"IRONIC"

A few ironies of life……….


Fuel prices have been cut but ironically, people do not have the money to drive their cars or buy new cars. It’s like Marie Antoinette saying, “If they have no bread, let them eat cake. ...”

IIT has extended the placement period at its campuses as not all students have managed to find placements. Well, despite the extension, who is hiring? With job cuts being the norm, even an IIT graduate now feels blessed if he gets a placement, anywhere and at any rate. But will he still take a job in Satyam, if offered?

The IMF has painted a gloomy picture, not just for India but for the world economy. Wait till you see the election campaign of the UPA which will soon start rolling out - the picture that will emerge will make us wonder whether we are living in Utopia.

The Indian School of Business (ISB) has been ranked 15th among the global B-school rankings released by the Financial Times, London. That’s great but wish we manage to educate each and every child with basic and primary education first.

Fearing poor visitor turnout for the Commonwealth Games in the wake of recession, six hoteliers allotted plots for construction of hotels have now decided to opt out. Are the Common Wealth games still on and is India still the host?

India celebrated its 60th Republic Day on 26th Jan. Ask the youth of today about the significance of 26th Jan and he/she will either confuse it with Independence Day or have absolutely no clue. But ask them what is on 14th Feb, pat will come the answer, “Valentine day”. If you prod a bit, they will even tell you about why it is celebrated and who this Valentine was.

Slumdog Millionaire has catapulted India once again on the world arena and our very own Indian born, bred and living-in-India-with-no-accent A R Rahman might actually get an Oscar soon. Ironic how a foreign director makes a movie about India, helping an Indian win awards and accolades in foreign. Jai ho!

Pepsi is soon going to launch our very own desi nimbu paani as a bottled, aerated drink. It’s good to see how many phoren companies have to become desi and learn our desi ways if they want to survive in India. What will we have next? McDonald’s selling vada paav as Indian burger?

Who could have predicted a year ago that Ramalinga Raju would be cooling his heels in jail today? Now that’s life! ...