Servants need to abuse other servants. It’s been bred into us, the way Alsatian dogs are bred to attack strangers. We attack anyone who’s familiar. From Booker Prize Winner Aravind Adiga’s book The White Tiger, P.109 We’ve read The White Tiger. As we said last month, the book is alright but nothing extraordinary.
Here’s Bollywood starlet Dia Mirza explaining her failure to make it big: I started my career on a good note with big banners, good producers and good actors, but the films didn’t do too well. We live in an industry (Bollywood) that runs on a herd mentality. It functions only on the number of successful […]
So, you think U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is a smart fellow because he’s in the news all the time lately following the collapse of the U.S. financial system. As the heavens was falling over America, here’s what this dodo had to say over the last few months: It’s a safe banking system, a sound […]
Fair are the daughters of men, and fairest are those who read. Is there any creature more desirable than a damsel in intellectual distress? James Morrow in his new novel The Philosopher’s Apprentice P.171-2
The landmark political fact of our time is the replacement of our middle-class republic by a plutocracy. – Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? Source: Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2008 P. A17
Any fool can buy a company. You should be congratulated when you sell. – Henry Kravis, co-founder of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Source: Wall Street Journal, Jan.3, 2008 p. c12