tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post555203009757549578..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Thomas Friedman is not our Prime Minister's speech writer, is he?Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-90601963049411143992007-08-20T23:01:00.000+05:302007-08-20T23:01:00.000+05:30How about an "oasis in the sea of sanity" ? :-)- S...How about an "oasis in the sea of sanity" ? :-)<BR/><BR/>- SharathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-25788296864620605832007-08-20T18:53:00.000+05:302007-08-20T18:53:00.000+05:30On mixed metaphors of the Flatman kind, I am remin...On mixed metaphors of the Flatman kind, I am reminded of an old one from my friend K. Sridhar, ``a oasis in the sea of madness.''Ananthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974808252913561726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-44771633105095725192007-08-20T03:07:00.000+05:302007-08-20T03:07:00.000+05:30If there is such a word "X" as opposite of favorit...If there is such a word "X" as opposite of favorite, then Tom would be my most X'ed writer. <BR/><BR/>I have written about his simplistic observations, needless and mostly meaningless metaphors here - <BR/>http://sharathrao.wordpress.com/2006/04/15/why-i-love-economics/<BR/><BR/>Coincidentally, I linked to the same article last year : <BR/>http://thebroadcaster.blogspot.com/2006/02/if-you-hate-tom-friedman.html<BR/><BR/>And Abi, this HAS got to be best of the lot - <BR/>http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2884<BR/><BR/>- SharathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-42805861510481985372007-08-20T01:01:00.000+05:302007-08-20T01:01:00.000+05:30I suppose Pratibha Patil has the same speechwriter...I suppose Pratibha Patil has the same speechwriter. From The Hindu's <A HREF="http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/15/stories/2007081559440100.htm" REL="nofollow">report</A>: '[President Patil] invited countrymen to "look ahead to the glorious path of infinite possibilities that await India with open arms."'<BR/><BR/>(The article ends by referencing "Vivekanada's" "immoral clarion call", but I'm guessing that wasn't the speechwriter's fault.)Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.com