Thought I will share a wonderful, recent discovery of mine – a painstakingly created index of Mirza Ghalib‘s ghazals, with commentaries collected from various … [Continue reading Divan-e Ghalib]
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 A Facebook post of a friend led me to this article in The Wall Street Journal titled The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery. … [Continue reading Hands that serve…] December 3rd, 2009 | Category: economics, greatness, india, usa | Leave a comment
Share with friends:  As a rule I never post twice in a day. My output, as it is, is not mighty prolific! So if I happen to … [Continue reading The Mahatma] October 2nd, 2009 | Category: freedom & peace, greatness, history, india, politics | Leave a comment
Share with friends: …don’t worry Mustafa. Thus went a song, composed by Oscar-winning A. R. Rahman from a Tamil movie that was extremely popular when I went … [Continue reading Mustafa, Mustafa…] Got this through a forwarded email. I felt it was too funny to be skipped! Rajinikanth, as all Indians are aware, is the Amitabh … [Continue reading Move over Superman!] There’s a song stuck in my head and for once I don’t want it out… —– “Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people … [Continue reading How many times can a man turn his head?] July 17th, 2009 | Category: films, freedom & peace, india, indonesia, music, religion, singapore | One comment
Share with friends: I admit the last photo is just a testament to my very poor photo editing skills! But it has finally happened in India! … [Continue reading The Indian Overcrowding problem] In my earlier post on the Delhi High Court’s historic judgement decriminalising same gender consensual sexual relationships, I had said that the religious protests … [Continue reading Gay Justice – II – The Repercussions] July 9th, 2009 | Category: freedom & peace, gender, india, religion, science | Leave a comment
Share with friends: I am not one for email forwards and my father knows that. So he only forwards quality stuff to me! Here is a collection … [Continue reading Some humour to help alleviate the Monday blues…] This post was triggered by a couple of things. First, I was reading a nice guide the other day about buying stuff on Amazon … [Continue reading Buying from Amazon in a non-Amazon country] Gay sex decriminalised in India A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal … [Continue reading Gay Justice] July 2nd, 2009 | Category: films, freedom & peace, gender, india, religion, science | Leave a comment
Share with friends: How could I have missed this one?! Must have been the myriad goings-on in my life… Thanks to Prasun for bringing this to … [Continue reading R.I.P., King of Sarod] My adopted country, Indonesia, is in the middle of elections. The first round where they elect their parliament, is over. Based on those results, … [Continue reading Indonesia votes] June 18th, 2009 | Category: freedom & peace, humour, india, indonesia, politics | Leave a comment
Share with friends: A typical appendicitis operation at a nursing home in Cuttack, Orissa, India. Check in to the hospital for the operation with one brain, one heart, … [Continue reading Check your organs before you leave!] Posted on the Google Blog. Mowing with goats At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear … [Continue reading Google does an India thing!] |
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