Housing Market

In a matter of 4-5 months, if a particular locality (just about 10 streets) adds more than 100 flats to its neighbourhood, all due to the replacement of Victorian houses by newly built apartments, would the house prices come down in that locality due to excess supply or would the market behave as before, i.e., keeping pace with the trend in rest of the country?

OM

I think Om is fast becoming a popular fashion symbol these days. Earlier, I have seen it embroidered/printed in bags or T-Shirts. Someone who was having a bag with Om sign told me that she bought it as she was told that it is a ‘sign of victory’ in India. Today I saw it at a place where I least expected it. Someone who was walking in front of me was wearing a loose fitting trouser and as it slipped for a moment, I could see this familiar symbol tattooed at you know where. While I assume that they do not know it as a religious symbol, I wonder what would have been the case if the same person walks around in similar fashion at India and happen to come across a VHP or Bajrang Dal volunteer.

What are you now?

Before finding a Girl… man is a Superman

After finding a Girl… man is a Spiderman

After getting engaged with a Girl… man is a Gentleman

After Marrying a Girl… man is a Watchman

Five Years after marriage… man is a Doberman

No need to remind what I am & what I’ll be. Check out yours.

Fashion trends

Of late, I could see women of all ages wear a strange kind of jumper like thing called Poncho. I am not fashion conscious, but I assume that this might be a new trend in women’s wear as I don’t remember seeing this piece of costume before in such a scale that 7 out of 10 women I come across wear one (I counted it today on my way to work!). It looks quite cute on some but for many it flows all over and makes them look like a ghost. Not sure whether there is anything new in the world of fashion for men these days as I never bother to watch them.

Party Conferences

Currently Liberal Democrats‘ party conference is going on at Bournemouth. In the last two years, all the three major political parties in UK (Labour, Conservatives & Lib Dems) have had their party conferences in this town. Unlike in India, where they would assemble truckloads of paid thugs fed with booze & grub, conferences here lack any such hoopla. The locals would get to know about the conferences only on listening to the news. While living in Trichy – India, I remember our college declaring holiday for 3-days as the campus turned into makeshift camp for the security men deployed for the ruling party conference. Last year, Tony Blair was here in the town for two days for Labour party annual conference at a venue stones throw from my office, we got to know about it only after he had left the place. Among other things, I am curious to know on what basis a venue is chosen and why Bournemouth appears to be a preferred one for these parties.

Gopal Tooth Powder

Why do so many people search for the above phrase in my site? Do I look like a tooth powder salesman??

Letting down a Gold medallist

A 23-year old Indian by name Devendra has won a gold medal in Athens 2004 Paralympic games. Yes, it is a GOLD medal in Men’s Javelin throw (F44/46) event. With the kind of infrastructure we have for sportsmen, let alone disabled sports men, India owes a lot to Devendra for doing the nation proud. His achievement is really huge and Devendra deserves much bigger ovation than Rathore or Paes-Bhupathi or Anju George or Dhanraj Pillay or our Cricket XI.

Sadly, none of the mainstream newspapers/sites thought that this is worth mentioning and I think we are going to let Devendra pass on without any celebration or a simple pat on the back. Isn’t that shameful?