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Monday, November 30, 2009
:-: Thannanam Thaanannam
:-: Will Dubai's financial tremors shake Kerala ?
Even as India's Finance Minister tries to play down concerns over Indians losing their jobs in Dubai -- it's not stopping people in Kerala from pressing the panic button. With lakhs of people from Kerala working in Dubai, many have already begun to feel the pinch from a city-state that was once their gold mine.
Speculation is rife amongst European lenders and bankers that Dubai could be bailed out but the question areises, by whome?
Dubai World is the company that led Dubai's spectacular growth and had asked for at least a six-month delay on paying back its debt. Analysts say that Abu Dhabi will probably force the Maktoums to abandon their debt-laden economic model that depends on heavy real estate investment and inflows of foreign money and labour. This could be job losses for thousands of Indian expatriates in Dubai. Job losses entail a reduction of foreign earnings, especially for states like Kerala from which a large number of Indians have gone to the emirates for work, or are employed in Dubai-based companies at home.
The Indian government however, has been trying to allay fears saying India as a large economy will not be affected deeply. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that there was no need to panic over the financial crisis in Dubai as “India's exposure to Dubai's financial systems is limited.”
Earlier, World markets were spooked by fears of fresh financial trouble after Dubai asked for more time to repay its $ 80 bn dollar debt.
This had raised fears that the state could default on some of its loans which could cause a major crisis of confidence in the region at the time when the global economic recovery remains fragile. It may raise the prospect of further losses at banks that have loaned to Dubai World.
Meanwhile Indian markets took a sharp cut in opening trades today in reaction to Dubai’s debt crisis. Banking and realty stocks were the worst hit. Asian markets also took a tumble as fears grow about the potential repercussions of a default by Dubai.
However speaking to reporters Commerce Minister Anand Sharma declared that the Dubai crisis would not affect India. “India is a large economy. I do not think that some developments in the real estate in Dubai is going to impact the Indian economy. As far as India is concerned, the housing and real estate sectors and construction industry is doing well. This is confirmed by the increasing demand for construction materials, cement and steel,” said Sharma. On being asked how the Dubai debacle would affect the income of Indians employed in the Middle East, Sharma said his ministry was not mandated to look at remittances.
Commenting on the Dubai debt crisis, several analysts stated that it looked too early to say whether this indicates another hitch in global recovery, and said a wait and watch approach is the best move at this point.
Extracted from Indians in Kuwait
Speculation is rife amongst European lenders and bankers that Dubai could be bailed out but the question areises, by whome?
Dubai World is the company that led Dubai's spectacular growth and had asked for at least a six-month delay on paying back its debt. Analysts say that Abu Dhabi will probably force the Maktoums to abandon their debt-laden economic model that depends on heavy real estate investment and inflows of foreign money and labour. This could be job losses for thousands of Indian expatriates in Dubai. Job losses entail a reduction of foreign earnings, especially for states like Kerala from which a large number of Indians have gone to the emirates for work, or are employed in Dubai-based companies at home.
The Indian government however, has been trying to allay fears saying India as a large economy will not be affected deeply. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that there was no need to panic over the financial crisis in Dubai as “India's exposure to Dubai's financial systems is limited.”
Earlier, World markets were spooked by fears of fresh financial trouble after Dubai asked for more time to repay its $ 80 bn dollar debt.
This had raised fears that the state could default on some of its loans which could cause a major crisis of confidence in the region at the time when the global economic recovery remains fragile. It may raise the prospect of further losses at banks that have loaned to Dubai World.
Meanwhile Indian markets took a sharp cut in opening trades today in reaction to Dubai’s debt crisis. Banking and realty stocks were the worst hit. Asian markets also took a tumble as fears grow about the potential repercussions of a default by Dubai.
However speaking to reporters Commerce Minister Anand Sharma declared that the Dubai crisis would not affect India. “India is a large economy. I do not think that some developments in the real estate in Dubai is going to impact the Indian economy. As far as India is concerned, the housing and real estate sectors and construction industry is doing well. This is confirmed by the increasing demand for construction materials, cement and steel,” said Sharma. On being asked how the Dubai debacle would affect the income of Indians employed in the Middle East, Sharma said his ministry was not mandated to look at remittances.
Commenting on the Dubai debt crisis, several analysts stated that it looked too early to say whether this indicates another hitch in global recovery, and said a wait and watch approach is the best move at this point.
Extracted from Indians in Kuwait
:-: Past to Future to Past
I always think that we are rebuilding our past in a faster pace. Yesterday I was watching the movie Gamer, where in a messenger all of a sudden appeared in front of Ken Castle. After delivering the message, the messenger disappeared from the media room astonishing others. While media center coordinator apologies/rather justifies as a possible virus intrusion. Where in Ken suggested him to have a check on their firewall with one of his SLAYERS....
I was grown with a little knowledge of Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Hindu epics, where in divine people can travel in a speed much faster than what is defined now, where people hear messages from others - across distances in a blink of eye, people reading minds of others while a distance apart and etc.
I believe that, the world out there was much advanced than the one which we live now . We are struggling to be near or around of what were there....
So are we running towards Future or trying to catch up the Past.
I was grown with a little knowledge of Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Hindu epics, where in divine people can travel in a speed much faster than what is defined now, where people hear messages from others - across distances in a blink of eye, people reading minds of others while a distance apart and etc.
I believe that, the world out there was much advanced than the one which we live now . We are struggling to be near or around of what were there....
So are we running towards Future or trying to catch up the Past.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
:-: IceMan - part 2
The following extract of TELEGRAPH UK
By David Edbrooke
Published: 7:00AM GMT 19 Nov 2009
Jenson Button may have secured the McLaren hotseat to race alongside Lewis Hamilton, but outgoing F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen leaves both men trailing in the category marked 'superhuman'.
Outgoing Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen a motorsport maverick
Iceman: Kimi Raikkonen has always let his driving do the talking, but his relationship with the media perhaps needed defrosting Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Well OK, superhuman may be over-doing it, but he does have a nickname that deserves comic book status: the Iceman.
The Iceman (a woefully underused way of describing sporty Scandinavians, we're sure you'd agree) was frozen out at Ferrari earlier this autumn and now seems set for four-wheeled frolics on ice as a rally driver.
In common with many comic book creations, the Iceman doesn't say a lot and his words aren't weighed down with deep meaning, but his animated F1 driving has been the stuff of dreams... or nightmares, depending on which side of the 'no pain no gain' credo you fall.
When Raikkonen's car burst into flames in the pit lane on the first lap of this year's Brazilian GP and drops of petrol trickled into his eyes, rather than leap out of the car, douse his eyes in Optrex and run to an optician, he put his foot to the floor and rejoined the race.
The fire went out, but the flammable fluid in his eyes remained. Despite the risk of an incendiary outcome just around the cornea (apologies), he continued for the duration of the race - 70 laps - and finished sixth.
Afterwards the flaming Finn monotoned: "I ended up with some drops of petrol in my eye from the fuel line stuck on Heikki Kovalainen's car and then I was engulfed in flames and blinded. I was going to stop, but luckily the flames soon went out."
He added, with all the emotion of Schwarzenegger delivering a Hollywood line: "My eyes are still burning, but I'm all right."
Driving at speeds of up to 200mph for 70 laps while virtually blinded with your eyes about to combust may seem superhuman or stupid, but this is mere child's play for a man who has been described, often and unimaginatively, as born to drive... brings to mind an image of a baby Raikkonen driving his mother back from the maternity ward with the umbilical cord still attached like a fuel hose feeding a Ferrari. Born to drive indeed.
In 2002, while racing for McLaren, Belgium GP fans looked on incredulously as he powered his car into a sea of smoke caused by the blow-up of a BAR Honda.
Most drivers would have slammed on the brakes knowing that, somewhere in the dense black cloud, the obstacle of a slain F1 car was lying, but the Finn accelerated into the blackness and emerged from the smouldering plume like the T1000 in Terminator 2. A best qualifying lap was in the bag.
And at Suzuka in 2005 he put in a Herculean effort to rise from the back of the grid and torpedo past Giancarlo Fisichella's Renault on the final lap to take the chequered flag. Oh and he won the world championship in his first season at Ferrari.
While Raikkonen's F1 driving was dramatic, his interviews were devoid of drama. When he spoke to the media - he preferred not to - he did so in a Dalek-like drawl.
He sometimes needed waking up shortly before the start of a race after a power nap - or just a nap - and he could be ruder than Amy Winehouse. His response to being asked if he would get over the disappointment of missing a special presentation involving football great Pele and Michael Schumacher at the 2006 Brazilian GP: "Yeah. I was having a ----."
Now the flying Finn is heading for a Formula One sabbatical. He leaves F1 unchallenged as the paddock's monosyllabic maverick.
Outgoing Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen a motorsport maverick
Iceman: Kimi Raikkonen has always let his driving do the talking, but his relationship with the media perhaps needed defrosting Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Well OK, superhuman may be over-doing it, but he does have a nickname that deserves comic book status: the Iceman.
The Iceman (a woefully underused way of describing sporty Scandinavians, we're sure you'd agree) was frozen out at Ferrari earlier this autumn and now seems set for four-wheeled frolics on ice as a rally driver.
In common with many comic book creations, the Iceman doesn't say a lot and his words aren't weighed down with deep meaning, but his animated F1 driving has been the stuff of dreams... or nightmares, depending on which side of the 'no pain no gain' credo you fall.
When Raikkonen's car burst into flames in the pit lane on the first lap of this year's Brazilian GP and drops of petrol trickled into his eyes, rather than leap out of the car, douse his eyes in Optrex and run to an optician, he put his foot to the floor and rejoined the race.
The fire went out, but the flammable fluid in his eyes remained. Despite the risk of an incendiary outcome just around the cornea (apologies), he continued for the duration of the race - 70 laps - and finished sixth.
Afterwards the flaming Finn monotoned: "I ended up with some drops of petrol in my eye from the fuel line stuck on Heikki Kovalainen's car and then I was engulfed in flames and blinded. I was going to stop, but luckily the flames soon went out."
He added, with all the emotion of Schwarzenegger delivering a Hollywood line: "My eyes are still burning, but I'm all right."
Driving at speeds of up to 200mph for 70 laps while virtually blinded with your eyes about to combust may seem superhuman or stupid, but this is mere child's play for a man who has been described, often and unimaginatively, as born to drive... brings to mind an image of a baby Raikkonen driving his mother back from the maternity ward with the umbilical cord still attached like a fuel hose feeding a Ferrari. Born to drive indeed.
In 2002, while racing for McLaren, Belgium GP fans looked on incredulously as he powered his car into a sea of smoke caused by the blow-up of a BAR Honda.
Most drivers would have slammed on the brakes knowing that, somewhere in the dense black cloud, the obstacle of a slain F1 car was lying, but the Finn accelerated into the blackness and emerged from the smouldering plume like the T1000 in Terminator 2. A best qualifying lap was in the bag.
And at Suzuka in 2005 he put in a Herculean effort to rise from the back of the grid and torpedo past Giancarlo Fisichella's Renault on the final lap to take the chequered flag. Oh and he won the world championship in his first season at Ferrari.
While Raikkonen's F1 driving was dramatic, his interviews were devoid of drama. When he spoke to the media - he preferred not to - he did so in a Dalek-like drawl.
He sometimes needed waking up shortly before the start of a race after a power nap - or just a nap - and he could be ruder than Amy Winehouse. His response to being asked if he would get over the disappointment of missing a special presentation involving football great Pele and Michael Schumacher at the 2006 Brazilian GP: "Yeah. I was having a ----."
Now the flying Finn is heading for a Formula One sabbatical. He leaves F1 unchallenged as the paddock's monosyllabic maverick.
Interviewer: Kimi, have you ever got angry about anything?
Raikkonen: Yeah, many times but more in normal life than racing.
Interviewer: Can you give us examples?
Raikkonen: No, not really.
Interviewer: What are the kind of things that make you angry in normal life, as you say?
Raikkonen: If you keep asking questions like those.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
:-: My Desk
This is not my handwriting...
But, this is my desk, from where these creepy lines flow. But the thoughts, would have been in my mind for a decade back - which took so long to come out. I know my writing doesn't have continuous flow. But I like to write.
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