Different cokes for different folks

Opinions on drinking coca cola:

Me: "I am addicted, damn it"

Poonam (scowl): "First you crib about getting fat- then you drink coke"

Amma (seeing me with coke): "........." (speechless with anger)

Kerala Govt: "Coca cola the villainous capitalist that is polluting groundwater. Get Out!"

Baba Ramdev: "Coca cola should be used as toilet cleaner"

Colleague: "At McDonalds yesterday, I told my boys that unless they promise to finish their coke, they won't get the happy meal. Usually they only have 30 ml or so.  Anyway, they finished it somehow and I was happy."  

It takes all kinds!

PELLI MUCHATLU 1

SVSR(sr) MARRAIGE

SLN(Sr)performed the upanayanam and marriage of his son Subbarao with Rangamma(think his niece and belongs to navaluri family) and his daughter Bhramarabas marriage with his menalludu ,Dhulipalla Sundara Ramaiah in May 1900 in Kavali in his own residence(The date on he invitation is 09-05-1900).SVSR(sr) was born in 1889. So he was 11 years old and Rangamma was 8 or so.Bhramaramba was his younger sister and must also be around8. she was beatiful, educated and highly intelligent.Sundara ramiah was older. there is an entry in the account book that he was sent to Narsaiah school on 10-3-1888(Sarva Dhari Samvathsara Adhlka Chaithra Sukla Dasami.)The famous incident of him jumping wih joy and saying "where will she go?she is mine."after the marriage was described earlier.

The invitation was addressed to Matukumalli Ramanaiah, don't know who he is.

Stanford Prison Experiment

In my random ramblings across the web, reading about the psychological explanations for ragging, I came across the Stanford Prison Experiment and Milgram Experiment. I was familiar with the Milgram experiment from our MBA leadership class used to help us understand the influence of authority but I learned about the Stanford experiment for the first time.

Here is what Dr.Zimbardo, the professor who ran the Stanford Prison Experiment says about the experiment.
"What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph? These are some of the questions we posed in this dramatic simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University.
How we went about testing these questions and what we found may astound you. Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress. "

Here is the website for the program. http://www.prisonexp.org/ It is a fascinating read.

I admit I am no psychologist, however, I question one aspect of the experiment. Are the people truly "good people" or is there a self selection mechanism involved here?Are the volunteers already those predisposed to violence attracted by the word "prison experiment"? Is it the cause for police brutality, Abu Ghriab abuses and police encounters? And are those already depressed that sign up for more abuse?

We are making great strides in understanding human body, but we are woefully behind in understanding the brain and psychology. But how ethical are such experiments, even if performed on a voluteer basis, when the psychological implications are unpredictable? There are control mechanisms for drug trials, where unproven drugs are given when all other treatments fail. What are the control mechansims for these experiments?

Done with my shopping already!!!!

No need to wake up early, stay up late, or stand in line.
I got my luggage set, pea coat, a few winter clothes and a jacket for Adi, all online. They will be ready in the store to be picked up in a couple of days. I decided to pass on the cookwear set, and buy only the 2 pieces I need.

One thing I bought, and I really feel bad buying is a printer. I bought a printer last year for $50, and I have been using it all year. Now it is out of ink. Replacement ink for that printer costs $35, and a new printer costs $25. Imagining the resource wastage pains me....I might just cancel that order and buy the ink for $10 more.....

Past few weeks I have been trying my hand at baking bread at home, without all preservatives that go into store bought foods, with great success. I made yeast bread with milk which is slightly more dense and slightly more sweet that a typical store bread. Now Aditya and Srinivas are hooked on the homemade bread and want me to make it regularly. So I decided to buy the Zojirushi breadmaker, a Japanese brand one. The cost was down about $130 by buying today, to about $140, as this is somewhat an expensive appliance. But it is worth it to inhale that fresh baking bread fragrance and eat warm bread right out of the oven. Apparently it can also make homemade jam, so look forward to some culinary experiment posts from me.

COMING SOON !!!!!

Tales about mother

Tour diaries of Singampallis

Pelli muchatalu starting with SRM,some deails about pelli choopulu ,marriage details of svsr,sln, srn,dsk, sgk,svn

Some rare and interesting documents