Genius writers write stories that have one side....

Some stories have only one side.

— TinyMarkTwain (@TinyMarkTwain) August 22, 2015

@TinyMarkTwain Genius writers. They leave the other side for their critics.

— Observer (@gdjasuja) August 22, 2015

“People come to Times Square from all over the world because it is a little quirky and slightly chaotic and because there’s some allure to that”

Corey Johnson

Said : Corey Johnson, a City Council member whose district includes Times Square. 

New York Times reporter Patrick McGeehan, in his news article on increasing problem of topless women, known as desnudas, parading around Times Square, reported Johnson as saying that he and another councilman, Daniel R. Garodnick, were working on a bill that would limit when and where these women and also the costumed characters, can ply their trade. 

He told the NYT reporter that their model would be based on the “time, place and manner restrictions” the New York city has placed on street vendors in crowded areas of certain parks similar to the designated spots created for a limited number of sketch artists and other street vendors.

Mr. Johnson reportedly said "the goal was not to rid Times Square of the characters and other street hustlers but to rein them in so they do not drive away the throngs of tourists."

“People come to Times Square from all over the world because it is a little quirky and slightly chaotic and because there’s some allure to that but if it becomes unsafe and creepy, that becomes a problem that we have to address,” Johnson said as per the news.

Bill de Blasio

New York City, Mayor

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has acknowledged that his office had received complaints about these topless women for their aggressive solicitation of payment to pose for pictures. He placed them in the same category as the gaggle of costumed characters that have become nearly synonymous with predatory panhandling in and around Times Square. 

“Let’s face it. The women in Times Square, or the furry creatures in Times Square, are engaged in a business. We believe that that opens the door for us to enforce the way we would any other business. And we will do so, while still respecting constitutional rights.” Bill de Blasio

"I see the women parading around Times Square covered in little but body paint not as creative artists, but as pushy panhandlers whose efforts to separate tourists from their money should be regulated," the Mayor said.

"ईमानदारी की ज़िन्दगी जी कर देखो बहुत सुंकून मिलता है"

Said : Gaurav Verma, wishing Arvind Kejriwala a happy Birthday today. 

Observer @gdjasuja : "ईमानदारी की ज़िन्दगी जी कर देखो बहुत सुंकून मिलता है." जिसका मूल्य पैसों से नहीं आका जा सकता. अनमोल है.

Many Many Happy Returns of the Day to 

Dear Arvind Kejriwal. 

ईमानदारी की ज़िन्दगी जी कर देखो बहुत सुंकून मिलता है । you are our inspiration sir. HAPPY BIRTHDAY @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/mpi8aUI8wx

— Gaurav Verma (@Gaurav3451) August 16, 2015

These lines of @ArvindKejriwal sir have changed our point of view to look at politics. Happy Birthday Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/QKQKMmRkLr

— Gajendra Sharma (@Airavta) August 15, 2015

On ur b'day i ll donate blood today and will go jantar mantar to support #OROP Happy Birthday Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/U0VOCOwitx

— Gaurav S Rai :) (@Gaurav_AAP) August 16, 2015

ईमानदारी की ज़िन्दगी जी कर देखो बहुत सुंकून मिलता है

Said : Gaurav Verma, wishing Arvind Kejriwala a happy Birthday today. 

ईमानदारी की ज़िन्दगी जी कर देखो बहुत सुंकून मिलता है । you are our inspiration sir. HAPPY BIRTHDAY @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/mpi8aUI8wx

— Gaurav Verma (@Gaurav3451) August 16, 2015

Some other birthday messages :  

These lines of @ArvindKejriwal sir have changed our point of view to look at politics. Happy Birthday Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/QKQKMmRkLr

— Gajendra Sharma (@Airavta) August 15, 2015

On ur b'day i ll donate blood today and will go jantar mantar to support #OROP Happy Birthday Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/U0VOCOwitx

— Gaurav S Rai :) (@Gaurav_AAP) August 16, 2015

Observer @gdjasuja : "ईमानदारी की ज़िन्दगी जी कर देखो बहुत सुंकून मिलता है." जिसका मूल्य पैसों से नहीं आका जा सकता. अनमोल है.

Many Many Happy Returns of the Day to 

Dear Arvind Kejriwal. 

“Beijing's only principle is power, and its only legitimacy for that power is economic growth. That's the implicit social contract it's struck with its people: you'll get rich, but you won't get rights.”

Said : Matt O'Brien, in his blog in The Washington Post of August 12, 2015. 

According to Matt, China's slowing economy has caused an exodus of $800 billion out of the country in 2014 alone. "This has made the yuan "want" to weaken," he writes, adding that the decline in the yuan was arrested by the government as it could easily afford to "spend some of its $4 trillion in reserves to keep it from falling."

Matt feels that China has been manipulating the yuan down for decades. But now, when the slow down in the economy has made the yuan "want" to weaken, Beijing wants a managed decline in the currency. A drop of 10 percent is not ruled out in small installments. The government is preventing the yuan from falling too far too fast. "China wants a weaker yuan, but on its terms," added Matt. He quoted Bloomberg economist Tom Orlik's observation in a note : "Our calculations suggest a 10% depreciation of the yuan would boost export growth 10 percentage points, but risk more than $400 billion in capital flight."

"In the technology industry, where revolutionary ideas drive the next big growth areas, you need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant."

Larry Page

Said : Larry Page, Co-founder of Google Inc., while announcing massive restructuring of the company in his blog on Monday, August 10, 2015, 'G is for Google.' 

Larry stated his blog with : "As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange when compared to our current businesses.”  "From the start, we’ve always strived to do more, and to do important and meaningful things with the resources we have."

Larry and Sergey have shifted to Alphabet Inc. from where they plan to monitor all their group companies. As per the new operating system of the Alphabet Inc. which is a collection of companies, Larry wants to have a strong CEO for each business. Sundar Pichai will be the new CEO of Google whereas Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will shift to Alphabet. All Google shares will now be traded as shares of Alphabet. As CEO and President of Alphabet, Page and Brin will oversee Google and affiliated companies that include Calico (life-extension project) and Wing (a drone delivery venture, part of X lab). Alphabet will also direct Google's Capital and Ventures.

Praising Pichai, he wrote : "Sundar has been saying the things I would have said (and sometimes better!) for quite some time now, and I’ve been tremendously enjoying our work together. He has really stepped up since October of last year, when he took on product and engineering responsibility for our Internet businesses."

"Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the publicly-traded entity and all shares of Google will automatically convert into the same number of shares of Alphabet, with all of the same rights. Google will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet. Our two classes of shares will continue to trade on Nasdaq as GOOGL and GOOG," he added.

Good Luck to Larry and Sergey for this bold initiative taken at this stage of their career. Wish a huge Calico success to you both and to your Alphabet. 

"This is not Narendra Modi's government"

(Source : wikipedia)

Said : 77-year-old Rahul Bajaj, top industrialist and Rajya Sabha member, who also happens to be an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview with NDTV. 

"Recalling BJP's historic election victory, he compared Modi with an emperor who was crowned as India's Prime Minister on 27th of May 2014," reported NDTV. 

Bajaj further opined that the Modi government was losing the sheen it came with in power. He added that he is saying "what everybody is saying". "This is not Narendra Modi's government," NDTV quoted him saying.

Bajaj expressed his reservations about the government's new black money bill that offers a three-month window, or compliance period, to declare undisclosed foreign assets. 

According to him, the business community feels that the harassment by tax officials will continue even after the declaration and future prosecutions can't be ruled out despite government's promise that there will be no harassment by ITO and Enforcement Directorate.

Top industrialist and Rajya Sabha member Rahul Bajaj had strong words for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, saying it was losing the sheen it came with after the historic win in the Lok Sabha polls last year. Watch him on NDTV show below.