Cashless Carnival

..The most popular query by Indians in August 2006.

Sania Mirza, Aishwarya Rai and Wikipedia in the top 15 list for 2 consecutive months.

A few days ago, During lunch I just happened to get into this conversation with my pal about how some folks from the western part of our country have problems with words that have a “v” in them or that sound like one.

For ex:
(1) “Bhen” for When
(2) “Bhere are bhee going?” for Where are we going?

Ok, now that you know what I am referring to here, let me get to the episode which my pal narrated.

During one of the client’s visit in his previous company, A gentleman who had a similar problem (let’s call him Mr. X) was to give a presentation to one Mr. Dave (client) and this is how the conversation goes..

Mr X: Good Morning Mr DaBhe..My presentation…
Mr Dave: Excuse me, It is not DaBhe..It is Dave

Mr X: Yes, I know.. Mr DaBhe..
Mr Dave: Dave.. “V”, “V”

Mr X: Yes, I am saying the same.. Bhe for Bhan
Mr Dave: Its not B for Ban..It’s V for Van

Then, Mr X’s manager had to step into explain what the problem here was all about..

No offence here.. just an article about a conversation which I found quite hillarious.

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I found this image very powerful. Man carving himself out of stone, carving his character, carving his future.

“Self Made Man,” chiseling himself out of a solid block of rock captures the essence of the freedom philosophy – that left to his own devices, man will use his God-given talents to be creative, productive, and prosperous. Using free will, he will better his own situation and that of those around him, thereby influencing in a positive way his own destiny.

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end.

- Jim Morrison

What Shashi Tharoor said in the UN