The response to the second edition of the Newsletter was as good as the first. To put it in a bureaucratic language, we had a 'quality' response, the definition of 'quality' being the absence of'quantity'. But I was happy when an officer said that even family members are reading the Newsletter. But I believe that the main target audience which comprise of the Accounts fraternity of Central Railway are mostly seeing it. There are a number of additions this month. On the professional side, the Case studies on Tenders have been segregated into Stores and Works. I am trying to convert a few of you into Crossword enthusiasts through a new feature on Crossword. There are a number of other new features - brain-teasers, Cryptogram etc. There are a number of contributors. I'd like to mention the names of Nalini Kak, P.S.Sharma, Ranjanesh Sahai and Ashok Nair. There are many others who have contributed to this and the earlier issues. And of course my thanks are to the Internet - can we do anything without the net theese days? I can miss my morning coffee but would not miss my morning surfing (and Economic Times Crossword) for anything on earth. I would once again like to say that this Newsletter is to supplement the excellent efforts of Alok Bhatnagar and his team in the Railway Board, who are maintaining the IRAS Website which can be accessed by Clicking here. I have given a Javascript quiz this time also to test your knowledge after you finish the Newsletter. Please attempt it for fun. |
HUMOUR For an interesting slideshow on 'Why Men Die Younger', click here WHAT IS CRICKET? You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. Sometimes the referee also decides who should be out of the ground. When both sides have been in and all the men are out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game! For an interesting Question Paper, click here NOSTALGIA click here for old photos of Madras Strange, but true. click here |
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Issue No. 3 dated December 2001
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