Of Deep Throats and Height Increase Tools
So, finally, America knows who Deep Throat is !! All talk revolving around deep throat in the last few years has finally fructified and the 91 year old man has decided to come out in the open, and so have his journo friends…Frankly speaking, I Couldn’t be less concerned with the whos/whats of this guy is and all that watergate meant for US just as a normal US citizen could care next to nothing for apna very own scams that keep happening by the hour…But one thing I found very surprising in the whole episode that panned over two decades is the manner in which the two concerned journos have stuck to their stand that they were not going to reveal who deep throat is until he died….Now consider a hypothetical case where something similar happens in India. What are the chances the journos ain’t gonna crack up in face of pressure or in face of adversity…And even better, what are the chances of the journos remaining alive if they stood by their ethics !! Pretty slim…And they call the US a violent country !! 
Happened to chance on one of the wonderful methods of selling, that is skyshopping !! The ad for this Wonderful product, XoXo Height increase device, features a gal being dinged for an air-hostess’ job due to her short height…And lo, XoXo comes to the rescue…They even have a customized dance video that is developed by a “phamous jaapanese scientist” that helps ya to increase your height !! So next time ya feel the need for height, you know whom to thank
June 4th, 2005 at 1:46 am
hahahahahah I googled the docs name.. it can be found only on ‘increase height’ websites! LOL
June 9th, 2005 at 11:07 am
Only after reading this article I realised what this colloquialism meant. Have heard this term ‘deep throat’ sometimes in hollywood movies but never appreciated its meaning. Now I know
June 9th, 2005 at 1:05 pm
Subbu, u are tagged. Check my blog!!
June 12th, 2005 at 8:14 am
Googled around for MBA blogs. Got them. Here I share!!!!
Manish from IIM is IAS examination topper at AIR 5. Proud for the manager community. Good for other MBAs to emulate. Cheers folks.
Date:12/05/2005
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Railway official from Tamil Nadu is IAS topper
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Railway traffic service official Srinivasan Nagarajan has bagged the top spot in the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services (Main) Examination. The results were announced here on Wednesday.
In all, 422 candidates, including 67 women, have been recommended for appointment. While the top 20 includes six women, 193 candidates have been selected from the general category, including three physically challenged persons, 118 from Other Backward Classes, 64 from Scheduled Castes and 47 from the Scheduled Tribes category. The number of vacancies reported by the Government for IAS, IFS and IPS is 91, 20 and 88, for the Central Services Group `A’ 235 and the Central Services Group `B’ 19.
It may have been his fourth and last attempt but for Tirunelveli-based Mr. Nagarajan, it could not have ended on a better note. A B.Tech from BITS Pilani, he had sociology and geography as options. Professionals have clearly scored, with the top 10 comprising an engineer, two doctors and an IIM graduate. Basant Garg and Gaurav Uppal are both doctors and hold the second and third ranks this year. Basant has cleared it in his first attempt.
Manish Kumar, ranked fifth, is an IIM graduate. He had to choose between a New York posting with handsome salary and one that would help him serve his own people.
“I decided to take the UPSC exam when I got the offer for a job in New York. Although the money was great, I wanted to do something here. I was not sure if coming back would be easy once I went there, so I decided to write the exam instead. It is my third attempt but I am glad to have finally made it,” he said. Interestingly, at least six of the top 10 were trained at an institute here. “We were confident of having our students in the top 10 but six of them, including the top three, was completely unexpected. It has been a brilliant year for us,” said Sri Rangam, the man behind the Delhi branch of Sri Ram Institute.
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June 12th, 2005 at 11:11 am
Arrey Amit.. deepthroat was a world famous hollywood movie
June 12th, 2005 at 6:51 pm
@Simba: Wrong guy to tag
@Sabhapati …Thanks for the piece..But u cud well have provided a link than pasting
@PG: ROFLMAO….now, THAT skipped my mind when i posted that…gotta see the influx of google aided junta now
July 11th, 2005 at 5:41 am
Nagarajan was such a casual person. No one knew what was there inside him. Iwas his neighbour in Sriram’s for the general Studies classes . The spark was unmistakable. Manish too was there in the same batch.
I am in the game and will make it. Topping, i am trying. IAS, certainly.
Wish you all the best nagarajan and manish Kumar- IAS Toppers. Wish me the same , guys. I need it more.
Dr.Avtar Singh
Date:20/06/2005
All-India Services
FOR some years now, the number of successful candidates in the all-India Services from the South, especially Tamil Nadu, has been shrinking perceptibly in comparison with those from other States. This year, only 3 Tamilian looking names have qualified for 20 vacancies of IFS; 9 for 91 of IAS and 32 out of 422 for all other Services. Of course this year’s figures are better than those of the middle and late 1990s, with the added surprise of a candidate from Tamil Nadu topping the list.
The declining number may not in itself be a reason for worry. Many bright candidates these days opt for the private sector or advanced studies abroad, whereas in earlier times, young aspirants had no other avenue to prove ourselves than all-India services.
I learn from Sriram’s IAS at Delhi, which groomed Mr S. Nagarajan to become the topper this year, that the success rate is also determined by the mix of subjects. For instance, general studies including Constitution, current affairs, economy and science and technology are tough as there are no readily available books that do justice to the three dimensions of content, language and depth.
Reflecting their decisive role in the country’s development, economic issues are coming to occupy a conspicuous position in the scheme of the examinations, calling for a thorough grasp of their complexities and intricacies. Sometimes candidates score better in, say, public administration and geography, than in technical subjects.
Proficiency in English matters but not as much as earlier. Ideas, analysis and presentation count far more in assessing the intellectual calibre, and this is as it should be. Delhi beckons as the ideal place for preparation because of the facility of easy access to think-tanks and the variety of seminars conducted by them as also to the faculties and libraries of the Jawaharlal Nehru and Delhi Universities.
Most candidates seem to find the need for coaching to be absolutely essential. Coaching centres run by the Universities and private institutions such as the Brilliant Tutorials and Sriram’s are in great demand, because of their record of successful candidates and their ability to digest, process and present the material for use in the examinations, thus saving the time involved in preparation.
B. S. Raghavan
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