Harini Calamur's Writings
Of all the fascinating things in the history of science, probably the most fascinating was alchemy. Through the ages, scientists of all types tried their hand at converting lead to gold. In hindsight it may look like a foolish endeavour. but, hindsight…
The new improved one hour long Dial One aur Jeeto is finally on air with a new format. Yesterday, was the first episode of the new series. The lead up to the show was fraught with tension. There were issues with studio…
this from Shanti’s blog: Unfortunately, Sruthijith got called away by an emergency and cannot host this week’s Mela, so please send in your entries to me – I will be hosting it right here on this blog. You know the rules, regulations,…
President Musharraf, yesterday said that he ordered: a travel ban on Mukhtar Mai to protect Pakistan’s image abroad. Gen Musharraf said Mukhtar Mai, the victim of a punchayat-ordered gang rape, was being taken to the United States by foreign non-government organisations “to…
Dick Cheney Today: “The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantánamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part. These are people that were captured in the battlefield of Afghanistan or rounded…
This from Bill Bryson’s “Short History of Nearly Everything“, my current read – a quote an anonymous author: A Physicist is the atoms’ way of thinking about atoms. How very elegant!
If i am a pluralist and am intolerant towards and absolutist viewpoint, does that make me a bad pluralist or a somewhat absolutist?
This seems to be my day for funny blogs on blogging! This one is from here * Blog you must for your business. * Truth, passion, authenticity a blogger must have * Comment and trackback spam paths to the Darkside are *…
Today, Amnesty International has called for the shut down of Guantanamo Bay – labelling it the American Gulag. Amnesty, in probably one of its most contreversial reports in recent times, says: The US administration’s attempts to dilute the absolute ban on torture…
Read this brilliant article in Wired: 1687: Isaac Newton The universe has one absolute clock: • Time and space are independant of the observer. • Time’s arrow points forward; events move ahead from the now. 1905: Albert Einstein every observer has his…