Musings 'n scribblings of a philanthrope ..

A train of thoughts and writings on development, technology and the economy focusing on the socio-techno-economic-cultural surge of developing economies to regain and partake in leadership of the world. Written by George Easaw, member of the faculty of Business Administration of Allliance University, Bangalore, India. (This is purely an academic site, no commercial use is allowed. Photography rights lie with the respective organisations). Mention credits as needed.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

How the Ayodhya issue got solved ..

CWG, some snaps ..

most of these are exisitng stadia which have been renovated.

Sydney Olympics in 2000 - $ 1 billion

Athens 2004 - $ 6 billion

Beijing 2008 - $ 44 billion ( the greatest spectacle on planet earth until now..)

London 2012 - $ 18 billion ( estimates..)

New Delhi Common Wealth Games 2010 $ 14 billion, but nobody accountable, everyone is spending ..

Sebastian Coe , the 800 m Olympic goldmedallist is the chairman of the 2012 London Olympics,

A corrupt, thick skinned, former Indian Airforce pilot, politician Suresh Kalmadi is the Chairman of CWG OC. E sridharan or Metro fame or Kheny of NICE Bangalore fame would have done the games at half the cost.

The cost of refurbishing the exisiting Jawaharlal Nehru athletics stadium in Delhi cost Rs 1000 crores.

The SC has said that till the games are over, the OC members will be public citizens and after the games are over, they will be private citizens and will have to take care of their own backs. Thousands of crores must already have flown to Swiss banks on hearing that news..

Where is our country headed to !!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Newsweek - The earth doesn't care what you do !! ..

A very damning article, by Physics Nobel laurete Robert Laughlin, which rubbishes all talk of reducing carbon emissions, ozone depletion, temperature rise and all green talk. It expresses concern over bio-diversity loss ie. man-made or human induced extinction of flora and fauna species from planet earth, possible due to over population !

Laughlin says, "Climate change over geologic time is something the earth has done without asking anyone's permission !" According to him, glacial episodes, the slow, steady cooling followed by steady warming up, occurs at regular intervals of 100,000 years and will happen whatever man does to accentuate or prevent it from happening.

An interesting article, sure read from Newsweek .. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/george-will-earth-doesn-t-care-what-is-done-to-it.html

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Child atop leaf of Victoria amazonica ..

A baby smiles while resting on top of a leaf ...

Seven-and-a-half-month old Tanisha Overbeeke smiles while resting on top of a leaf of the Victoria Amazonica at the Rotterdam Blijdorp Zoo September 1, 2010. Children could be photographed on top of the leaf, under the condition that they do not weigh more than 15 kg (33 lbs). The Victoria Amazonica blossoms over two nights producing flowers that are white on the first night, which then turn pinkish-red by the second night. Its leaf could have a diameter of up to two-and-a-half meters. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

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