What Goes Around Comes Around.

Hurt a man and what does he do to you in return? Hurt you back, of course! If he does not have the means or capability to do it right away, he will at least nurture the grudge and you have yourself an enemy waiting for his chance to give you a taste of your own medicine. Help a man -monetarily, materially, physically- any which way that will change the man’s life only for the better, even if just for the moment, and you have yourself a friend who owes you a favour. If, for some reason, he cannot return the favour you are at least left with the feeling of goodness.

Here's an interesting ad campaign to end the war in Iraq. I know I am a bit late in the day, now that the US is pulling out of Iraq; nevertheless the ads are pertinent to every war and atrocity being committed today.

The website address below the 'Stop the Iraq war' words in the posters is www.globalcoalitionforpeace.org

Copyright: Big Ant International

And Now, for some 'Fun'ancial Crisis lessons!

The biggest housing and credit bubble in history....It is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression...Oil prices are see-sawing.....Much of the rich world is already in recession........ Unemployment at record highs.....Consumer spending at record lows....Output is falling and economies shrinking in Britian, France, Germany, Japan, America..........

The Crisis,the panic, the rescues, you must have been hearing about it for quite some time now and it seems to be getting all the more tedious and stifling each passing day but the conundrum does not seem like it will be answered any time soon. Anyway, here's a video (in two parts) about the financial crisis that is, for a change, absolutely funny; nonetheless, it has all the facts about the causes of the crisis that one needs to know. It is a Comedy skit by the satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune.I generally recommend BBC's Robert Peston's Blog when I am asked for information on the financial crisis but I guess this video will be my new endorsement.  Have fun watching it! If you still want more information on the crisis you can always go to Robert Peston's Blog.

 

The Food Crisis explained! Can't get simpler than this....

I was looking for material to explain and correct the 'chain-mail guy's' (Refer to my previous post- The Hungry Planet!) take on the current World food crisis and came across this brilliant video.It's a video by the Japanese Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries explaining the food crisis. Like all things made by the Japanese, this video too couldn't get any more 'leaner'- Succinct and to the point. The video also makes a suggestion to change our lifestyles to do our bit to end the food crisis.

The Hungry Planet!

My post on War and Hunger for power?!! Well, its not done as yet but here's a photo essay I received in a chain e-mail. It shows the social disparities in food consumption across the world. Cleverly, the person who started the chain mail tweaked the essay a bit in the end with a statement condemning the developed world's claims that world food prices have shot up due to increased demand in developing countries, most importantly China and India. Being a fellow countryman, I can fathom his anger and angst but I do not empathise with him.

 

Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding

 

 

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

 

Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips

 

Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks

 

Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream

 

Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45 Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice

 

Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken

 

United States: The Caven family of California
Food expenditure for one week: $159.18
Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream

 

China: The Dong family of Beijing
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce

 

Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips

 

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton

 

Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings

 

Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage

 

 

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork

 

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat

 

Source: 

Hungry Planet

What the World Eats

by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

America!!

 

I've been wanting to complete a few posts I've left halfway but my idle mind is just not letting me kick-start this blog of mine. While I wait for the cobwebs to clear off and let my creative juices flow, I'd like to post an interesting video I came across on you tube. It's a satirical video ridiculing American Security and foreign policy -esp. the wars they started.  I presume, the makers of the video are a bunch of Indian software professionals in the US who have plenty of time to spare and are using it, besides fulfilling their creative desires, to assuage the anguish in their lives. I say this because of copious videos posted on you tube by Indians in the US that I've come across. Clearly, the dancer (Malavika Tara Mohanan) can do with a few dance lessons or else she could join the circus and put her contortionistic skills to use there. The editing was witty in bits but some of the clips depicting the horrors of wars and their affects on little children were totally out of place. The lyrics were simple and straightforward, but what's with the South-Indian accent? The whole purpose of the video is defeated with it trying to be amusing and serious at the same time.

For those who are wondering why I posted this video if I did not like it , I am trying to use the video to serve as a prelude to my next post discussing war and hunger for power.