Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Book review: God Save the Dork: The Incredible International Adventures of Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese

God Save the Dork: The Incredible International Adventures of Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese God Save the Dork: The Incredible International Adventures of Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese by Sidin Vadukut
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After a very very long time I laughed while reading a book. Better than Chethan bhagat books(Except five point someone). A must read for all the fun loving reader.

Even though its not a new way of presenting a story, telling the story using dairy entries of main protagonist is really cool. Now I am going to find the first part of this book and will read and write a review here. :)

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Some more thoughts….

This is continuation to the article http://www.whatay.com/2012/01/13/dont-make-me-put-it-up-on-ebay/#disqus_thread

1) Do something about Indian Railways.
- First stop looking
at this department for giving more jobs to the unemployed, so that you can brag
about that in your next election.
- A full time
minister for this department who reports to PM and Parliament, not to some lady
who sits in Bengal.
- It’s a shame after
60 years of independence our fastest train runs 80 KM/H avg speed( yes I am
talking about Shatabdi Super fast express :) ). Whereas our neighbor got trains
to run 300 to 500 KM per hour.
2) Cancellation of food security and 100 day a year work
programs. Ban all freebies given by government.
- I strongly feel
that these programs are doing more bad to people than doing any good. Instead
do something to empower people.
- Cancel PDS
departments run by state and central government;  instead subsidies should be given to people in
the form the money using smart cards.
3) Constitutional amendment to make voting mandatory for all
the eligible citizens. This is the only way to make sure the right people gets
elected and this is the only to get some real progress.
4) Stop spending any more money on government education;
first clean the system which is in place. If you think it’s not possible to do
that, then provide health care insurance for all the people in this country.
Also given money to kids for their education so that they can choose their
school and a real school.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Book review : Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve JobsSteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In few words:

This is the best biography ever read. The reason is the book subject and the author of the book, both are amazing.

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