Author: B Shantanu

Time to declutter my brain aka “a blogging break”

Dear All: After trying (and having failed!) to juggle my work, family commitments and various other things, I have decided to take some time off active blogging. That does not mean that the blog will not...

Sh Lalu Yadav, Indian Railways and a bit of accounting

Stumbled on this while looking for something else on the internet. Apparently there is more to the celebrated Indian Railways’ turn-around story than meets the eye. From Behind Lalu’s ‘surplus’ claim: A shift in...

Thought for the weekend…

From A Sharm-less surrender by G Parthasarathy (emphasis mine) Assertions by Mr Singh that India and Pakistan are both equally “victims” of terrorism, that they share a “common destiny”, or that a rising India...

Shantanu’s Believe It or Not!* – II

Remy Denis, president of the All India Catholic Union (AICU): …the Roman Catholic church in India has five times the number of priests as compared to the rest of the world, its budget is...