Cute boy Black Brew

Eyes are tender, cold and blue,
That’s my boy, you Black Brew,
Crushing a stone, unlike you,
Let’s go, wear your shoe.

Walk by the road, don’t you bark,
Catch your bone, that of a lark,
I tame you, bright and dark,
For each day, you lead me to park.

Why don’t you, run around,
Ever since the day, you were browned,
Break down, the bone of a lark,
Let’s head to the south of town.

You know it, you assure me,
Of how a pack is undone,
The moment you see a better half,
Wag your tail and start long run,

No baby, do not go there,
It may not be from fresh air,
With another breed, no affair,
Shun you, the little teddy bear,

Head for your hut now,
Start your little cute bow-bow,
I am listening, I know it how,
Enough of your chow-chow.

Dedicated to my future dog (if any)*
*Conditions Apply ;)

Kingfisher enigma fails to die in Media

I fail to understand why everyone is after Kingfisher. In a day, in a time span of 30 minutes there are three news that appear.

One of them states that Airlines have mounted up debts because of Government Policies: Given the present conditions, many in media are debating whether India should have allowed 24% FDI and if they had done so, Airlines would not have been in debts. How in the world will that help is what I fail to understand? So that means Naresh Goyal wants to stack away majority of his airline stake in Mauritius and Vijay Mallya in Cayman Islands and avoid taxes in the country?

Agreed, state sales tax on Aviation turbine fuel (aka ATF) is proving to be very costly, what if the world crude oil prices were on the same level as today’s price minus the taxes? Will the airlines still rue the same fuel and taxes cry? The fact is that ATF prices are even cheaper than Petrol in India baffles me. I understand the fact that unlike our cars, an aircraft needs that in tons.

ATF Prices as on November 16, 2011 (per Kilo Liter)
Delhi 62310.33
Kolkata 70465.19
Mumbai 63228.40
Chennai 67018.04

Hire me! says Tony Fernandes of Air Asia.

The CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest airlines, Air Asia, Tony says the present condition of Air business in India because they lack focus. Frequent change of ideology from Full service to Low Cost, trying to do too many things at the same time has costed the loss they are making today. I think he is true up to a certain extent. He also says that in India, owners do not manage airlines like he does for Air Asia – which I think wont be true as Naresh Goyal and IndiGo promoters run their airlines.

There is also the view that Kingfisher should be saved and banks should convert its debt into equity at current market prices to take a stake of more than 51%. Once acquired, they can collectively sell that stake to an investor who can afford to pay the money banks ask for.

With so many of experts and no so experts popping up in media with their views, Kingfisher enigma will surely not fail in long time to come. Hail Media!

Type of Governments around the world

Throughout the history of mankind, they have been witness to many civilizations which have arisen and fallen. These civilizations were grown up to form organized rulers from Dynasty and Kingdoms to today’s Governments. The mankind has seen and has been ruled by many governments, all of various shapes and sizes and ideologies.

Listed below are some of the many types of government following almost the same ideology!

  1. Autocracy/Dictatorship/Totalitarianism: The common man is robbed by a single person assuming absolute power.
  2. Oligarchy: The common man is robbed by a bunch of goons having authoritarian rule.
  3. Monarchy: The Common man is robbed by a royal family.
  4. Military Junta: The common man is robbed by his own protector. A case of protector turning the predator!
  5. Capitalism: The common man is robbed by Businessmen in cahoots with the Government.
  6. Communism: The common man is not only robbed, but imprisoned, tortured and killed later on declared innocent by the government.
  7. Democracy: A queer case where the common man has the power to elect the robbers who will rob him

This guest post is written by my friend Sandeep Nair.

A whole new flight

At the mid night, under the moon light,
I am waiting for the clear sun to shine,
Everyone is sleeping, without disturbing,
I am embarking on a whole new flight,

Into a new world of unknown,
With a paltry sum to beckon,
Clinching it tight I am waiting all night,
To see the clear sun shine,

A change in me will ever be,
Constant as will ever honey bee,
Across oceans my life glee,
I don’t wanna hold on every penny,

Where no one bothers me for being myself,
Where just even loving is as much loved,
Seeing the image in the blurry moon light,
I am embarking on a whole new flight,

Pushing is too much, pulling is a pain,
All my efforts are torn in vain,
I pulled my ear to make it clear,
What to me the world was saying,

I wanna fly, real high,
Into a new world of light,
Just waiting for the clear sun to shine,
I am going on a whole new flight.