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April 2003
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Jamie… Jamie… Jaime and the magic torch
Jamie and the magic torch was one of the kids programmes shown on the television, when I was a kid. Recently while testing something I put in some value as Jamie and it triggered that memory. In the evenings after school, we used to play at ambala-parambu (temple grounds), and I used to be back [...]
Feeling lonesome
I miss India :-(
Rewriting purusasukta.
In her column titled “Rewrite Purusa Sukta” Ms.Ghose, i believe, goes a step too far to present her case convincingly
Every upper caste child grows up with a mind’s eye image of the “achyut”, the “untouchable”, the “scheduled caste”. The imagined Untouchable is perpetually filthy just as the Brahmin is perpetually pure.
To begin with, in hindi [...]
Interesting new game
BSP leader Kanshi Ram creates ruckus at Lucknow station. How long India has to be in the hands of such politicians. Isnt it high time these people are booted out and replaced by some sensible ones. Or is it that our public deserve such people only. After all they are supposed to be [...]
Search for the past
Graham hancock’s Lost civilisations was shown on the discovery channel recently. Graham hancock apparently is the proponent of a thoery that, the civilizations thrived around the world during the last ice age. The end of ice age and the resultant rise in the sea level, saw their desctruction. The end of the [...]
The rising fascism?
I was reading through excerpts from interview with Khushwant singh in indian express.
The Hindutva Government is not treating all its nationals as one, on the same footing — I know for a fact that there is discrimination against the Muslims and Christians.
And I was still under the impression that India is currently under [...]
India for moon
As per the news, Indian scientists are planning to send a spacecraft to moon. It this goes as per plan with the government go ahead, it will be a major milestone in our history.
It would have been even better, if they started planning to mars instead of moon. But maybe the distance, [...]
breathe
It takes a friend to show you hope, even if he is sure that there is no hope.