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Empanelment of 1979 batch IAS this month
Empanelment of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is going to take place this month end.
IAS officer Ms.Ranjana Sinha resigns !
Ms. Ranjana Sinha Principal Secretary (PS) Textiles with the Maharashtra government has reportedly sought voluntary retirement. She is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Deb to be Member of CAT !
Outgoing West Bengal Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb is being appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).He is retired 1971 batch IAS officer.
Sandhu says "No" ?
Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau Nehchal Sandhu is believed to have said "No" to head the newly constituted NIA.He is 1973 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Farooq Abdullah to join Union Cabinet ?
Farooq Abdullah is likely to join the Union Cabinet this week. The Congress party is going to use the services of Farooq Abdullah to woo Muslims around the country. National Conference has already joined the UPA.
Azad and Deshmukh to be General Secretary AICC !
Former J & K Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh are being appointed General Secretary of the AICC.
Raju to look after exploration ?
Joint Secretary Petroleum D N N Raju is expected to look after the desk of "Exploration " in the Ministry. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Who will be new Chairman of the CBDT ?
1971 Batch IRS officer N B Singh ,Chairman CBDT is retiring this month end. The fight for the Chairman's post has begun with Shaikh Naimuddin-Member (Personnel) and SSN Murthy Member-Judicial hotly contesting for the top job. It is most likely that Murthy would end up winning the prized seat and would be serving for a period of two years.
New Kerala CS to be finalised soon
As the grapevine has it, V.S.Achuthanandan Kerala Chief Minister is going to finalise new Chief Secretary in a couple of days. Delay is being attributed to political pulls & pressures. It may be stated here that incumbent Chief Secretary P.J.Thomas on central deputation has been posted Secretary Parliamentary Affairs with the Government of India (GOI).
Mishra to be Member of SAT ?
Former CBDT Chairman, PK Misra (1971 Batch), is all set to join as Member Securities Appellate tribunal, Mumbai in the rank and pay scale of Secretary to GOI.
Jha is new Joint Secretary Home
Lokesh Dutt Jha presently in the Cadre has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre. He will succeed 1982 batch UP cadre IAS officer Dinesh Singh.
Panda appointed JS AYUSH
Sanjay Kumar Panda has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Madan is Joint Secretary Culture
Vijay Shankar Madan, presently working as Additional Director General, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will now be Joint Secretary Culture. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Saxena returns to Gujarat
RS Saxena, Development Commissioner, SEZ, Kandla, is back to the parent Gujarat cadre. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
SPG Chief gets promotion
Special Protection Group (SPG) Chief B V Wanchoo has been promoted to the rank of ADG .He is 1976 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
13 IES officers promoted to SAG
As many as 13 officers belonging to the Indian Economic Service (IES) have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). While two of them belong to the 1981 batch, the rest of 11 IES officers belong to the 1982 batch.
Nirvikar Singh Joins Cabinet Secretariat
Nirvikar Singh , ADC to Gen.(Retd) SF Rodrigues Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT Chandigarh will join Cabinet Secretariat as Under Secretary in January. He is known to be an extremely a hardworking, dedicated and an upright officer.
J & K CS and DGP to continue !
J & K Chief Secretary Sham Singh Kapur and DGP Kuldeep Khoda are unlikely to be changed during the new regime.
Anil Goswami to move
Principal Secretary to the former J&K Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad, Anil Goswami is being shifted. No new name, however, has cropped up for the position.
Sudhanshu Panday to get importance in J & K !
Sudhanshu Panday is likely to get importance during the new regime in J & K.1987 batch IAS officer Panday was PS to Omer Abdullah when the later was Union Minister in the NDA Government.
Change in Maharashtra's Home department likely
As the grapevine has it Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home with the Maharashtra Government Ms. Chitkala Zutshi is on her way out. She is an IAS officer of the 1971 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. Two reasons are doing rounds of power. One says that there have been changes at different levels, but top-level change in the Home department did not take place. Two, the ACS Home & the incumbent Home Minister Jayant Patil.
Ms.Chandra Iyengar may get Home deptt. in Maharashtra
As the grapevine has it, Ms.Chandra Iyengar Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Health, with the Maharashtra Government is going to be new ACS Home. She is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
KK Jha is CIT (OSD), Delhi
Consequent on his reversion KK Jha, Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT), has been posted as CIT (OSD) Delhi, pending decision on his technical resignation, with immediate effect. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1979 batch.
IRTS officer Juel Kujur gets SAG
1989 batch IRTS officer C Balachandran has been promoted to the SAG in NR itself.
Race narrows between Narayansami & Chakrabarty
As the grapevine has it, TS Narayansami, CMD, Bank of India (BOI), & Dr. Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, CMD, Punjab National Bank (PNB), are two real contenders for the post of Deputy Governor in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). They are among five candidates for the slot that vacant following retirement of Leeladhar from the post on December 5, 2008. If the convention of appointing the senior most CMD of any of the public sector banks is followed then Narayansami emerges as the front-runner.
G K Singh gets SAG
Indian Post & Telecom Accounts and Finance Service officer G K Singh has been promoted to the SAG. Singh is presently Deputy Secretary Social Justice in the Government of India.
A K Singh to be new DGP of Karnataka
A K Singh will be new DGP of Karnataka. 1974 batch IPS officer Singh will succeed R Srikumar on February 1
Kuldip Chaturvedi is new GM SWR
Kuldip Chaturvedi is new General Manager of the South Western Railway. He has replaced Praveen Kumar.
Praveen Kumar takes over as Member (Mechanical) Railway Board
Praveen Kumar, IRSME has taken over as Member (Mechanical), Railway Board, and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India.
( We said this on January 2)
Who will be new CEO Gujarat ?
Gujarat government has sent three names for the post of Chief Electoral Officer to Election Commission, New Delhi after sudden resignation of Vinod Babbar. Candidates are Anita Karwal, Raj Kumar & Mr Sinha. It is learnt.
D K Tiwari is MD, CITCO-Chandigarh
DK Tiwari on inter state deputation has assumed the charge as Managing Director (MD), Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO), Chandigarh. So far he was Special Secretary, Finance with the Punjab government. He is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.
(We said this in December 2008).
Jagannath promoted to HAG
IRTS officer JN Jagannath has been promoted to the HAG and posted at SCR itself.
IAS changes in TamilNadu
K. Nanda Kishore has been appointed new Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary. He takes over from Surjit K. Chaudhary, who has been transferred as Principal Secretary and Director of Stationery and Printing.M.P. Nirmala will now be Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited.
Gautam Goswami is on life support system
1991 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Dr Gautam Goswami is presently on life support system in a Patna hospital.
Arora is new SSP NOIDA
Naveen Arora has been appointed as the new Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Noida.. R K Chaturvedi, the earlier SSP has been moved to Pilibhit.
Whisper's survey
There are certain bureaucrats who left their jobs and took to politics or joined politics after retirement. Some of them are active in national politics while others are restricted to their native states. Our question for the survey is -
Do bureaucrats make good politicians?
If yes, can you name the best-
Ajit Jogi, Yashwant Sinha, Jagmohan, Natwar Singh or candidates whom you can name

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A date with RTI
What are Cabinet Papers ?
The inspection of a file was sought under which circular No. 18/12/99-EO (OM-II), Government of India, Secretariat of the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet, DoPT (Office of the Establishment Officer, New Delhi) dated 18.12.1999 was issued.
Past decision in which the CIC directed the DoPT and the Cabinet Secretariat to allow inspection to the relevant files concerning empanelment of Additional Secretaries and Secretaries to the Government of India was referred to (appeal No. CIC/MA/A/2006/00204, 207 & 208 in Arvind Kejariwal vs. DOPT).
The CIC noted that the 44th Amendment to the Constitution of India for the first time not only used the term "Cabinet", but also literally defined it.
The CIC held that every decision of the Council of Ministers is a decision of the Cabinet. Therefore, all records concerning such decision shall fall within the category of "Cabinet papers" and, as such, disclosable under Sec 8(1)(i) after the decision is taken and the matter is complete.
The CIC further held that Article 77(3) of the Constitution is not impervious to the application of the RTI Act as Sec 22 of the Act has an overriding effect on anything inconsistent with it.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma

Orders of R.K.Tandon's as MD, IRTC today !

Orders of R.K.Tandon for the post of Managing Director (MD) in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) are being issued today.
( We said this on March 19 ,2008 )

Will Kundal be Deputy CM of J & K ?
B R Kundal, the former chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmi may be made the Deputy CM, as Omar Abdullah seems to be in his favour.An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1972 batch, Kundal took over the post of Chief Secretary from C. Phonsung.Kundal was the first scheduled caste officer to make it to the top administrative post in the state. Kundal belongs to Jammu Region and will bring with him administrative experience which raw Omar desparately needs to run the fractious state.
Dave is Chief of NMCC
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Gaurav Dave, IRSEE(82) as Chief (Joint Secretary level), National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council under the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion.

CORPORATE
Who will be CMD of National SEED Corporation ?
PESB will start three day interview from Monday to select the new CMD of the National Seed Corporation.
Basu appointed Director (Projects ) B & R
D Basu, General Manager (South), B&R has been appointed Director (Project Management), Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited (B&R), Kolkata.
DS Chauhan takes over as GMN (HR)NHPC
DS Chauhan General Manager has taken over as GM(HR) of the NHPC
.Historic agreement between CIL and workers
Coal India management and the workers unions in Hyderabad have agreed upon an increment in salaries by 24%. This is said to be historic agreement.
Muralidharan is Chairman
K.P. Muralidharan has taken over as the new Chairman of the Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank.

 Aaj Ki Aawaz
PC is carrying the evidence to USA !!!
But many would warn and say!!!

Ronen should be with PC night and day!!!
Because rather than Washington PC could land up at NY's Wall Street many say!

With financial matters PC is still fixated.... in time he's stuck!!!!
He forgets that at his table stops the security and not the financial matters buck!!!

USA knows everything and our evidence is stale info for Uncle Sam!!!
And US knows Pakistan 's responses are one big sham!!!

What's needed is on the ground evidence that India is determined to fight terror!!!
And for this first Congress needs to be shown the mirror!!!

US will ally with us only when it knows to fight terror India is 'hell bent'!!!
Then only terror tackling proposals by US will be sent!!

BJP if you ask me is in a tizzy……war andhar ki!!
Eye to eye the BJP's Leaders simply are unable to see!!!

Again…. personal ambitions will come to willy-nilly!!
If BJP is not able to wrest the throne in Dili!!!

BJP knows its strength lies in mobilizing the Hindu Vote!!!!
This BJP knows ground work by Hindu Organization can only make Hindu vote bloat!!

Congress too needs to realize that its Allies are fair weather friends!!!
They follow power trends!!!!

So if Congress itself does not improve its tally!!!
Behind Third Front most of these fair weathered pals will rally!!!

And if Sonia wants an upturn,
Then midnight oil Sonia and her think tank needs to burn!!

For one Rahul Baba's positioning needs to be re-looked at!!!!
In cricketing parlance from being a twelfth man now he has to come out to bat!!

Rahul Baba's days of enjoying power without responsibility need to end!!
Into the deep end karro Rahul ko send!!

Should Omar talk of talk with separatists even before he's in the saddle???
First out of the other woes facing the State he should paddle!!!

He's trying to make peace with the separatists for himself and his near and dear!!!
Now he has to live in the Valley and for his and his near and dear's safety he does fear!

Some feel deflation means interest rates should fall like a rock!!!!!
Such an attempt Mohna should block!!!

Industry seems to feel interest rate fall is the cure for all its ills!!!
Feels low interest rates is like one of those magic pills!!!

Of course Montek will say Industry's demand is correct!!!
He'll sell this low interest rates saying 'economy ho jaye gi resurrect'!!

Borrowing money should not be made dirt cheap!!!
And should also not frightfully steep!!

Confucius says….. Too much of anything is bad and more so when rise or fall is steep!
Neither should there be a plummet or a leap!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
The classification of status in modern India : Funny but true :
KM Chandrasekhar and his CoS are true Indians and they have upheld the centuries old classification of masters of Vedas by introduction of Pay bands as follows:

PB-1 = Agnihotry or Vedi.
PB-2 = Dwivedi
PB-3 = Trivedi
PB-4 = Chaturvedi.
PB-5 = Rajarishies
Secy Grade = Bramha Rishies
Cab Sec Grade = Param Bramha Rishies with Brmhaastras with them.
Politicians = Lesser Gods
Ministers = mighty Gods
PM (including non or extra Constitutional) = Lord Visnhu and Mahamaya Kaali / Durga / Lakshmi depending on sex and nature.

PM or equivallants sons / daughter = Lord Ganesh, the Vighneswara and Vignaharta.

Jai Ho..Jai Ho... Revolutionary System ki Jai Ho.
Chturvedi
Why Indians are averse to take bold decisions?
Is there something in hour genes which makes us hesitant in taking bold decision. Today the govt. has announce certain measures to boost the economy. These measure seem to be half hearted and mere eye wash. It is accepted by all that banks don't have dearth of money. It is the crisis of fear which has prevented banks from lending in last one year. Similarly the consumer are not averse to buying house, cars, two wheelers etc. The problem is loan are available at 22% interest rates as banks don't want to lend. What was needed was a big jolting, thumping stimulus from govt. which would have addressed as many sectors' worries as possible. This would have created a sense of boost to spur the demand and ensure supply. Instead the govt. has done nothing. In fact what ever has been done, has been done by the RBI. Reduction in repo, reverse repo and CRR and RBI measure. Govt. has just reduced certain duties on cement and few other measures. These are not going to boost the economy.
Shantanu Ghosh
Yeh Dil Mange More ,PB - 4 PB - 4
You may have seen many trade union movements but none can match that of Armed Forces .All Lt Cols in combat or ready to combat working in parent units given PB-4.A dispensation for Lt Cols working in other departments as a one time measure also made for granting PB - 4 with a condition that in future no Lt Cols to be sent to other departments .Here lies the catch .PB - 4 taken by falsely claiming that Lt Cols are cutting edge of Army .In fact Lt Cols (of Corp of Engineers )who finally superseded after 16 years of service ,is not posted to unit i.e. Regiments as he is no more motivated enough to be of any use to Army /combat duties except that he is a trained hand .So he is finally dumped in Military Engineer Services where he remains till his retirement getting all Military perks and doing nothing related to combat .He is also not very useful to Military Engineer Service as he hardly has any experience of MES work .He also has no motivation to learn MES work .
So now if Lt Cols are no more to be sent to other department ,where will this so called cutting edge ,will be adjusted .This is the problem specific to Corp of engineer ,but other Arms like infantry /Artillery etc also have but they are able to adjust their superseded Lt Cols in Administrative jobs like that in Area HQ /Sub Area Head quarters /other Head quarters.
This is the reason it is still not acceptable to Army. Government should be very careful in dealing with so called disciplined forces as they are not happy till they get what they want when they sense that Government is weak (They take generosity as sign of weakness ).We are in process of going Pakistan way where Army is the most powerful arm of government and they do not even listen to elected government. For their demands they will put up umpteen no of lies ,they will take perks in name of combat and majority of time remain in departments like MES .I wonder where is the constitutional right of "Equal pay for Equal work" ? A civilian officer /subordinate who is much more cued up and more motivated ,can do and is doing double the work at half the Pay .
The other argument of bullets on chest and hardship ,is concerned than it is the PBORs who are most affected but they have no voice .This will continue till they are made their own umpires
I hope someone in government is listening
Suresh Pandey
Raise the demand of HAG
It is essential for the central services to raise the demand of HAG in view of impact on pensions etc. In the case of say Income Tax, Central Excise and other services there is no post in the grade of HAG! Isn't it objectionable that while the HAG was not studied by the pay commission, this scale was carved by committee of IAS and given adhoc to few services. Thus leaving some services with no post in HAG.
Perhaps senior officers in the services e.g. CCs and other equivalent should take up the issue as they are immediately hit by such discrepancy. So far as govt. is concerned this does not have much financial impact. The issue is to see things in proper perspective. It is not only pay parity but also associated inter services interaction amongst officers and co-ordination which takes a hit with such adhoc decisions.
How do you expect DGs in central services to interact with say DGP in the state when there is so much discrepancy in scale. Let some sense prevail. Please do not shatter whatever co-ordination is left in different services
Ravi
Why did CSS lose out?
CSS lost out because of in-fight. SOs (DR) thought - and are still thinking that they were members of Group A service and discarded their GP B origins. Hence the comparison with IPS etc, which is misplaced. The lordies should come down to Mother Earth and thankful to God's (or GoI's ? - whatever) small mercies.
Suman K Sharma
All in one !
The applicants who submitted representations, the sanctioning authority who grants the benefit and finally the beneficiary is one and the same. He is none other than the Central Secretariat Service 'ASSISTANT'. During 2004-05, the Assistants have submitted representations to the 'Government of India' for granting higher pay-scale of Rs. 6500-200-10500/-being paid to the Inspectors of Central Excise/Income tax. The said representations were 'scrutinised' by an 'Assistant of CSS' and finally 'submitted' to his SO/US/DS/Director/JS (all are CSS cadre officers) with a proposal to grant the higher pay-scale to all the 'Assistants of the CSS cadre'. The 'Government of India' was kind enough to grant the said higher pay-scale to the Assistants of the CSS cadre. The decision was immediately conveyed to all the Ministries/Departments on war footing by an 'Assistant of CSS Cadre'. Finally, all the 'Assistants of the CSS' have been granted with higher pay-scale of Rs. 6500-200-10500/- in place of Rs. 5500-175-9000/-.
It is next to impossible for any other staff members to get involved in all the stages of finalising their representations/ petitions.
Mrs Jhansi Laxmi
CCS's grand plans brought to nought
CCS's grand plans have been brought to nought by political sponsored delay in issue of OM which gives parity to CCS with 2 year delay. One must understand that many candidates appear in CSE and if they get CCS, do not appear again due to personal reasons, especially the ladies. It would be interesting to see if the entry age of CCS, on an average, is nearly 2 years lower than IAS. Due to some other reasons, the pay commission had recommended parity to all IAS and , after delay of 2 years, to the all the organized cadres. However, due to reasons best known in bureaucracy, whereas the orders have been issued and implemented for IAS, they are facing the usual red tape for CCS
P Kumar
Renaming of White House !
Will the White House be renamed Black House OR Black & White House after 20th Jan?
Sampath
Death of Bangalore student
Death of Mukkarram 20 year old student of Bangalore who entered the residential compound of an army Brigadier while being pursued by police to escape their wrath is most tragic. He was killed by bullets of armed guards posted there while trying to escape to safety. This incident happened in the background of enhanced security measures following terrorist attack in Mumbai. While complete facts will emerge only after an impartial enquiry into the incident is held and findings made public, but action of Karnatak Police to slap case of trespass against the dead student shows total lack of sensitivity. First they pursued him so vigorously that he jumped into the residence of an army officer, then they appear to have done nothing to prevent armed sentries from firing at the student. While taking steps to prevent terrorist attacks, great care is required to ensure through proper training that those given weapons by the state do not turn into killers of citizens even by mistake. Punishment meted out to Mukkarram and his family members was totally disproportionate to mistake committed by him.
Sudhir Chopra
Sudhir Chopra
Keep it up
The EC rightly came in full support of the CEO TN as he is doing a wonderful job. He is unbiased and firm. Keep it up CEO.
Sadasivam
He is a man of integrity and symbol of honesty in Tamilnadu cadre.
Balaji
Let the civil servants rise to the occasion!
The Municipal Corporation ,Delhi( MCD)'s move, widely reported in all the national dailies dated Jan 2,2009, to usurp the land occupied/ earmarked by sixty schools in Delhi for commercial purposes, demonstrates its utter callousness and intellectual bankruptcy! The argument that these schools are either under-utilised or unutilised is fallacious. Now consider this-- A large number of MCD's offices remain utterly under-utilised due to perennial late-coming and unauthorised absenteeism of the staff and officers. The public is witness to it. Could these offices also be considered for demolition by the same logic! If the MCD's motive is to provide" fiscal stimulus" to the sluggish Real Estate Sectors to overcome the effects of global financial melt-down, then it is sadly mistaken. The posterity will never forgive the Corporation for committing this folly! Changing the land-use from " Educational" to " Commercial", is unwarranted . It smacks of MCD's hidden agenda involving possible kickbacks ! Demolishing school infrastructures, that caters to poor children , and then build malls and hotels over that land , for the rich and the aristocrats, shows MCD's total lack of concern for the downtrodden! How could we eradicate poverty by sidelining "Education"? Let us rehash our lessons learnt from the wisdom of Dr Amartya Sen , the Noble Laureate. stressing the importance of basic education in eradicating poverty. Also, what about the importance of concepts like: Social justice, Ethics and Morality in Governance? How have these virtues been overlooked by the MCD by embarking on the proposed switch-over to stark "Capitalism" and "Consumerism"? It is now for the Civil Servants to rise to the occasion. I urge upon the Commissioner MCD to first get a detailed feasibility study report on the proposal, from expert consultants keeping the above factors and other relevant considerations in view so that a just and fair decision is taken in the matter in public interest despite political compulsions,.. The land in question could always be gainfully utilized for educational purposes like opening Vocational centres to produce skilled manpower . It needs to be investigated , as to, since when have the existing educational infrastructures fallen into disuse and how were these schools opened and located at the present sites? Are the children being provided motivational incentives like: monthly stipends, school uniforms, free meals etc.? Is there any conspiracy by the building mafia in dissuading parents from sending their wards to schools ? The proposal after political clearance is reportedly under submission to the Competent Authority for approval.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant )
Tail Piece

1] Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while driving.

[2] Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.

[3] Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

[4] I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.

[5] A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.

[6] Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

[7] Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without, but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.

[8] You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it.

[9] Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

[10] Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

[11] Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

[12] My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

[13] Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

[14] Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.

[15] A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

[16] You're getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them.

[17] It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.

[18] Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

[19] Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.

[20] Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

[21] They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak!

[22] Man: Is there any way for long life?
Dr: Get married.
Man: Will it help?
Dr: No, but then the thought of long life will never come.

[23]Why do couples hold hands during their wedding? It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight begins!

[24]Wife: Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do?
Husband: Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.

[25]It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged. It's like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered.

[26]There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.

[27]There is only one perfect wife in the world and every neighbor has it.

V. Arunachalam