Donkey and Horse

Once a reporter went to Gandhi and asked, "You walked long distance for the Dandi March, launched the Civil disobedient movement, went to prison many times and lead various other struggles for India's freedom. Mr. Tagore on the other hand writes poems, patriotic songs, but never participates in any of your freedom movements. Yet one of his poems is selected as the national anthem of India. How do you see this gap? What do you have to say?"

Gandhi replied, "A donkey does a donkey's job and a horse does a horse's job in the world!"

Friday, the 13th

West has this huge superstition for the number 13. Doubly so when the 13th falls on a Friday! Radio talk shows were mocking and receiving calls on the topic today. I have seen multi storied buildings skip the numbering of the 13th floor and call it the 14th. So if you get on an elevator you will 11, 12, 14, 15, etc!

Perhaps Friday the 13th is not good for the incumbents in power. Looking at the election results in Tamilnadu, one would think that! :-)

A corruption map!

Cognos Software deal with Massachusetts State Government The House Speaker Dimasi is indicted on corruption charges.

This is a map of relationships unearthed by the Boston Globe,  news paper in Boston on a corruption case. This article has the who's who description on the case. Wish we had such a map for the Spectrum case. May be it is out there and I am not aware of it. Could any of you share an outline of the players in that case?