tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post5989827396475002660..comments2024-03-28T15:07:22.673+05:30Comments on Shoot First, Mumble Later: Egon Schiele and the FluGirish Shahanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-234676847338538492009-08-15T22:42:04.500+05:302009-08-15T22:42:04.500+05:30The name is Friedensreich Hundertwasser, I don'...The name is Friedensreich Hundertwasser, I don't blame you for forgetting it :) The building was Hundertwasserhaus, and yes, it was seriously cool.Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-25654440691483936362009-08-15T20:07:15.996+05:302009-08-15T20:07:15.996+05:30Vienna was Aishwarya-like except for that higgledy...Vienna was Aishwarya-like except for that higgledy piggledy house/museum designed by the architect who doesn't believe that floors need to be flat... Do you remember? We took my picture beside a sign that said "Toilet of modern art."<br /><br />Why is my memory so bad, what's the name?Jabeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00189109010157915847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-78558607503563463292009-08-14T21:53:53.197+05:302009-08-14T21:53:53.197+05:30We're a hysterical people in general, so this ...We're a hysterical people in general, so this reaction is hardly surprising. Of course it doesn't help when you have newspapers that milk the issue for stories hinged on angles that are far from newsworthy (eg. Are people visiting malls?) thereby generating more panic. And of course we have a health system that was unprepared. But why do folks have to rush to testing centres when they have mild colds? As a colleague said, people probably entered the centres negative and left positive.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061080221917853180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-85896885111567642102009-08-14T17:30:13.569+05:302009-08-14T17:30:13.569+05:30Well, we didn't really get hit by bird flu, di...Well, we didn't really get hit by bird flu, did we? Maybe it was because of proactive measures by Sushma Swaraj, I haven't looked into it.<br />But I disagree that she was a good health minister. In tackling the AIDS crisis, she brought along her prejudices against condoms, prevented good outreach programmes, policies which resulted in perhaps thousands of unnecessary deaths.<br />Unlike H1N1, though, we keep our AIDS deaths hidden well under wraps. I once wrote of the epidemic: A million Indians have died of AIDS, but not a single Indian has died of AIDS.Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-65075253403357608812009-08-14T15:40:49.392+05:302009-08-14T15:40:49.392+05:30off tangent... but if you do write a longer piece ...off tangent... but if you do write a longer piece on swine flu , maybe you'd compare the quality of sushma swaraj at health minister when sars was discovered vis a vis G.N.Azad. <br />I may not think much of Ms Swaraj's politics but she was a darned good health minister and every single tv appearance during that time was effective and assuring. GNA looks like he'd rather be elsewhere. More importantly, she cracked down on the system hard enough and quick enough to prevent any tragedies. S ANANDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-2427069430916190212009-08-13T08:33:17.156+05:302009-08-13T08:33:17.156+05:30Love the accent :)Love the accent :)Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-87340170221806706572009-08-13T08:20:35.817+05:302009-08-13T08:20:35.817+05:30It's ridiculous even closing schools. But what...It's ridiculous even closing schools. But what is puzzling me is the number of deaths from what is really a mild flu. This is no SARS. Also why there were so many deaths in Mexico then so few in the US and UK where the spread has been fairly substantial? More than a democracy is it to do with the hygiene and poor prompt medical attention and epidemiological depts that ain't as good as that of the developed countries? Have most have the deaths that have occurred have been concurrent with an underlying illness that the victims had and so were immuno or multi system compromised already?<br /><br />Thank God the Turks left coffee and not coke outside the walls of Vienna when they retreated. AR can stay in cold storage. :)DSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-5082635067835713522009-08-13T06:14:59.190+05:302009-08-13T06:14:59.190+05:30The Aiswarya Rai of cities. Nice. Very nice.
Howe...The Aiswarya Rai of cities. Nice. Very nice.<br /><br />However Miss Rai does have a bitchy streak that I find interesting. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKda79DSQH0&feature=PlayList&p=DAB08FB23A802B4A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22" rel="nofollow">Here's some evidence.</a>adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-56056378704777840422009-08-12T20:28:25.256+05:302009-08-12T20:28:25.256+05:30Jaimit, interesting parallel between famine and di...Jaimit, interesting parallel between famine and disease. It has to be said, though, that many of the countries that suffered from epidemics in the past were democracies. Like in 1918 England was a democracy, but suffered horribly during the influenza outbreak anyway.Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-22022617135664517992009-08-12T20:25:30.431+05:302009-08-12T20:25:30.431+05:30DS, Aishwarya would have to be on coke to loosen u...DS, Aishwarya would have to be on coke to loosen up, and I suspect the same is true of Vienna. As far as the flu goes, our state government has hardly helped matters, has it? Closing schools is one thing, because children are especially vulnerable to this variant of H1N1, but why multiplexes? I mean, if you close those, why are offices open? Why are trains and buses running? What's the logic being applied here? I'm particularly upset because we were planning to see Kaminey on Saturday...Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-73364647641298262002009-08-12T19:55:26.144+05:302009-08-12T19:55:26.144+05:30An entire nation would go beserk with fear cos we ...An entire nation would go beserk with fear cos we have a media that goes beserk. That wasn't there 80 years ago.<br /><br />Didn't get to the Belvedere but the Leopold was a revelation as far as Schiele was concerned for me as well.<br /><br />Next time hit the cafes .. thats where the interesting Vienna is. Aishwarya on caffiene. :)DSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-83344851761660604462009-08-12T15:50:30.175+05:302009-08-12T15:50:30.175+05:30probably its just a babble-- but there's Amart...probably its just a babble-- but there's Amartya sen's theory that says something to the effect that massive famine doesn't happen in a democracy. probably democracy might help prevent a similar level pandemic? my guess is that the same forces would be at playjaimithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913601185902291124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-59042672495971864482009-08-12T13:26:20.566+05:302009-08-12T13:26:20.566+05:30Hi there,
The coincidence struck me too, when I ...Hi there, <br /><br />The coincidence struck me too, when I found out how Shiele and Klimt died. (That I should see their works at a time when a pandemic flu is making the rounds.) How democratic diseases can be sometimes, right? Even the rich can't escape some of them.globalbabblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943342464554767429noreply@blogger.com