Round up of some blog readup

Weekends are generally the time for me to catch up on reading backlog of feeds. Here are some interesting readings:

A brilliant joke from Atanu Dey's blog:

1 Lac = 1 Peti
1 Crore = 1 Khoka
500 Crore = 1 Koda
1,000 Crore = 1 Radia
10,000 Crore = 1 Kalmadi
100,000 Crore = 1 Raja
10 KALMADI + 1 RAJA = 1 SHARAD PAWAR
10 SHARAD PAWAR = 1 Madam


Aditya Sinha is leaving the New Indian Express as its chief editor. Of all the leading dailies, I have found him to be the most balanced and forthright. Wonder where he is headed next.

While all of us are worried about the rising inflation, there has been little analysis in the media (at least the mainstream papers). Here is one viewpoint by M.R Venkatesh in the Organiser, basically blaming speculation in the futures market and the ability of the players to influence policy.