Summer is Here
April 8, 2008And How… it is blazing hot in [tag]Mumbai[/tag], the hills look brown and gold with heat and the flowers are blooming Aah for a bout of Megh Malhar now…..
RIP – Chalrleston Heston
April 7, 2008The [tag]Arun Govil[/tag] of [tag]Hollywood[/tag] is no more. my dad got bleary eyed while seeing the news. Someone else called up from Chennai to talk about 'the death of Moses' He was one of the first Hollywood Actors that i saw on…
Red with Embarrassment
April 4, 2008My new hero is Baichung Bhutia and I don't even follow football. To stand up for what you believe in, and state that belief in a non violent and dignified manner is the basis on which [tag]India[/tag] fought for her Independence. To…
Upgrade Time
April 2, 2008Upgraded to WordPress 2.5 over the weekend, and its a dream. An intuitive and clean user interface, better organisation of menus, a dashboard that looks inviting One click upgrade for plugins Once click adding of media, including video In addition to upgrading,…
Dust Therapy
April 1, 2008cheaper than retail therapy more friendly on your liver than alcohol therapy, not fattening like chocolate therapy ….dusting is a great way to bust out of the blues. And today, on a Monday morning on less ….i used a broom, elbow grease…
Ego Post :)
March 31, 2008One of my photographs is used for the cover of the magazine/webazine Pragati. go over and check out the issue — it has some interesting perspectives on the last budget, especially the loan waiver. The original is here.
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste 3
March 30, 2008Dr.Ambedkar in Annihilation of Caste: It is a pity that [tag]Caste[/tag] even today has its defenders. The defences are many. It is defended on the ground that the [tag]Caste System[/tag] is but another name for division of labour and if division of…
Oxymoronic Thoughts….
March 30, 2008This from the RSS – [tag]The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh[/tag] not Really Simple Syndication According to RSS, everybody has a right to pray for his deity in his style. But every Indian should accept that [tag]Ganga[/tag] is a holy river and [tag]Ramayan[/tag] and…
Diplomatically Speaking
March 28, 2008….the Chinese Ambassador to Canada : ''The [tag]Dalai Lama[/tag] has been telling lies to the world for decades,'' ''What has happened in Tibet was instigated by separatist groups led by Dalai Lama clique.'' ''Any remarks made accusing [tag]China[/tag] of so called [tag]human…
WTF ?
March 27, 2008Two stories on further education. One is about a 12th standard topper who quits formal education. …Urvi Pithadia, 17, has been forced to discontinue her studies just a week after joining junior college. Nobody there volunteered to help the wheelchair-bound girl in…