Laziness has no cure!

I found out, yet again that laziness has got absolutely no cure! See, I am writing again after almost 10 months. Not that I was swamped with work, but lethargy and combination of passion for other things conspired against letting me write! Anyways, as they say in Hindi - "देर आये दुरुस्त आये!"

I will definitely be more regular from today onwards. Promise. No, really, honest.

So here are a few things for today. 

1. http://humorbeings.in is one of the bravest, most honest and most original things I have seen in my life. All respect to the CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer) Rivaldo, also known in another life as Nitin Gupta.
   For the uninitiated, Rivaldo is one of the most original standup comedy actors in India. He usually also comments on social issues and speaks a language that is very close to all IITians. That's because Rivaldo's an IITian himself. It takes you back to those days of PJs. But he takes PJs and injects them with raw energy to make them stupendous standup acts.
   The above act is one of his most acerbic attacks on the leaders of the country. Definitely worth a look and many a laugh!
   Few more links to Rivaldo's humor, in case you like it.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDxYnj7MdA
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xCCh88xBlM
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=4VfP02Bx7lQ
2. One of the things that caught my attention was regarding our ex-finance minister, Shri P Chidambaram. Rivaldo mentions that he has brought in participatory notes, but of course we don't know about it. and of course I didn't know about it. Because the participatory notes were not brought in by our man  Chidambaram.
   It is a fairly unknown scam and it baffles me why. Some time in 2007 the SEBI said that Participatory Notes were no longer going to work. Which led to a huge crash at the stock exchange. As you know most of these crashes and subsequent revival means a lot of wealth was destroyed....and created. Retail investors lost heavily and it is rumored that Sir Chidambaram and co. made a windfall.
3. Sustainable Architecture is something the missus is really interested in these days. What I really liked was the portable classroom given on the same wikipedia page. Now I have long term plans of developing a portable school module that can be scaled up to ensure affordable, quality education in remote places, where acquiring land might be a problem or cost-intensive. A lot of work needs to happen on this front. 
4. For more on sustainable and green architecture, please head over to http://www.greenexamacademy.com/, a wonderful site by a guy who was appearing for LEED certification and subsequently out there to help other people seeking the same.
5. While writing this blog Zee Studio was playing Stick it. Stick it is a 2006 movie starring Jeff Bridges with the storyline on gymnastics and how it is a nasty sport. Likeable movie but they way competitive spirit is undermined in the movie might not sit well with a lot of people. 

OK. That's it for today.