On billion $ frauds

Goldman Sachs helped the fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, commonly known as 1MDB, sell more than $6 billion of debt to investors, ostensibly for projects that would benefit the Malaysian people. But federal prosecutors contend that at least $2.7 billion of that money went to fuel the lavish lifestyles of several people close to a former Malaysian prime minister, including the flamboyant financier Jho Low.

Source: 2 Former Goldman Executives Barred From Banking Industry After Malaysia Fraud Scandal – The New York Times

On comparing languages

हिन्दी नायाब है
छू लो तो-चरण
अड़ा दो तो-टांग
धँस जाए तो-पैर
आगे बढ़ाना हो तो-क़दम
राह में चिह्न छोड़े तो-पद
प्रभु के हों तो-पाद
बाप की हो तो-लात
गधे की पड़े तो-दुलत्ती
घुंघरू बाँध दो तो-पग
खाने के लिए-टंगड़ी
खेलने के लिए-लंगड़ी

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On Pessimists

In 1951 a French processor blamed the telephone for “Decline in the art of writing love-letters”