I suddenly feel small... very small.

Article is taken from BBC News
You can view it at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6367917.stm

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Professional Animals



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NASA Prediction

NASA predicts Worldwide Holiday on Feb 1, 2019 as the world is scheduled
to end
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Canned Art

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Have a Fresh Morning ( YummY )



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Thursday, August 9, 2007

Battle at Kruger

Buffalo survives lion attack

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Innocent Dog

A man is taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he sees a

little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog. He runs over and starts

fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the

girl's life.

A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: "You are a

hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: "Brave New

Yorker saves the life of little girl" The man says: -"But I am not a

New Yorker!" "Oh then it will say in newspapers in the morning: 'Brave

American saves life of little girl'" - the policeman answers. "But I

am not an American!" - says the man.

"Oh, what are you then? " The man says: - "I am a Pakistani!"

The next day the newspapers says: "Islamic extremist kills innocent

American dog.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Horrific F1 Accident that happened very recently....

Horrific F1 Accident that happened very recently....

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Jog Falls in Karnataka overflowing after 12 yrs



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Aquarium in Berlin

Placed at the lobby of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin

the 25 meters high AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium ever built.




Combined with a vast amount of sandblasted glass, the giant AquaDom gives a transparent-like feeling


to the lobby Guests and visitors are able to travel through the aquarium in a glass-enclosed elevato r

to reach a sightseeing point and restaurant under the glass roof.


Two full-time divers are responsible for the care and feeding of the fish and maintenance of the aquarium.

Some of the interior rooms and suites look out over the atrium, offering "ocean views" of the AquaDom

Construction

The AquaDom was opened in December 2003. It cost about 12.8 million euros.


The acrylic glass cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology.


The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator


was delivered in one piece The Aquadom is the largest acrylic glass cylinder in the world,


with a diameter of over 11 meters built on a 9 meters tall concrete foundation.







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Crime of the year

At Beitbridge policeman pulled a car over and

told the driver that because he had been wearing

his seat belt,

he had just won Z$ 1000 in the

country-wide safety competition.



"What are you going to do with the money?" asked the Policeman.

"Well, I guess I'm going to get a driver's license,

and maybe buy some insurance" he answered.



"Oh, don't listen to him," yelled a woman in the passenger seat.

"He's sooooo smart when he's drunk".

This woke up the guy in the back-seat,

who took one look at the cop and moaned,

"I knew we wouldn't get far in a stolen car."



At that moment, there was a knock from the trunk and

a voice said, "Are we over the border yet?

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Men will be..........Men !!!

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Funny Office Staff Notices




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EXTRA-ORDINARY PHOTO

This is a picture anyone can take of
the ruins of Machu-Pichú, near Pérou...
IF YOU PIVOTE THE PICTURE 90º


YOU SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, DEPICTING A GIGANTIC HUMAN FACE, WITH NATIVE ORNAMENTS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN THE POSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTION BY HUMAN HANDS. CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WONDERED ABOUT THE THEORY OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATIONS.
NOW WASN’T THAT WORTH IT?

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Stronger Rupee = Stronger India

This article is really worth reading.
Let me ask a question first.

What type of economic strength is preferable to India?
A) A strong Indian economy fueled by its cheap labor due to a weaker
rupee against dollar, where the Indians end up working in shifts, late
nights, whole nights and what not* only doing low profile jobs which
foreign companies want to offload to India, so that they can concentrate
on high end works and become even better. For instance in IT field,
providing BPO services, support and maintenance work for products*

OR

B) A strong Indian economy fueled by its strong innovations and
products, no matter whether the rupee is strong or weak against dollar..
where Indians work only in regular office hours of 9 to 6, developing
cutting edge technologies and solutions, selling our world class
products both inside and outside India. For instance in IT field,
imagine operating systems, compilers, databases etc all coming out of
India..

I do not deny the fact that the IT boom in India came to a large extent
because of (A). Well and good, we have had the benefits of our cost
being cheap in western markets due to a weak rupee against dollar.. We
have had our share because of this advantage in the past 2 decades..

But at the same time doesn*t it make sense to move towards (B),
instead of crying foul against rupee becoming stronger against dollar?

What a pity! Indian IT companies are feeling bad (
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Tyres/No_model_can_sustain_9_Re_rise/articleshow/2219591.cms
)because rupee is becoming stronger against dollar!Reason, their profits
will go down when the value of rupee is stronger, as every single dollar
that comes into their account now means lesser rupee than earlier..(if
for instance earlier they used to get 47 rupees for every dollar that
comes in, but today its about 40!)

But isn*t this a matter of celebration? Our rupee is gaining
importance internationally and is becoming stronger again.. How many of
us know that in 1947 when India got independence 1 Rupee was 1.2 US
dollars?

These Indian IT companies instead of relying on a weaker rupee for
their profit should now look at coming out with innovative products and
technical solutions. What have these companies done in the arena of core
system products? Why don*t we have any operating systems, compilers,
database systems, development platforms etc coming out of India? Why
don*t we develop tools like photoshop or flash? We have talent, but
they all are working in American companies on these products.. Cannot
our Indian IT companies setup at least small teams to develop such
products?

Instead they are planning to make their employees work on saturdays too
! So that their profits can increase due to extra hours the employees
put in.. As if India doesnt have any other option other than cheap
labour, workaholic labor!! Are there no brains in India who can setup
companies developing products and make money just by printing out more
serial numbers and burning their product DVDs?

If Indian companies continue to depend on its weak currency, then how
would Indian economy survive in a world where all currencies have equal
value? Survival of the fittest.. Only greater innovation can help us in
that case..

We need to have knowledge and technological advantage if India wants to
become a superpower, not low cost based cheap labor advantage! Let the
Chinese do it..

I hope that rupee becomes more and more stronger so that Indians are
forced to use their brains and come up with innovative products and next
generation technologies, than to provide low end services*

We need to create a situation where other countries line up to buy our
F-16s, to buy our operating systems, to buy our mobile phones and
I-pods, to buy our Boeing, to buy our Mercedes*

A stronger rupee means we can easily afford foreign trips!

*A stronger rupee means Indians can buy things anywhere in the world
on par with developed economies! We dont have to spend crores of rupees
then to buy a Boeing! We don*t have to pay tens of thousands of rupees
for international air travels! A stronger rupee means greater
international exposure! There wont be a difference between buying a
Maruti and buying a Mercedes! One can go on a trip to the Grand Canyon
just like the way one goes to Ladakh or Nepal ! How do you think
american citizens are able to tour all over the world? Because they earn
more? No. But because their currency USD is stronger.. and this is where
a strong rupee will lead us to!**

I am not saying providing low end services is wrong .. It gave us a
very good start in the 90s. But that should definitely not be the bread
and butter fueling our economic boom indefinitely in the future.. For
the simple reason that it can*t continue to do so any longer.. other
low cost destinations, cheaper than India are already coming up in the
world* Let us move ahead* become more innovative.. the journey has just
started* This is just the beginning of all the beginnings*

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MBA v/s Engineer

An MBA and an Engineer go on a camping trip,

set up their tent, and fall asleep.

Some hours later, the Engineer wakes his MBA friend.

"Look up at the sky and tell me what you see."



The MBA replies, "I see millions of stars."

"What does that tell you?" The MBA ponders for a minute.

"Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are

millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.

Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo.

Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three.

Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.

Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

Economically there are mass scales of stars in the sky.

So "Economy of Scale " would be the ideal strategy in that market.

Strategically such market would be a volume driven market

Financially it would be a low margin market.

From HR point of view we would require huge manpower

What does it tell you?"


The Engineer is silent for a moment, then speaks.


"Practically"


"Someone has stolen our TENT"

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Friday, August 3, 2007

what we guys really like

A new lady teacher came to teach 8th standard students. As it was the first day, she gave her intro, and asked all the students to introduce themselves with name and hobby.

She said, "Let's start with the boys first."
Boys start giving their intro...
First boy: "My name is John, and my hobby is to see bubble in the bathtub."

Teacher was confused to listen but said, "Interesting. Well, Ok. In fact, we must be honest in telling the hobby. And after all there is essentially a child in each of us. So it's ok John. Yes next."

Second boy: "Myself Peter and my hobby is to see bubble in the bathtub."

Teacher now got surprised and said, "Good. I like the spirit of supporting a friend. Ok next."

Third boy: "I'm Smith and my hobby is to see bubble in the bathtub."

Teacher: "Guys are you joking or what? Please be sincere. Ok next."

This continues...

and the last boy stands up "I'm Harry and my hobby is to see bubble in the bathtub."

Exhausted, the teacher said, "I don't think I will be able to teach un-grown boys for long. Anyway, now the girls please."

First girl: "I'm Julie and my hobby is to see birds."

Teacher: "Good. At last I got something different. Ok next."

Second girl: "I'm Ruby and I like to collect perfumes."

Teacher "Now it's like educated grown up girls. Ok next. You sweet girl; Yes you..."

Most beautiful girl of the class:

"Mam, my name is Bubble, and my hobby is to take bath three times a day."

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

More Jokes

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A Tamilian call up sardar and asks " tamil therima??"
Sardar got mad, angrily replied.... "Hindi tera baap!!!"
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2 sardarjis looking at Egyptian mummy.
Sar 1 : Look so many bandages, pakka lorry accident case.
Sar 2 : Aaho, lorry number is also written...BC 1760!!!....
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A sardar on an interview 4 da post detective.
Interviewer : who killed Gandhi?
Sardar : Thank u sir 4 giving me d job, I will start investigating.......
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A sardar for an exam had studied only one essay 'FRIEND', but in the
exam the essay which came was 'FATHER' . he replaced friend with father
in the essay and>it read: AM A VERY FATHERLY PERSON, I HAVE LOTS OF FATHERS,
SOME OF MY FATHERS ARE MALE AND SOME ARE FEMALE. MY TRUE
FATHER IS MY NEIGHBOUR.
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Interviewar: what s ur qualification?
Sardarji : Sir I am Ph.d.
Interviewar : what do u mean by Ph.d?
Sardarji : (smiling) PASSED HIGHSCHOOL with DIFFICULTY....
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Amitab : In which state Cauvery flows?
Sardar : liquid state.....
Audience clapped.. Amitab stunned, looks behind, ALL WERE SARDARS.......
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Prince Charles & Sardarji were having dinner.
Prince said, "Pass the wine you divine".
Sardar thinks "how poetic"
Sardar says, "pass the custard you bastard".
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Sardar at bar in New York .
Man on his right says "Johny Walker single"
Man on his left says "Peter Scotch single"
Sardar says - "Baljith Singh Married"
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Boss : am giving u job as a driver. STARTING salary Rs.2000/-, is it o.k
Sardar : U R great sir! Starting salary is o.k.......but??
how much is DRIVING salary...?
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Sardar's theory : Moon is more impt than Sun, coz it gives light at
night when light is needed & Sun gives light during the day when light
is not needed!!!
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2 sardars are driving a Car, one puts on the indicator and asks the
other to check whether its working, he puts his head out and says
YES...NO...YES...NO...YES...NO...
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Sardar shouting 2 his girl friend " u said v will do register marriage
and cheated me, I was waiting 4 u yesterday whole day in the post
office....
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Article in the Wall Street Journal by Ravi Venkatesan

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COMMENTARY




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Innovate for India's Poor

By RAVI VENKATESAN
July 18, 2007

BANGALORE -- When the Korean steelmaker Posco decided to invest $11 billion in the bleak hinterland of eastern India, it might have expected to be greeted with flowers. Instead, two Posco executives were recently kidnapped, but later released unharmed, in a protest over government policies to transfer land from struggling farmers to the mega-corporations driving India's modernization.

It is only the latest evidence of gathering rage among the hundreds of millions who remain mute spectators to the Indian economic miracle. In recent months, peasant revolts have been flaring up across the country, protesting against industrialization and the land grabs that accompany it. Harnessing the anger of rural poor, Maoist-inspired insurgents roam freely across much of central India, causing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call them the largest threat to India's security.

[Innovate]We business leaders for the most part tend to believe that growth will cure most sins and that our responsibility stops at creating competitive enterprises and paying taxes. Eradicating poverty is the government's job, not ours. Right?

Wrong. The consequences of abdicating this issue will be grave. There are already signs of growing lawlessness as disaffected young people turn to crime, insurgency and terrorism. But even more ominously, inequity inevitably generates a political response that can thwart the ambitions of the affluent. Last year, political parties, vying to tap the discontent created by inequity, enacted legislation reserving half the seats in India's educational institutions for lower-caste students. It is not hard to see how the extension of such quotas to jobs in the private sector can well bring the economic miracle to a halt.

This policy, and the controversy surrounding the creation of special economic zones, should serve as an early warning of what majorities can lawfully do when we elites ignore them. Furthermore, unless we educate hundreds of millions of people at the bottom of the pyramid and create jobs for them, we will starve our businesses of the skilled talent and the consuming middle class we need to buy our products and keep growing. So eliminating poverty is very much in our self interest.

However, even when business leaders agree that poverty is our problem, the approach is often confused. Two methods in particular have dominated recent thinking on the subject, and, in my view, both are well-intentioned but futile against so vast a problem.

Lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty cannot happen through "corporate social responsibility." Important as these initiatives are, they are neither sustainable nor scalable, and therefore achieve limited impact. Nor will poverty be overcome through the "bottom of the pyramid" initiatives that seek to make the poor into bigger consumers of shampoos and televisions by enabling them to pay per use.

We need a new approach driven by innovation. We need to focus less on doing small, nice deeds for the poor, and less on selling them affordable versions of what rich people consume. Instead, we must marshal the best resources of big, innovative corporations to think freshly about the shackles that keep people poor and invent solutions that break these shackles.

India is filled with efforts of this kind. For instance, the biggest hope for the next agricultural productivity revolution in India lies in the rural business initiatives of companies like conglomerate Reliance Industries, telecom operator Bharti Airtel and tobacco company ITC, which are investing billions of dollars to create an efficient agricultural supply chain bypassing scores of middlemen. Look, too, to the rural banking initiatives of companies like SBI and ICICI that will deliver affordable credit and insurance to half a billion people, helping them finally break a historic cycle of poverty.

Doing good is also good business: Scalable business models that help the poor access markets, or deliver essential services like education, health care or drinking water, represent huge economic opportunities waiting to be tapped. For example, at my company, Microsoft India, engineers are working on problems like how to learn English using a computer or cell phone, how to use the Web to deliver services to rural entrepreneurs, or how to help tiny businesses access global markets.

Microsoft is not doing this for charity. If we get it right, the poor will be happy to pay to get jobs they otherwise wouldn't have and we will have expanded the potential base of users for our software to 500 million from 100 million. It is very conceivable that the next big innovation could come from immersion in the problems of India's poor. They don't need our charity or single-use sachets of shampoo. They need us to innovate them out of their morass.

Mr. Venkatesan is Chairman of Microsoft India.

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High PJ Dose

Once upon a time... In a village, there came a lion & started troubling
villagers. Being frustrated because of the lion, people decide to take some
action. They decide that after 6:00 'O'clock in the evening everybody will
return home and lock the doors from inside. The trick works, lion comes
and finds nothing.

Second day also it comes and sees the same thing everywhere! It happens
for two-three nights.

Then finally one day, the frustrated lion comes and lock all the doors
from outside and goes back into the forest.

Now suggest some good title for the story!

Reminder: You are asked to suggest the title of the story and not the
moral.....

scroll down for the answer...................

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Sher-Lock Homes!!!







WHAT THAT LION WILL BE CALLED, IF HE SITS ON THE ROCK????????
SOCHO.
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AUR SOCHO.
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OK.
HERE IS DA ANSWER.
'SHER-ON-STONE'







sony TV pe woh kaun sa serial aata tha jo pehle paas bulata hai aur baad me hakaal deta hai????
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ANS- AAHAT (AA-HAT!!)





Question: An elephant was in love with a she-elephant. But the
>she-elephant went and got married to some other elephant. So our
>elephant was very Depressed. One of his friends felt sorry for him, and
>took him to a park to cheer him up. In the park, they sat on a see-saw,
>but the see-saw broke. Now, which song would our hero sing?
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>Ans: "See-saw ho ya dil ho, aakhir toot jaata hai."











hritik:- Aaj mere pas bunglow hai,gadi hai,wife hai, paisa hai, shan shaukat hai tere pas kya hai.


abhishek bacchan:- mere bap ke sir pe baal hai..

lolz... bahut bakwas tha na???









wat is Jayawardane's fan club called??




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Mahela Mandal...







man is going 2 a factory... another man asks him...

1st: kyu bhai...kahan jaa raha hai???
2nd: main kaarkhane ja raha hoon..
1st: abe yaar, itni badi CAR kaise khayega tu???

howzzat guys???





Cont... of rabbit n tortoise
now rabbit gets angry, he uses all his sources to get into the same coll where the tortoise is into, finally he gets into the coll by management quota,
now tortoise completes his engg in 4 yrs but rabbit takes 5 yrs. why?




why?



why?




why????



why??





why?










Answer: rabbit takes admission into architecture.









explanation for dumbos: architecture course is of 5yrs










five chipkalis(house lizards) were crawling on the wall...one of them started singing...after some time other four fell down on the grond....why?
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because all four started clapping









whats the volume of a guy who just lost his memory?












































































1/3*pi*r^2*h....

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cause he repeats...

"main cone(kaun) hun?"













WHEN LION ROARS LOUDLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN????




?????GUESS















????GUESS HARDER










NO GUESS???










TOM & JERRY STARTS......







why did ramu throw butter from the window???

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he wanted to see the butter-fly!!!!!!









what did the priest say when the village got flooded?























































God DAM it





wotday call LISA RAY's dad???
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.BAAP RAY!!!!
AND HER GRAND PA??????
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BAAP RAY BAAP!!!!!





which is the fruit, which if lies down, turns into non-veg.
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A. Mango. when it lies down, it is called 'aam-late'...





Apr 16

Koi bachhi agar Kg pass karke niklegi to wo kya bolegi?
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Kg kiya re..
Kg kiya re..









Once the parrot stepped on the elephant n the elephant died...
how come...
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coz...
the elephant's name was parrot n the parrot's name waz elephant...





May 2
Once there is a couple sittin on the stairs and gazing into each others eyes!! suddenly they find themselves in the middle of the desert. why???
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Ans:- Aakhon hi aakhon me ishara ho gaya .... baithe baithe JEENE ka SAHARA ho gaya !!!

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