Money Money

There was once a time when the world existed without money ... Man did not know what money was ... 

Today we cant imagine a world without money ... 

What started as something generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts has taken center stage ... 

All this reminds me of a famous quote on money 

" God is on everyone's side … and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies" 

--
VRam

Belief

The other day i was reading a news article which said frogs married as Assam goes dry. 

It was pretty interesting to note that the rain Gods would be pleased if frogs are married. 

This might sound quaint in the 21st century but is this what they call "Butterfly Effect"? 

 Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas. To make it simple Small variations in the initial conditions of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behaviour of the system. 

Here the frog marriage is a small variation in the initial condition of the system and the large variation in the behaviour of the system is the change in the climate. 

Just a thought ... 

Interesting

I was reading an article which appeared in The Hindu Magazine. It was an interview with Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev. He had made an interesting observation about industries today ... 

  “The biggest industry is armaments, next comes pharmaceuticals and then alcohol. The first puts you on the way to death, the second pretends to pull you back, and the third gets you there for sure!”

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/03/15/stories/2009031550330800.htm

Circle of Life

Two friends A and B complete high school together. A joins medical college and B get into engineering. B completes engineering and joins an IT company with a big fat salary . 

B: Hi dude ... How are u ? 

A: Fine da .. just hangin in there ... 

B: I am joining XYZ corp ... It is a US based company ... They would be processing my green card da ... 

A: Thats awesome. My best wishes. 

B:How are things at your end ? 

A: Not too bad . I will be completing my course next year ... then think about super specialization 

B: Boy .. i cannot study anymore ... i wil go to US ... marry a rich girl and settle down in life ... 

     You could have taken engineering dude .... 

A: I was really not inclined towards that ... 

B: Now you see the difference ... Anyways ... catch ya later ... 

A: Bye . Good Luck. 

After 5 years ... Recession hit the american market ... Our man B is jobless ... 

While A has completed his specialization and joined a hospital and has a private clinic. 

A: Wassup dude ? 

B: Nothing is up man ... 

A: What happened ? 

B: Lost my job ... recession .... 

A: I really feel sorry for you dood ... Dont worry .... things will improve ....

B: Yeah .. Let us hope for the best. 

This scene reminds me of the movie badsha where rajini says the following dialogue ... 

" Andavan nallavangala sodhippan ana kai vida mattan ... 

Kettavangaluku nariya kudupan ana kai vitturuvan ..." 

Obsession

This is what happens when one is too obsessed with something ... 

Imagine a guy passing out of B-School ... Fully loaded with Management Fundae ... Meeting a girl to who might become his life partner .... what would be his question ?? 

Guy : 

Give me one reason why I should marry you ? What will be my value add if you become my life partner ?? 

Girl : " One tight slap !!! " 

Delhi 6

A good movie. A movie that has a good story, social message, music, sentiments and is a little bit bollywoodish. It talks about the bad ideologies we have in us and how it creates problems among us. 

Marriage and Economics

The following content has been taken from dilbert blog ... 

Found it pretty interesting ... 

http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/marriage_and_economies/

Single people are free to take more economic risks than married people. It makes me wonder if there is a correlation between the average age of marriage in a particular area and its economy. 

My hypothesis is that places where marriage happens early, by custom or religion, will also be the places with the slowest rate of development. In such places there might be fewer entrepreneurs and everyone would take fewer risks. 

Exceptions would abound since economies are influenced by many factors, so if there is a correlation it would be on average and not apply to every region. And obviously the causation could work the other way too; a good economy provides the option of staying single longer. 

On a similar theme, easy access to divorce, and a high divorce rate, might also contribute to entrepreneurial energy. And again this could work both ways because a risk-taking spouse is probably more likely to get a divorce.  

Name three vibrant entrepreneurial countries where people also marry young.

UPDATE: Reader Brant provides a link to statistics that support this hypothesis:

www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmarriage/worldmarriagepatterns2000.pdf

Movie Marathon

After two gruelling weeks of tests and assignments , got a chance to relax for a while ... 

Watched two contrasting movies Pink Panther 2 and Naan Kadavul 

Pink Panther was another slapstick comedy from Steve Martin. It was not as impressive as its prequel but had fun watching the movie ... 

It was a treat to watch Steve Martin with his wonderful french accent... 

Naan Kadavul was very contrasting ... The genre was far away from the customery movies where the guy chases the girl in some snow clad peak in switzerland . The movie was about the life of Aghoris. Got to know about that term only after the movie. It was a very heavy subject. Actor Arya has done a wonderful work.  

Few more films in the pipeline before another gruelling week ....