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There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, who knows if we could finally see anything in that light, at last! There seems to be some swift action about the murkier affairs of the IPL. Let us wish that some thing positive emerges out of these knee-jerk reactions, to say the least. Let us leave it to chance. Human beings, by nature, are great believers in hope. Sometimes it works as oxygen and sometimes it gives them many a lifeline. What else they can do, if not hope for better things to happen- better administration, better civic sense, better civic amenities, better environment, etal. When I write here about better civic amenities, what strikes me more hard is the travails of the road users making things more complicated with each passing day. The other day there was a proposed "Chalo Assembly" for which traffic police have devised a way out for fizzling out the protestors' plan. They have literally turned Hyderabad into a fortress. It was very tough being a vehic...

The news flow about the IPL new franchisee for Kochi team reads more than that meets the eye. First let us go through the chronology of events regarding this controversy, named IPL, biggest Indian tamasha, where sports only takes a back seat. (Event Chronology: Courtesy: ET) March 7 : IPL franchise auction is called off after objections over stiff financial clauses March 21 : Auction re-staged; Sahara wins Pune bid, Rendezvous group wins Kochi for .33 million. Shashi Tharoor, an MP from Kerala and junior foreign minister in the Congress government, plays facilitating role. Interim : Reports suggest Rendezvous' surprise win has upset bigger players. Tharoor reportedly meets Congress leaders, asks them to ensure pressure eases on Kochi owners, says he has no personal material stake in franchise. April 9 : Media reports say BCCI has raised questions over shareholding pattern, asked Rendezvous to clarify its ownership structure. April 10 : Kochi owners meet Modi in Bangalore...

I know that the title appears to be a straight lift from the Samsung catch line. Let me be candid in admitting that it is purely intentional. I did not find a better one either. There is nothing which could be called WASTE in absolute terms. What made me to comment thus! I have learnt long ago that cattle excreta could be used in various ways, one among them being the production of Gobar gas. Then came to my knowledge that the waste that we through daily as rubbish and that the "chettabbai"(waste collector, shall I say!) religiously collects it and dumps it at a centralised location where it is processed for generating power. Interesting isn't it? Then there is an interesting article in Business Standard which inspired me to write this post. So much of history & geography involved in this one. Urine consists of a lot of inorganic salts, which produce gases which cause odour only when mixed with water. On the other hand, when urine is oxidised, it also gives that stink...