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Friday Photo of the Week #80

Patrix — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:32 +0000

Coloured Destinies

Even though we wear the same colours we chart our own destinies.

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Ticking Away

In ticking, past landscapes help time linger on even as it hurries along.

Binding Factor

The land binds man and animal while helping man retain his faith in his own humanity.

The Shadow

Every once in a while let your shadow lead you. Maybe in the outline it casts at your feet, it’ll help you fill in the void you’d never given a thought to.

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Kurbaan Movie Review : Kuch kuch terrorism hai?

Khalid Mohamed — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:22 +0000

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri
Direction: Rensil D’Silva
Rating: One and a half stars
I desisted from writing an instant-noodle review of Kurbaan. I said I wouldn’t, there’s no point etc. Because it raised my hackles to the extent that I wondered whether I was responding to this…

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Part Of The Picture: Life Goes On

brangan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:44 +0000

LIFE GOES ON
NOV 21, 2009 – WHEN A WOMAN DISAPPEARS ON A CRAGGY Mediterranean island – literally disappears, vanishes into thin air (or the surrounding water) – what is one to make of this occurrence? In a mainstream movie, this would be the mysterious motor that powers the narrative. Who…

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Dr. M. S. Swaminathan on drought in India

The Scientific Indian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:57 +0000

My father recalled sometime back the terrible drought that happened when he was a child: since the grains were running low, my grandfather would go out and dig tubers from surrounding fields, my grandmother would make something out of it for the kids. It is an experience that is far removed from my…

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Test Your Global IQ

Nita — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:26:25 +0000

What is your knowledge about global affairs, particularly in relation to India? I re-did some Pew quiz questions to suit India. The format is the same, but the questions are now India centered. So take the plunge and check your global IQ!
The answers to the questions are given below. It’s an…

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Born With A Crucifix?

The Rational Fool — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:35:00 +0000

No child is born a Christian, Hindu, or Muslim. Just as Milton Friedman’s daughter was not born with free market written on her forehead, and Mao Zedong’s son did not come into this world with a “Red Book” attached to his umbilical cord. The last time I played around with the genetic alphabet of…

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Conversation in Utopia?

Rehab Chougle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:36:00 +0000

He : Do you have a boyfriend? She : No.He : Would you like to have me as your boyfriend?She : No.He : Ok Cool.She : Cool.
And they lived happily ever after. As friends.
(And no one objected,questioned,bothered or banned them)

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Review – Kurbaan: Really? Only a few good Musalmaan?

meetu — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:45:59 +0000

Hindi Movies,

Religion,

Terrorism

| 7 comments

Running time: 160 minutes

Quick Review

Rating:
Watch if you have nothing better to do

All but a couple Muslim’s are terrorists. Is that what we need to…

Visit www.wogma.com for the full story.

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On pregnant IAF pilots and Barbora-ic remarks

Lekhni — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:43 +0000

If you’ve ever wondered why there aren’t enough women in the Indian Armed Forces, now you know why. The Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora of the Indian Air Force has just let the world know exactly how misogynistic he is.
“In a few years time, we might see this change (women…

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Revisiting an old flame: Mary Stewart

Niranjana — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:36:25 +0000

Revisiting a teenage passion is fraught with potential self-hatred. It’s like coming upon old photographs where I’m encrusted with acne and acid-wash denim, with a giant lace butterfly on my skull. (Thanks a lot, Facebook tags.) But I succumbed to the siren’s call, and here is the…

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Thoughts on Eve Ensler’s “I am an Emotional Creature”

Dilnavaz Bamboat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:38:12 +0000

THE AUDIENCE WAS FLUSH WITH estrogen, but had a heartening dose of the Y chromosome. I wondered if the cocktail reception that preceded the event was a marketing ploy or a genuine attempt to fortify our spirits for what was to come. I found out soon enough.
The world premiere of Eve Ensler’s ‘I Am…

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Speeding Up Mineral Reactions To Fight Global Warming

Suvrat Kher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:00 +0000

The more familiar method of carbon dioxide sequestration involves capturing and pumping the gas into underground reservoirs where geological traps that have sealed natural gas for millions of years will serve to lock captured CO2 for eons as well.

Nature has published a paper by Jürg M. Matter and…

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This conference is so prestigious, you can even participate in it in absentia!

Abi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +0000

Take a look at the website of this conference, and then at the brochure (which, presumably, was circulated quite a while ago) for the same conference.

See any difference?

For one thing, the brochure says that the conference is organized by ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). The website,…

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On Hindi

JK — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:33:48 +0000

That Hindi is our national language seems to be one of the most successful rumors spread in our country – The rumor with the widest reach – that probably gave birth to this Hindi arrogance. I wish these leaders and crores Indians realize the fact that India does not have a National language. There is no such thing in our constitution.

Bharath Ganesh writes about the recent incident in Maharashtra Assembly

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Unfriending is official now

Usha — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:41:00 +0000

Unfriending just got formal recognition – The new Oxford American Dictionary has announced it as the word of the year. For the uninitiated,
unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.
Although the word may be new, as a concept ‘unfriending’ is not…

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The African Desert

JK — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:01:21 +0000

525 BCE:
During the time of Buddha in India and few decades after Babylonians sacked Jerusalem, Cambyses II was the King of Persia. Before that he was a video game. Heh! In 525 BCE, Cambyses II sent an army of 50,000 warriors from Thebes to attack the Siwa Oasis near the Libyan border. The army…

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(Indo-)Canadian book news

Niranjana — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:41 +0000

A Place Within, M.G. Vassanji’s story of his exploration of his Indian roots, has won Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction. Vassanji was born in Kenya, studied theroretical physics in the USA, and moved to Canada in his late twenties. Here’s an excerpt…

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Madhur Jaffrey’s Chicken Korma

Bong Mom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

You know how prophecies come true. How when I said cook books weigh down on me while food memoirs don’t I was actually treading into this little trap set out be me alone. Well so this Madhur Jaffrey book had family recipes towards the end which I initially didn’t notice and then chose to ignore….

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Stories in stone

charukesi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:40:24 +0000

The story of Hampi is the story of stone. You disagree? You think it is sacrilege to reduce the heady might and valour of the Vijayanagara kings to the passivity of stone? Stone – inanimate, indifferent and cold?
No, it is true. In Hampi, the stones tell you more interesting stories than…

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Indian Erotica Blogs

Rehab Chougle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:15:00 +0000

Indian writing has a wide and gaping hole in terms of talent–when it comes to erotica. Book after book of sorry Indian fiction makes its way to the Indian fiction shelves, and is thrown into the trashcan. I want to talk about the Indian culture and history of kamasutra and the temple structures,…

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