Yesterday, John Edwards dropped out of the democratic presidential race. Sources say it was not due to Letterman spoiling his $400 haircut and it was more due to the fact that he hated finishing third – a position most Indian athletes would kill for. Once he bid adieu, Hilary and Obama campaign came out with [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
All you need to know
Ahead of Super Tuesday, here is a snapshot of all you need to know about the candidates. If you find someone’s position strong and you think it will take the country forward, vote for him/her. Nothing else matters. Keep the media spin doctors out of your mind and vote soley based on their position on [...]
January 30, 2008
Apathy
Would it be racism if I call Pawar a swindling rat? The man who vowed to fight for India’s honor and stoke up a patriotic flare following Harbhajan – Symonds row has been caught by a Government body for swindling the money of the common man. Is India’s honor really at stake due to this? [...]
January 29, 2008
Wire Tapping Debate in Tamil Nadu, India
Don’t you get the feeling that we have arrived on the world scene and are going to become a super power when you hear our legislature debating the same kind of things the US senate debates. In this case, Tamil Nadu has risen to the stellar heights of the United States by discussing the wire [...]
January 28, 2008
An Important publication
One Man Takes Aim At Prejudice With Storybook – washingtonpost.com
“This book is a weapon for India’s millions of low-caste children who are fighting for respect, just as African Americans did and do in the U.S.,” said Ilaiah, who also wrote the best-selling anti-caste book “Why I Am Not a Hindu.” “How do you [...]
January 28, 2008
Howzatt
Barack Obama might be laughinghis way to Super Tuesday after he got an endorsement from Ted Kennedy but the Hilary campaign has dealt a major blow , at least if this new story has to be believed…..
JD-U offers to campaign for Hillary in US
What an upset in a week of upsets – Federer losing to [...]
January 25, 2008
First Steps towards an Open Curriculum
I applaud this move by the IITs . A great move to take education outside the classrooms and outside to the world. There are millions who would love to extend their education by viewing these lectures.
IITs Upload Engineering Lectures On YouTube | contentSutra.com
The National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has [...]
January 25, 2008
Sweet…
I watched Cheeni Kum last night. After a long time, I could tolerate Amitabh Bachchan. He plays a grumpy stickler of a chef in an upscale Indian restaurant in London and plays his age. He falls for one of his customers Tabu who teaches him to put kum cheeni in the biryani. Love blossoms through [...]
January 25, 2008
If the priests are here, can God be far behind?
Found this piece on rediff and a few other blogs in the blogosphere. Buy a car, get puja done for free
Raman Gupta, who is a Manager (operations) in a leading IT company, recently bought a new Maruti from a car dealer in the capital. Like many middle-class Indians, he also believes in starting [...]
January 25, 2008
Doesn’t Charity begin at home?
Bill Gates wants the world to improve as evidenced by his speech at the World Economic Forum today.
Bill Gates @ World Economic Forum
In his speech to a standing-room-only crowd Thursday evening, Bill Gates took the first steps toward transforming himself from software baron to social philosopher. His new effort is based on a [...]
