DK Kapila The Oracle

Chandigarh, the city now offers diverse eating options and it can be pretty bewildering, plus you never know how genuine or representative of a region the food paced before you actually is. Me, I prefer the indianised food or rather the indianised version of the food dished out but love to be comfortable and in a happy frame of mind when watching the diners and eating. Plus at times all you want is a coffee or a light snack, the cafes or their larger versions often do just fine. I avoid cafes patronised by white bearded gentlemen, cribbing with their wives about property disputes or daughters in law ! I like now a days what appears to be a largish version of a café, The ‘Girl In the Café’, in the shopping district, Sector 17, located on the second floor next to Sindhis Sweets and Canara Bank. The place has spaced out seating and comfortable sofa type chairs, so while comfort is assured, you cannot eavesdrop, now that’s a negative!. Its trendy, they have seating in the balcony, for th...

Erik wrote that Obama is going all out for the economy, or atleast thats what I thought. Now the moot point is does the USA have a segment of population which may be deprived comparatively but willing to work on building infrastructure - plumbers / masons / carpenters etc, in the numbers required and with the requisite skills. The industrial sector generated jobs with stability as did the mining sector; the environmental lobby and the changing mores of society caused this sector to lose importance and consequently jobs. The retail sector and the financial sector specially is not the real economy and can never replace the stability of the manufacturing industry. Also you cannot sustain an economy by an industry based on cutting edge technology alone as the USA had planned and outsource smokestacks to developing countries. This is the main issue. Even in rare earth minerals, the USA closed its mines and is now dependent on China. The Chinese can always dictate terms on such strategic i...