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Among themany bits ofmemorabilia thrown upby the death of Margaret

Thatcher is her appearance onDesert Island Discs, a popular

British radio programme.This was in 1978 before she be-came Prime Minister, but asLeader of the Opposition andthe first woman to have, im-probably, risen to head the To-ries, she was a considerablefigure of curiosity. LaurenCollins points out in theNewYorkerthat she was alreadycommanding, but still willingto take part in this kind ofshow in order to gain pop-ularity.Desert Island Discsconsisted

of an avuncular presenter get-ting guests to reveal their per-sonal sides by getting them totalk about their favourite mu-sic and answer a few generalquestions. Thatcher wasasked how as the daughter of avery middle-class provincialfamily she had set her sightson going to Oxford. She re-called hearing missionariesspeaking about their experi-

ences, and I remember that,in the early days, I wanted togo into the it existed then the Indian Civil Service, be-cause there was a tremendousdesire to serve.

Thatcher was born in 1925 ata time when admiration forthe Indian Civil Service (ICS)was widespread. Peter Druck-er, the founder of manage-ment studies, would laterpoint to it as an example ofhow effective middle manag-ers could be when well-select-

ed, trained and given the re-sponsibility to either sink orswim. The ICS was built on thepower of a confident, empo-wered individual and this wasalso how Thatcher built hercareer.

The ICS did not take women Thatcher either did notknow this, or did not care. It isremarkable how little shebothered about fitting thenorms that seemed to be re-quired to succeed in politics ofany kind, not just the Tories.

Many Indians can relate toThatchers adolescent hopefor an ICS job to change herlife; the IAS is still a passportto success for many middle-class children growing up inprovincial towns in India. Butthis idea of Thatcher as a civilservant cannot be taken toofar. Just imagine her handbagin action against Maoists andland mafias just as she de-ployed it against British min-ers she would hardly havebeen suited to the intrigue,double-speak and occasionalsubservience to politiciansthat seems to prevail at higherlevels. But another parallel

could be drawn betweenThatcher and the ICS. Thiscorps of young men wascharged with making India se-cure for the British Empire,taking it away from its free-booting East India Companydays to the Victorian rigiditiesof the Raj. By emphasising thevirtues of free trade, educa-tion and rule of law, theyhoped to impose a version ofBritain on the subcontinentthat would then boost Britishbusiness.

Margaret ThatcherWanted to Join ICS

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Automatic for the PeopleNecessity need not always be the mother of invention. Innovators have put on their thinking caps to design the followingseven devices for those who want their lives to be simplified with the push of a button, or two. And if youre willing topush three, youll get a hot pizza. Or your dog washed.

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Rick Dobbertin and his wife Karendecided to build the ultimate RV (rec-reational vehicle). Starting with a milktanker and after installing a 6.5L GMTurbodiesel in the vehicle, it took theDobbertins four and a half years tobuild the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter. Itcan travel over land and water.

SPEECH IMPEDIMENTThe SpeechJammer interrupts a personsspeech by echoing his or her own voice, de-layed by a few hundred milliseconds. Createdby Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada of Ja-pan, it was invented to help public speakersby alerting them if they spoke too quickly orhad taken up more than their allotted time.

WOOF WASHThe Dog-O-Matic is a washing machinefor dogs. Pet dogs are brought to thelocal dog-o-mat and after selecting therequired wash cycle and the size of thedog, the animal is placed inside the wash-ing drum. The wash is quick, but the dry-ing cycle takes more time. Approximately30 minutes later, the dog is washed, driedand ready to be taken home.

A CRUST APARTClaudio Torghele, an Italian entrepreneur, has invented LetsPizza, a vending machine that produces a fresh, hot pizza inapproximately three minutes. All the ingredients are whippedtogether by the machine to produce four varieties of pizza:margherita, bacon, ham and fresh greens. The first buttonmakes the machine whip up flour and water, creating a ballof dough that is pressed flat to form a 12-inch base. After themachine adds tomato paste and cheese on the dough, it isbaked in an infrared oven. A slot on the side opens up whenthe pizza is ready for consumption.

COLD CLAWSA vending machine in Shanghaidispenses live crabs in smallplastic containers. The Shang-hai Hairy Crabs hibernate whilethey are stored in the machineat 5 degrees Celsius. The com-pany guarantees the freshnessof the crustaceans, and a signon the machine promises threefree crabs in the event thatyour crab is dead. Pricesrange from $1.50 to $7.

NOTEWORTHYThe Keaton Music Typewriter wasinvented by Robert H Keaton from San

Francisco, California. The machine ispositioned over a piece of music paperand was used by musicians, publishersto produce mass quantities of sheet mu-sic. The first typewriter was patented in1936 and had 14 keys; the second patentwas taken out in 1953 and had 33 keys.

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Minimum Wage Machine is an instal-lation that allows participants towork for minimum wage, as long asthey crank the wheel. Built in 2008,the machine is made with customelectronics, a change sorting device,wood, Plexiglas, motor and lots ofpennies. Turning the crank on theside of the machine releases one centevery 4.97 seconds, and $7.25 perhour, which is the minimum wage fora person in New York.

ORGAN DONORThe Chinese have developeda sperm extracting machinethat provides a helping handto men being tested forinfertility. The machine isequipped with a screen thatplays pornographic videosand a collection pipe thatcan be adjusted accordingto the height of the donor.Users wear a condom andcan adjust the machinesfrequency, speed, forceand temperature.

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