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Pasta?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No?? .. How about Taco?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_28gx9q85cm_b" name="graphics3" width="322" align="bottom" border="0" height="233" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not&lt;br /&gt;in taco mood today? ... ok.. Trying this Mexican Food? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_29gzjc6pqd_b" name="graphics4" width="338" align="bottom" border="0" height="225" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;again? No probs.. we have more choice.. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;   &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmmmmmm..&lt;br /&gt;chinise??????? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_308bg8kshj_b" name="graphics5" width="350" align="bottom" border="0" height="263" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Burgersssssss????????&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_31fz49dvcc_b" name="graphics6" width="324" align="bottom" border="0" height="366" /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok..&lt;br /&gt;lets try Indian.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;b&gt;South Indian Food?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naaaaa??? North Indian?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_32h7jz3jf8_b" name="graphics7" width="397" align="bottom" border="0" height="299" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Junk&lt;br /&gt;food mood? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_335nkvt6hj_b" name="graphics8" width="327" align="bottom" border="0" height="245" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&lt;br /&gt;choice we have is endless....... &lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b&gt;Tiffin ? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_34gv95gfgk_b" name="graphics9" width="360" align="bottom" border="0" height="232" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non-Veg?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_35gxmqjpdd_b" name="graphics10" width="386" align="bottom" border="0" height="291" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Large&lt;br /&gt;Quantity? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_36ghp5bdqt_b" name="graphics11" width="344" align="bottom" border="0" height="353" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or&lt;br /&gt;just some bites of chicken?&lt;br /&gt;You can have any of these... or try&lt;br /&gt;out little from all...&lt;br /&gt;But.. They have No choice.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_37d64qbqdz_b" name="graphics12" width="211" align="bottom" border="0" height="260" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_38cwvc2zgt_b" name="graphics13" width="256" align="bottom" border="0" height="256" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_39dwqpkkcm_b" name="graphics14" width="193" align="bottom" border="0" height="256" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002060;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_407djrr293_b" name="graphics15" width="190" align="bottom" border="0" height="258" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They&lt;br /&gt;just need some food to survive.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_41dtnffcp8_b" name="graphics16" width="386" align="bottom" border="0" height="290" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think&lt;br /&gt;of them next time you throw the cafeteria food saying, its not&lt;br /&gt;tasty!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_42gzzjprfj_b" name="graphics17" width="313" align="bottom" border="0" height="349" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think&lt;br /&gt;of them next time you say .. Roti here is too hard to eat..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dh6d3k8_43hfxbpzfq_b" name="graphics18" width="555" align="bottom" border="0" height="341" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff8100;"&gt;DO NOT WASTE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="color:#800000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If&lt;br /&gt;you have a function/party at your home in India and food gets wasted&lt;br /&gt;, don't hesitate to &lt;b&gt;call 1098&lt;/b&gt; (only in India) - child&lt;br /&gt;helpline. &lt;b&gt;They will come and collect the food&lt;/b&gt;. Please&lt;br /&gt;circulate this message which can help feed many children. PLEASE, DON&lt;br /&gt;'T BREAK THIS CHAIN, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff8100;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;'Helping&lt;br /&gt;hands are better than Praying Lips'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff8100;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We are celebrating save food day on 25th may 2009. For one day try not to waste food. skip a meal if u can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-1226042656232989906?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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These people waste US$18 billion of food per year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats9.htm" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 115, 177); text-decoration: none; text-align: left; "&gt;The European Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; has a population of 489 million minus 54 million in England and Wales = 435 million. Therefore if 54 million people waste US$18 billion of food per year, it is reasonable to assume that 435 million waste US$145 billion per year of avoidable food waste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The United States has a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(203, 112, 21); text-decoration: none; text-align: left; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;population&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;of 304 million. Food wastage can be estimated at US$102 billion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, total food wastage in the European Union and USA can be estimated at US$ 18,000,000,000 (billion) + $145,000,000,000 + US$102,000,000,000. Total $265,000,000,000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt; � just over 12% of the world's wealthiest population is wasting an estimated US$265,000,000,000 worth of food per year. There is something very wrong here and BBC's David Loyn is probably not even aware of such profligacy taking place at the expense of the 800,000,000 people who are malnourished or starving in the world, most of whom will still be living on one dollar a day. There are currently 6.6&amp;amp; billion people in the world and 4 billion live in poverty or on the borderline.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;If these US$265,000,000,000 were not wasted in such an unconscious and "I'm alright Jack and screw you" sort of way, each of the 800,000,000 malnourished could theoretically have another dollar a day to live on (math � 265,000,000,000 \ 800,000,000 = 331 per year or about one dollar a day extra). Most starving people would double their income!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides food wastage which is prejudicing the world's poor, biofuels will increasingly take up arable land used for growing food and force food prices even higher even though in the capitalist system, higher prices should mean more acreage planted. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, the world's poor are in the middle of a terrible bind: food wastage and biofuels � all in the name of maintaining the developed countries (in this case Europe and the US) in their accustomed life style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sample this&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Now, "Mr. and Mrs. Jones" can drive down to the mall, using ethanol made from edible grain in their SUV, eat a Burger King with their 2.1 kids and throw half the food away since it is really junk, causing obesity and heart disease in the long run. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, in Sub Saharan Africa and in places wracked by civil war over oil, such as Dafur, "Mr. and Mrs. Oblongi" and their 5 kids are looking at their dead livestock and eating mud pies spiced with grass since there is no food � not even wasted food from Burger King.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-1012708181547676228?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Nothing very complex....just a summary of the various political parties...their agendas, priorities...a little about their history...their leaders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#555544"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;Simply put..its just a choice between the lesser of the devils...all have their pros and cons...you choose the one that aligns best with your expectations.I wanted to put a sort of table for why and why not you should vote for a political party:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3rd Front&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why Not vote for the 3rd front (Left, BSP and a bunch of others):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;1. It has Left as one of its pioneers which is known to be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;anti development&lt;/b&gt;. Still holding on to archaic concepts of Marxism when &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;China&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; has embraced capitalism and accepted that Socialism is not a practical way for routing out poverty. WB and its laggard status is a classic example.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;2. It has Mayawati as its PM candidate - Known to be corrupt to the core(visit &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Lucknow&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;)..she encourages mammoth birthday parties and building statues for herself. Do we want an uneducated person who has risen playing the caste card throughout.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;3. They will rob the country clean if they come to power. Be rest assured Mayawati and her men will have swept the country of taxpayers money...and create a huge parallel black money market. Left leaders will create unions across the board and cripple all industry....rewinding &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; another 50 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;4. The parliament will be a mockery and will not last its term...all parties haggling for power and a piece of the cake will fight among themselves.....and soon enough we will have a hung parliament.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;5. The country will be a mess if they come to power&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;Sorry...cant think of any&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Whys&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;for the 3rd front. And on a similar note, voting for independents (who may be educated enough) is also in a way promoting a hung parliament -which can lead to an unstable Govt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;Now to the bigger powers&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#555544"&gt;CONGRESS (INC)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#555544"&gt;Why Not Congress&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dynastic politics&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;span class="font5"&gt;A party that has been standing on the 'Gandhi' family name - irrespective of how deserving/undeserving the heirs are.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stifled Indian economy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;for nearly 45 years after independence - nationalizing banks, discouraging private enterprise, Overtaxing businesses - all leading to high levels of poverty and corruption&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monmohan (PM) often tagged as a pawn and a &lt;span class="font7"&gt;&lt;b&gt;weak PM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;at the hand of Sonia Gandhi- and kind of true considering we have seen or heard little of him in the 5 years - and you don’t expect economic policies like the ones implemented in this tenure from people like Manmohan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Believes in giving people fish than teaching them to fish&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;- Free electricity, loan waivers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font7"&gt;Reservations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;- all crippling Indian economy in the longer term and making the poor fiercely dependent on the Govt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minimal infrastructure&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;development&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;during its tenure&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;Alliances with the likes of&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font7"&gt;Lalu Yadav and Left&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;in a desperate attempt to form the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;&lt;b&gt;UPA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="font5"&gt;- which led to the most inactive government from 2004-09&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Why Congress&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Priyanka Gandhi&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;does show some promise however&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had the brains of Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram and Montek Alhuwalia who had the vision of&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;liberalizing&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;in the 1990's - But that process too unfortunately lost momentum in 2 years&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Thanks to Manmohan putting his foot down, Congress clinched the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nuclear deal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;- necessary to cater to &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;'s power needs&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#555544"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;BJP&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;(NDA)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;Why not BJP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#555544"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Communal manifesto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;visible in actions like Ayodhya, Godhra, support for Varun Gandhi&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#555544"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stood against the nuclear deal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;with the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;US&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; - A cheap act showing desperation to put Congress out of power&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#555544"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#555544"&gt;Why BJP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A break from the dynastic rule&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;of the Gandhi's who have done much damage to the country&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;Good amount of infrastructure development during its rule - Golden quadrilateral, highways, ports, Electricity - &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Gujarat&lt;/st1:place&gt; is a case in point where there has been tremendous development&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Encouraged private enterprise&lt;/b&gt;, Privatization and Decentralization - bringing greater efficiency and results in organizations&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;Has policy visions like&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Uniform civil code&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;- necessary for a uniform and stable democracy&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Strong government&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;which gives us confidence compared to the weaker Congress&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;col width="158" style="width: 119pt; "&gt;&lt;col width="64" style="width: 48pt; "&gt;&lt;col width="292" style="width: 219pt; "&gt;&lt;col width="60" style="width: 45pt; "&gt;&lt;col width="242" style="width: 182pt; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68);   line-height: 18px; font-family:tahoma;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-4684342773676173826?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Few people are also guessing Wriddhiman Saha. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gilli danda&lt;/strong&gt; - Ashok Dinda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boy George&lt;/strong&gt; - Joy Bhattacharya, CEO of KKR. Some people are also guessing "Brad Hodge"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Style Bhai spinner&lt;/strong&gt; - Murali Karthik&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sultan of Tweak&lt;/strong&gt; - Shane Warne&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sparrow / Parrott&lt;/strong&gt; - McGrath&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bevdaa team&lt;/strong&gt; - BRC - Bangalore Royal Challengers (Mallya’s Team)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Rajputs&lt;/strong&gt; - RR - Rajasthan Royals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pedophile Priest&lt;/strong&gt; - Gilchrist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Very very special friend Ram&lt;/strong&gt; - VVS Laxman&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kaan Moolo&lt;/strong&gt; - Agarkar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former India fast bowler who will remain a former India fast bowler&lt;/strong&gt; - Agarkar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;India’s best fast bowler&lt;/strong&gt; - Ishant Sharma&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-4800677572278708911?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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After all the shopping was done, we started the usual chitchat session and I congratulated him for entering into the corporate world. It was then we pondered over what lay next. Hanging those loose ever-sagging jeans and stepping into nice trousers, giving up sandals to wear those black leather shoes, waking up early in the morning and not to mention the daily bath and shave… &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;To make the above changes go down a little easily, we fetched our beer bottles and felt better once the chilled effervescence inside us. But then the reality struck us again and I don’t know but for whatever reasons, reality hits you really hard when you are light. I guess this is its way of minimizing the damage. Someone said about the grueling work-hours, other was drinking to how little his job was going to way and I on the other hand was still waiting for my offer-letter. It was unanimously decided that my problem was the most serious one and called for a toast. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;The average workday was calculated to last for 12 hrs, leaving aside little time for other things. This really worried us because 4 years in college had made us really lazy and working for 12 hrs a day looked almost impossible. But then one of us assured that if our seniors can work then we could work too. This was a relief as we knew how screwed up our seniors were. With this in mind, we all started making plans of how we were going to spend our money and how are we gonna make a life out of the hectic work-hours. But the discussion was cut short when a friend got a call from his dad telling him it was time he came back home. So we decided to call it a night and raised our bottles as kids for one last time.. It is time that Raju becomes a Gentelman and Yes we are all grown up..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Below is a video of my Comp. Science batch at IIT-Guwahati.. It sums up our journey from Raju to Gentelman. Njoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SLwl5eXBL7A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SLwl5eXBL7A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-6568756793373586349?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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What sends me to frenzy is that its my home, my time and till my parents don’t complain why do people have a problem. They ask you these questions as if they are on the verge of some ground-breaking, earth-shattering and noble prize deserving research. But the truth is that they themselves have no work other than going to peoples house and asking what their children are doing in summers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;So here is what you can do to pass your time and put all those goons to silent mode..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Get an internet connection and start writing blogs. This way you can include others in your crappy thoughts and make sure that their time is well wasted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;This one is the sharpen your memory. Try to fix you old scooter or motorbike and make sure that you open all the parts that look greasy or dusty. Once you take the engine to a state where no more screws are visible, try to reassemble it. And remember the permutations and combinations you were taught in high school, now is the time to utilize that knowledge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Start fixing doors or other things your mom has been telling you to fix since high school.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;For those waiting for their offer letters, keep on predicting your joining date and salary breakup. Remember to send a weekly mail to HRs and other friends recruited in the same company. A panic mail once in a while you get you great response.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have already got you offer letter, then get a pen and paper and start calculating the tax you will have to pay. Remember to get your dad involved in this. Please make sure that you consider all the mentioned and not mentioned components and find an in-hand salary figure for all combinations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you are the studious type, grab a thick novel or start preparing for MBA, MS etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Start planning about your cousins marriage or better accompany him when he goes to see a girl.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Although I have personally tried all the above ways, but I have come to the conclusion that best way to pass time is to stay awake at night ans sleep during the day. This way no one will be able to ask you any questions…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Any further suggestions are most welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-6133927782217231349?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Goodbye to 4 years of refugee life. Goodbye to &lt;em&gt;frustapa &lt;/em&gt;for a girlfriend (like he stood a chance in the outside world), goodbye to messy mess food and goodbye to sleep-hating lectures, goodbye to 4 years of pain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;Then he said something that smuggled the Old Smuggler out of our system. To quote him: “As some of the best brains of India, we have spend the best time of our lives in the worst possible place.” Somehow none of us could muster the strength to fight back against his bold statement. He went on to explain how his friends in other colleges have got good financial jobs, how they all have 2 girlfriends (keeping just one meant there was something wrong with you. No girlfriends simply meant you were gay) and how they laughed at his decision, each time he goes home.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He asked for a round of cold pizza (no chance of getting a hot one while sitting 20kms from civilzation) and continued to explain ‘&lt;em&gt;life&lt;/em&gt;’ to us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;It felt as if Deewaker was saying something we had felt all along. May it was the booze talking or maybe it was just a downpour of emotions but all of it seemed true. Had we really donated our life in exchange of an IIT degree? Just as we were digesting the reality, along came another emotional avalanche, this time it was Prabhu. He gulped down his shot and said f*@# you Deewaker, I have enjoyed every second of my life here. Yes the classes sucked, the no gf thing was cruel, no doubt the food yucked but my life with you guys simply rocked. “What about the Rubel walks, the class bunks, the SOFing, the canteen bakars, the DPs , the Alchers, the Manthans, the night-outs, the shillong trips and what about all the time spent together.“ ranted Prabhu. Then it all came back, the good times, the bad times, and the ugly ones too. Being there for each other, trying to hide your frustration to help somebody else, lending an ear whenever someone was down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;A sudden flash and electricity was back. From where I could see, Deewaker had wet cheeks and red eyes. He stood up, crushed the cigarette bud and said “Prabhu you @#@#*$ you have ruined my life. I wanted this to end tonight so that the pain maybe less. But as always you have to ruin everything. Now get up and give me a hug.” We all huddled together and held on to each other. Another loud noise and Deewaker said “Goodbye my foot. My heart, my soul, my love will still be with IITg”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; "&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-4100601583094442786?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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They say that legends say things and its fools who repeat them but then who said I am not foolish. Let me first get to the origin of this saying. Though there are many sources to its origin, the one that I like to believe (because it has that grip to it) is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah Ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it." "If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?" "It has magic powers," answered the king. "If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy." Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility. Spring passed and then summer, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the night before Sukkot, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah. He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile. That night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. "Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!" As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: _gimel, zayin, yud_, which began the words "_Gam zeh ya'avor_" -- "This too shall pass." At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just like Solomon, I have also come to the sad realization that all good things come to an end. No this is not a random thought, it’s a sad realization that struck me when I saw the orkut album of one of my seniors at IIT. It was then I remembered that it is my last year at IIT and its gonna end soon. This is the bad things ending and good things beginning side of the story. But when I look around, I see friends, I see people having a laugh about almost anything and just enjoying the life. No I don’t want to leave all this. I don’t want to leave the comfort of the nest that each one of us has slowly built. Why this has to “pass”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For what its worth, I would like to thank all my friends, batchmates, hostelmates and all the people who have made my life at IITG colorful and enjoyable. Without you I would have never been able to survive 4 years at this place. And now I wish I could stay with you guys forever. But then this too shall pass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2037988611207470385-1640555218930048061?l=paras-arora.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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