Questions again

After his first day in school, my 3.5 yr old nephew asked these questions to my sis

Naan en schoolkku ponom (Why should i go to school)?

Schoolkku poi naan enna panna poren (What am i going to do in school)?

Naan padichu enna panna poren (What am i going to do by studying)?

Naan veetilendhu padicha enna (Why can't i study at home)?

Personal Tag

It’s the personal Tag now. Cogito nee vaa chennaikku

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY

Srihari

Sri

Hari

Maddu

Habans

And many more

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF

Just like Cogito i look much younger than my age

Hmmmm.............

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF

My abs

Hmmmm.......

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE

Nanganallur, Chennai

Saharanpur

Kalamazoo

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU

Dogs

Drowning in water

Crazy reptiles

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS

Mobile

Mobike

Wallet

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW

T-Shirt

Jeans

Floaters

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP

Nothing much, a beautiful smile :)

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)

My favorite beer is carona

I go to the gym quite regularly

I have won around 3000 dollars in Las Vegas

THREE PHYSICAL (?) THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU

Face

Nice legs

Nice booty

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW

Get out of the office

Eat some good food

And sleep peacefully

FEW CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING

Work full time for an NGO

Become a Maths teacher

Work as a helper for a top notch bikini model's photographer

Work as a cocktail specialist

FEW THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE

Take a road trip across all the states in India

Do some of the things from the Austin Powers list of things to do

Start a company of my own

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION

Greece

Caribbean

Brazil

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE

Akash

Avantika

Amrita

LAST BOOK I READ

Fountainhead

BOOK I FOUND VERY DIFFICULT TO BE DONE WITH

Lots on this list

NUMBER OF BOOKS I OWN

Probably 25

BOOK I WISH TO READ

Ponniyin Selvan

THREE PEOPLE I WISH TO TAG

U

U

U

Book tagging/meme

It has been a while since i was tagged by Sud, and recently the mottai boss tagged me as well. So here im answering certain questions.

1. You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451! which book do you want to be?

I have not read F-451, and if the question is which book i would like to save, then it has to be Ignited minds and Wings of fire by our president.

2. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

My first one has to be Ivy from the movie Poison Ivy, played by Drew Barrymore. I can't recollect any "book" fictional character that i have had a crush on. May be one of the characters from one of those Eric Segal's novels, i need to revisit those novels once again.

I can't say i had a crush on this character, but i liked the female counterpart of Patrick Lanigan from the novel The Partner by John Grisham.

3. The last book you bought is:

- Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- Monk who sold his Ferrari.
- Eats, shoots and Leaves

4. The last book you read:
- Fountainhead
- Swami and his friends

5. What are you currently reading?

- Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- Monk who sold his Ferrari.
- Yes you can
- Built to last
- Ponniyin Selvan (a Tamil classic)
- Eats, shoots and Leaves

6. Five books you would take to a deserted island:

- My first favorite book was Kane and Abel, i think i will take that one.
- I have tried to read books like Suitable boy, Moors last sigh, Midnight children, and have failed due to lack of lot of things, but since now im going to be in deserted island without a volleyball for a long time, i would take those as well.
- One more would be Ponniyin Selvan, since i have to finish reading those by hook or crook.

7. Who are you going to pass this stick to and why?

Most of the people in the blog world have finished this exercise, any body who reads this blog and who have not done the exercise is welcome to take it up.

Questions asked

An interesting para from the book Built to Last, that i would like to mention here.

During the founding of the United States, the critical question at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was not "Who should be the President? Who should lead us? Who is the wisest among us? Who would would be the best king?" No the founders of the country concentrated on such questions as "What processes can we create that will give us good presidents long after we're dead and gone? What type of enduring country do we want to build? On what principles? How should it operate? What guidelines and mechanisms should we construct that will give us the kind of country we envision?"

Thomas Hefferson, James Madison and John Adams are not charismatic visionay leaders in the "it all depends on me" mode. They created a constitution to which they and all future leaders would be subservient. They focussed on building a country. They rejected the good-kind model. They took an architectural approach. They were clock builders.

Did the founders of Indian constitution think in these lines? At a time like this, after the L.K.Advani mishap, when we get various stories regarding what went on during the last ten years before Indian independence, how can anybody be sure of what went on during that time. We have various reliable sources regarding the Constitutional convention of United states, but do we have reliable information regarding what went on during the fouding of Indian Constitution?

If our fore-fathers thought in the same lines as the Americans did, who would have been our first Prime Minister, who would have done more good to our country more than what Pandit did, would our parliament be churning out corrupt ministers one after another, would our infrastructure be this bad? Lot of questions i have, but who do i seek to get answers, yoda asks?.

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