Air India - Mangalore crash

I pray for the departed souls to rest in peace

and for the injured to recover fast

and also for the Govt. of India to wake up:

“Aviation safety is a potent subject in America while it is an impotent one in India,” A. Ranganathan, a former pilot and safety consultant, wrote in The Hindu newspaper late last year. “We are impotent because we have an ineffective hierarchy — ministry, legislators and regulator — controlling aviation.”

Happy Man today !

Pic courtesy: WWW

I am a happy man today. In fact 'Very Happy'.

I have to applaud President Obama and everyone who helped support the Healthcare reform bill that passed today !

'Great achievement President Obama and team'.

I was eager to see what the top Economists would write about this bill and here is what Paul Krugman wrote in NY Times.

The Democrats have done it. The House has passed the Senate version of health reform, and an improved version will be achieved through reconciliation.

This is, of course, a political victory for President Obama, and a triumph for Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker. But it is also a victory for America’s soul. In the end, a vicious, unprincipled fear offensive failed to block reform. This time, fear struck out.

SF Chronicle - Printed on recycled paper

It was a shock for me the first time I saw the Sunday Newspapers here in the US. So many pages, so many coupons, sale information....amazing I thought.

Later I realized and felt sad that a lot of trees go down just to take care of the Sunday edition of New York Times !! Add up all the newspapers across America and quickly we'll know that it takes a lot of trees.

So, I thought I'd go green and stop buying paper magazines/ newspapers. Internet came handy. I was reading the newspapers online. I subscribed to magazines via ZINIO...and came out of the guilt.

Then, last week to my surprise I found out that San Francisco Chronicle was printed on recycled paper !! ( It says so on the top of front page). I was thrilled.

So these days, I pay 25 cents everyday at the local BART station and buy the Chronicle.

Thanks SF.Chronicle for being kind to mother nature.

I am not sure if newspapers in your area are printed on recycled paper. If they are, please post the name of the newspaper in the comment section.