In anticipation of formally announcing the withdrawal of his bid for US President and to support fellow US Republican hopeful John McCain, Rudy Giuliani would give insight on why his strategy for winning the president ended up in failure. He adds what he had learned from this whole experience. “Obviously the strategy on ‘focus on […]
Death, I Saw
Some years ago, I knew this guy who worked in a funeral home, so I would visit him there because he was a workaholic and didn’t have much off time. And, naturally I would see him working. To be frank, I only visited him there three times. In each case there were dearly departed on display. The first time […]
Dull election campaign
UPPER DIR: With only 25 days remaining for holding general elections, the political parties seem to be in no hurry to kick off election campaign for garnering people’s support. There is dull and unexciting environment in the district as parties failed to start campaign and decorate towns with flags, banners, hoardings etc. Previously, the parties […]
Portsmouth Boss HarryRedknapp baffled by police raid
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has criticised police for raiding his house and leaving his wife "petrified" while he was returning from a Champions League match in Germany Police searched Redknapp’s home at around 6am yesterday and the Portsmouth manager was later arrested along with four other men by detectives investigating corruption in the sport. Redknapp […]
Karwar Part -1
I wasn’t too excited about this trip for three main reasons – This was one more outing without Arvindh (he couldn’t have come as he was supposed to go to Bombay) , second – the money factor and third was that I had lost my mobile recently and thought it deserved some mourning. But, I […]
Unhealthy State
Imagine that you have spent most of your life in one job. Now, imagine that you lose your job tomorrow. Along with losing the security of a steady paycheck and retirement benefits, you lose your health insurance coverage as well. No matter where you are perched on the political fence, the lack of affordable health […]