Post that, I heard of many such incidents. That one incident brought him down from his pedestal for me.
I was a big fan of his till he requested for that famous duty waiver and road-worthiness tax waiver for his ‘gifted’ car. He is not a person to be emulated off the field. This refers to your Leader comment on Sachin Tendulkar (Aug 1). But Modi does have a dubious hat-trick-the abolition of the Planning Commission, the burial of India’s long-cherished non-aligned foreign policy and a slow death for the panchayati raj. On Bank Yojana, the fact that withdrawals are more than deposits rubbishes the much-touted bank reform. When, according to the IMF, Papua New Guinea is the world’s fastest growing economy, with Ethiopia coming second, how could the Union finance minister and his minions claim that India is the fastest? Even the PM’s LPG subsidy reduction claims have been put to rest by a CAG report. Selassie also used to visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral in a procession through the streets of Addis Ababa to celebrate his birthday, accompanied by his security guards. Later, I saw him at the airport, when he came to receive the president of India. I had my photo with him when the emperor visited our exhibition stall it’s still with me. The emperor also took part in the celebrations. Then how can it be decades? In 1967, I was appointed to a school named after him-Haile Selassie 1st Secondary School in Addis Ababa. Selassie was arrested on September 12, 1974.
And, “after being under a lavatory for decades” is a false statement. It should be, “Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa”. “Ethiopia in the horn of Ethiopia,” is meaningless. I would like to point out a few mistakes though. I worked there as a teacher from 1967 to 1975. I was very glad to see the Ethiopia Diary (July 25). It seems the next part of the Hollywood film Dumb & Dumber will have the West playing dumb and us playing dumber. Till then, enjoy this episode of dumbing down via your smartphone DELHI Rajneesh Batra: It seems the next part of the Hollywood film Dumb & Dumber will have the West playing dumb and us playing dumber. Though temporary steps might be required to protect people, I think this craze will die out soon-only to be supplanted by another one from Nintendo. There are instances of people dying in accidents because their attention was too focused on their smartphones for them to see where they were going.
Pokemon is a dreadful craze drawing young and old alike into a search for illusory devils in city squares, temples, mountains, garbage dumps, railway tracks and even inside the wardrobes of their wives. Indeed, your cover shows the kind of bizarre situation a Pokemon fan can get into. Police forces abroad have in fact issued safety warnings. But, attention riveted on their phones, Pokemon players have banged into people and objects, fallen into ditches, walked into oncoming vehicles, even been electrocuted. This new GPS-enabled game requires players to go outdoors (thank god!) and apparently bond while they hunt down digital monsters. Even harmless-looking, profit-minded businesses can have a nefarious effect: games like Pokemon will turn our youth into techno-savvy morons-ultimately, it’s our human capacity for democracy that will get weakened.Īs if Facebook and WhatsApp were not enough to rob grown-ups and kids alike of time, now there’s a new monster in their pockets. They only help to dull our intelligence and take our minds away from the real world. Pokemon joins a long list of things we have adopted to make our lifestyle synchronised with that of the West. Pokemonia, as you call the madness for Pokemon ( A Pied Piper Called Pikachu, August 1), proves our incorrigible passion for mindless junk.
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