Thursday, January 14, 2010

Plastics striclty no no


Ok, the drive against Plastic , right after the Copenhagen makes sense . Though global warming was an issue, but India and the west is still fighting the cold weather as of now.
But this poster opposite to the Jaya Cinema Hall takes the cake for the spelling ,
For those of you who dont understand Bengali or cannot read it,

the poster says
"Plaestic instead of plastic " , not a great mistake to ponder upon, but for language enthusiast, who know that the standard of Bengali is going down in the state as the good sons of Bengal are now in Bengal-uru, or Hyderebad .

Just a little bit of pride


I went to Strand Road the other day , the end of MG Road, I saw this old building that belonged to the Raja of Darbhanga , ( a part of Bihar ) . This has been a shop that has been in the family for 95 years now. Started in the times of the World Ward I, it satnds still today , as a sign of a great saree shop of the Burra Bazar

This shop and the hotel Royal have been there in the Burra Bazar for a century now.

BBC at time

I have been a frequent visitor to the BBC site in the last few months. There are many catchy captions but this one belts it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/01/obamas_bigger_rod_for_banks.html

 

Also , there are there banks with security holes , so no wonder

 

I wonder, what the people will think, when they read one of the best captions for 1990’s when Bill was asked, “Why do you think, the average American will go down on their knees after all this?”

Well, someone did go down on her knees to start with