August 17, 2007
Freaky, the mediocre, beloved!
I want to yell... can you hear me... can you?? It wasn't so far.... that a guy who was beloved and cared... wept to store cupfuls of tears. My last post indicated my vis-à-vis with love and affection…call me painstaking, my obstinacies or discouraging or whatever be…. but defining this life of keeping trusts and faiths is not that easy task. Well the going has to go on … but being perpetual is my motto of life… I’d never stop… I never have learnt to stop!
Currently the economics theory as taught in “FREAKONOMICS”, by Levitt and Dubner, has caught my attention. I never have been a student of eco, but while growing up, i saw my bhaiya, reading the economics books based on several theories like Macro-economy, Micro-economy, Econo-matrix… etc… As brother told me that time, don’t ever treat economics as an art paper… its completely scientific and has close relations with public behavior and interrelationship… a whole psychological status phenomena and relativistic concepts. Marginal cost, marginal revenue…blah blah blah… Index variations in NSE, SENSEX, Rupee vs US $..….I always wondered that what do these things mean and how it affects the economy of a nation. Now, I have a gist on these things…. So, I am finding it wonderful to study the different case studies and practicalities as presented in the book. Though, I didn’t grasp the Cheating Algorithm implemented by Chicago schoolteachers completely... will take a recap soon… needs lot of attention… though! I anticipated, Paul Feldman would not have started off that straight way ... to sell off his bagels. Executive level was found more corruptible than salesman level…. how to reel it off, i wonder! Two more cases are left ... hope I finish it by tonight.. ! Enough time is spent on blogger now… time to go back to freak out with economics (not an engineering paper :D ) ...!
Labels: Book Review, Freakonomics
July 05, 2007
Take on .. Take on..! Hurry up!
Hurry up man..! But why? It's pretty cool night and clocking around 00:00 Hrs.. ! But still i am in hurry .. I don't know why .... Perhaps i am running short of time.. need to finish it all by tomorrow... some sections remaining .. and time is running out....! Piss off...! Time to Cut-Copy-(and finally)Paste! So the following is my take on the discussion going on a thread on Orkut which has to decide whether the work of Arundhati Roy on The God of Small Things is worth a good read or not..! Amused..! dun worry .. it happens.. but sometimes only..!
".... It is really amusing to know that such thread is going on about deciding whether 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy is a good read or a bad one..! While reading the book... personally i never felt like something is going odd or so irrelevant . Each and every part of the book is so commendable that one's words will fall short of explaining it. Awesome Read.... !! And one thing i liked about it, the art of presentation is very beautiful.
However i do agree with Gautam's statement that .. whenever Roy speaks for media or whatever be ... it goes off so controversial often and that is only due to her critical and straight forward statements, i think so .. Whats bad in being a man/woman of clear thoughts and clear perception! I am afraid, but this is really the dark age of Indian Politics which doesn't deserve any word of extol if we total it on an average! So, i totally disagree that the book of interest needs even a single groan! "
".... It is really amusing to know that such thread is going on about deciding whether 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy is a good read or a bad one..! While reading the book... personally i never felt like something is going odd or so irrelevant . Each and every part of the book is so commendable that one's words will fall short of explaining it. Awesome Read.... !! And one thing i liked about it, the art of presentation is very beautiful.
However i do agree with Gautam's statement that .. whenever Roy speaks for media or whatever be ... it goes off so controversial often and that is only due to her critical and straight forward statements, i think so .. Whats bad in being a man/woman of clear thoughts and clear perception! I am afraid, but this is really the dark age of Indian Politics which doesn't deserve any word of extol if we total it on an average! So, i totally disagree that the book of interest needs even a single groan! "
Labels: Book Review, The God of Small Things
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