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What Am I: July 2015
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Technical parameters at the mercy of commercials .err Politics. Any one who has basic understanding of power plants would know that every equipment and the power plant as a total requires how much power to run. For example: a standard 270 MW plant would require so much, a super critical 800 MW boiler would burn so much coal etc. One wonders though why would the total consumption for a power plant change so much. In 2015, Reliance states that...
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What Am I: December 2014
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Thursday, December 04, 2014. Vertical Integration may light the bulb! BSES, is one of the two distribution franchisee companies responsible for distribution of electricity in the city of New Delhi, India. Though, BSES is owned by Reliance group, which has asset base across the value chain of electricity, the electricity supply is not assured from its counterparts in electricity generation. On top of that, the credit cycle or the time taken to recover the money from ...
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What Am I: August 2015
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Chinese foreign exchange reserves stand at $3.65 trillion. US foreign exchange reserves stand at $113 bn! Chinese debt stands at $5.2 trillion. US debt is $18.3 trillion! Yet, China choses to devalue its currency by more than 2% w.r.t USD! The devaluation raises some questions. Countries like India which are trying to compete by establishing their manufacturing basis will find it increasingly tough to do so. Already the devaluation alon...
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What Am I: November 2014
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Monday, November 10, 2014. Is crude price decline good or bad? 8211; Energy Economics 102! Crude prices have declined by more than 20% since June this year, creating turbulences/confusion across various governments. So, the question: Is it good or bad? The answer is: If you are a net oil exporting nation then it is bad for you and if you are a net oil importing nation then it is good for you. Going away from Macro Economics into Micro Economics,. Answer is: Do futur...
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What Am I: Acquittal
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Monday, May 11, 2015. An enticing article written by Arundhati Roy in Outlook on Prof. Saibaba. Http:/ www.outlookindia.com/article/professor-pow/294265. Isn't it ironical that it's been an year that the person mentioned above has been in prison without bail and no charge sheet, whereas our beloved Salman Khan and of course the goddess of many, Ms. jayalalita are acquitted . (Yeah, I got it . Salman Khan isn't acquitted, but do you think he won't be! Oh, I forgot!
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What Am I: Lizard theory...
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Friday, November 26, 2010. Did you know that in Hindu tradition there is a belief that the touch of lizard is an indication of something. Infact there is a famous temple in Varadaraja Swamy temple in Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu. The temple has awesome architecture and is a very sacred and historic temple). Where there are two lizard idols engraved in Gold and Silver. Makeshift ladders permit devotees to touch the lizard. Here is an image of the same. Place on the body.
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What Am I: August 2014
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Sunday, August 10, 2014. Washing feet or hands . which is more important? The other day during a journey we halted for a while and when asked for a proper place for defecation, we were disappointed and disgusted at the place, and yet they were charging money to use that place. It may not come out as a surprise to many, but many of us in India still wash our shit with our hands! We hate to discuss about it, and look down upon the topic. We continue to go to foul ...
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What Am I: April 2014
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Wednesday, April 09, 2014. The topic continues to intrigue me. Honestly I continue to not understand it at all. As a boy from south India, where any open discussion regarding the biology of a woman is considered taboo, it took me quite a while to realize what exactly is it. Since then, it's been a confused topic for me. I've started asking questions. It is one of those instances where I think it is wrong, yet I hope it is correct. Nonetheless, the whole episode stil...
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What Am I: "OMG" says the bear
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My thoughts. My Feelings. My Opinions. Monday, May 11, 2015. OMG" says the bear. When Saudi Arabia decided to not decrease the production levels, the bears were really happy. Things became bearish. You must have understood whom am I referring to. Of course, the bears in stock market! If that is what you thought, sorry brother, the world is much bigger than just the bears in stock market. I am referring to the actual bears, the wildly beasty bears. With this, comes the inevitable! I wonder. How can a ...
