Beautiful roads

Beautification is very good. See how they do it on the foot paths in our City !
The footpaths along the main roads are being paved with 'interlocking tiles'. Looks so clean and beautiful. But how much money is being spent ?
On the other side, there are very many roads with deep potholes and dumps of waste. They are not clean, and are a risk for the motorists (even to the pedestrians! ). I wish some part of this 'huge money' spent for beautification be spent for repairing our 'saadaa' roads.

Coins ... misleading

We all make money transactions everyday, for something or the other. That's with currency notes and coins. We certainly count the currency, when me pay or receive. Infact, we don't watch for the printed denomination. We, right at the look, (by it's color and size) recognise the amount. That's very natural and convenient. But for the coins, now we really look at the denomination embossed on it. This has become essential these days (unlike earlier days) , as many coins of different denominations look similar. We all used to feel the coins, (without looking at it ) and pay. But that resulted in losses, many many times { Everyone complains of the 50 ps coin and the small 5 Re coin }. That made me too look at the coins, every time, and every transaction.

Now, that too has changed. You have to closely watch for the shape, size, and denomination on each coin. That's because, now there are many coins of the same size and look, but have different values. At the top of all, now there are coins to confuse you totally ! The number embossed in big letters are NOT the denominations. That number refers something else !
See the picture of the 5 Re coin. On one side, the number 50 is embossed very big. But that's not the denomination. On the other side, there's a small number '5' embossed. That's the denomination. The '50' is for the 50th year of ONGC's birth !
I feel, the denomination of the coin must be the most prominent, and beyond any doubts. Any commomoration is OK, but any number on the coin should not be misguiding.

Of late, I thing the 'coin designers' at our "Reserve Bank Mint" have lost the basic common sense of coins. They should think of the common man using them !

Interviews - Fooling the youth ?

This is about 'Interviews'. What prompted me to comment is an article in Hindu (dt. 11-08-09, in the Education Plus supplement). This article talks on "Placements : slowdown blues persist".
And that's not my point here. There's a picture (shown below) showing a Company representative (of some IT major) interviewing a candidate, during a job fair.
















I wonder, what's happening ? The picture shows 'how it should not be' ! Is this an Interview for a placement ?  I don't like to call so. For various reasons.
The left side fellow is interviewing the right side boy. Just one fellow is 'assessing' a candidate ? Just impossible. (Or this guy must be God himself !)
The left side man must have been on the right side just three years ago. Does that enable him as an Interviewer ?
The scene is one of negative interaction. The body language of the Interviewer clearly spreads negative energy and shows his negative attitude. (Look at his face, and the posture !!). Infact, the candidate at the right looks positive.

Usually, the trainers of these boys tell them that they must be wearing 'formals' for the interview. Yes this boy did it right. But what about the Interviewer ? Does it mean that this guy can wear casuals, or for that matter, any damn thing? Clearly, it's not a serious activity for him. ( May be, since he is pocketing a few lakhs from his company.. then why care about the candidates ? or even basic principles).

Ok... Ok... I'll stop here. But I believe, these companies are just fooling the youth. Else, they should be reasonable, and should show that.