Air Vistara and Air India

The merger of Air India and Vistara reminds me of an old Khushwant Singh joke.

When Giani Zail Singh became the 7th President of India, his lack of fluency in English led to some embarrassment. So, Mrs. Gandhi personally appointed an English tutor for him. He was to receive instruction every evening.

After 3 weeks, Mrs. Gandhi called up the Singh household and asked to speak to Giani ji. She found that his English was halting, if that. She then had a word with the tutor and asked him to expedite the progress.

Three weeks went by, and Mrs. Gandhi called again. With the same result. This time, her words to the tutor were stronger.

Since Mrs. Gandhi was travelling, she could only call after a month. As luck would have it, the tutor picked up the phone.

"Oh, hello, Martin. Does your student speak English now?" she enquired.
"O seekh jayega haule haule. Kaali kyun karni hai?" Martin replied. (Translation: Punjabi for - He will learn gradually. Why the rush?)

Short version: Air India may be learning a few things from Vistara, but Vistara is learning a lot from Air India.
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On Naming IT products

I love how these IT guys name their products. 

They have a project tracking software called JIRA. (हमारे घर में छोंक देने के काम आता है ये) 

A Productivity software called Slack, 

And best of all.. a programming language called Python. 

What's the next version called? 

King Cobra? 

Followed by Zahreeli Naagin? ज़हरीली नागिन ? 

Today's joke

 

This week, for the first time in life, I was stuck in a train because of fog. For more than 30 minutes, the train was in one place. We didn't know whether, and when, that train will move.

And after some 30 iterations of this action of stopping, restarting for a bit, then stopping again, I realised...

A train stuck in fog is like an Indian baraat. It will move for a few steps. Then fog will start dancing in front of the driver. Then it will dissipate like drunk baraatis do, allowing the engine to move a few paces, then start the dance again.

Today's joke

 "I am working on it" is the adult version of "The Dog Ate my Homework." 

Why? 

Both these lines mean: 

A. Nope, it is not ready. 

B. I need an extension. 

C. There's nothing anyone can do about it. 

Today's Joke.

 

Analyst to Meta: Threads is not going anywhere. 

#Analyst Gets Fired 

Meta to Advertiser: Threads is not going anywhere. 

#Meta Gets a 2 million dollars ad spend commit 

Mind Your Language was not just a TV show 

Watched pot never boils

 Universal Law of Burner Attention:

The amount of attention paid to a gas burner on which one is making tea is inversely proportional to the amount of heating received by the cooking pot.

Simply put:

Paying attention to a gas burner leads to no heat reaching the vessel.

Corollary to the Law of Burner Attention:

When you look away for one split second, the tea on the burner boils over.

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Meme I made today

 

Story Of My Life

Everyone's life has repetitive patterns. I have finally identified the repetitive pattern of my life. 

Loop

 

Step 1: Duniya ka sabse vahiyaat idea dimaag mein aana

Step 2: Idea ka keeda ban jana.

Step 3: I open big mouth and share idea

Step 4: Everyone now expects me to implement the idea

Step 5: Implement idea and die of overwork.

 

If Dead:

          <Put Cremation>

Else

          <Repeat Cycle>

 

End Loop