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| Man, Science and Nature | |
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| Man, Science and Nature are often seen to be pitted against each other, and represent some sort of a love triangle where two sides are working against the third, and that third side appears to be the sacrificial goat. It is the integration of all three that results in achievement and knowledge that has led to all the advances in history and all th...
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| 22:48 | 15/Aug/2008 |
| Independence | |
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| We celebrate 61 years of Independance. We have moved through parttion, exchange of populations, integrating of the princely states, era of Pancasila, the Avadi resolutioins, socialistic pattern, China war, Pakistan wars, breakup of Congress, Indira Gandhi era, Bangladesh war, operation Bluestar, Indira Gandhi assasination, the rise and fall of Raje...
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| 23:24 | 9/Aug/2008 |
| Green, and Quality of Life :) | |
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| The concept of “zero emission buildings” a system in which there is no net waste, because everything is reused or recycled, is challenging organisations to come up with new green designs to cut down on carbon footprints. One such project, underway in Singapore is being created by the Building and Construction Authority. BCA is spending $10 millio...
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| 08:46 | 27/Jul/2008 |
| Race to end Carbon Footprint | |
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| Solar Energy and Photovoltaics are fast catching up as an alternative to fossil fuels. Nothing represents this better than the 2,400-mile solar car race from Plano, Texas to Calgary, Alberta. Fifteen teams of students drove photovoltaic-powered cars across the North American Solar Challenge finish line in Calgary Tuesday, led by the University of M...
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| 23:12 | 25/Jul/2008 |
| My Visit to Pakistan- Part- 2 | |
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| Pakistan has more than a plateful of political turmoil and external interference. India has been a historical opponent, but the later problems outweigh the burden of Indo Pak misgivings. After years of abject surrender to USA they realise that for them the superpower rivalry has been a near disaster. Afghanistan under the Russians was a bitter enem...
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| 08:31 | 24/Jul/2008 |
| A Flight to Pakistan- Part 1 | |
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| I had recently gone to Pakistan. It was a journey of discovery, a discovery how we allow prejudice and disinformation to ruin our perspective and completely cloud our judgment. The hostess on the PIA flight was quite cherubic, smart and talkative. Not that pasted unexpressive nonchalant smile of an Air India Fatso. In between serving drinks and lu...
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| 13:53 | 8/Jul/2008 |
| Hum kahan jaa rahen hain ? | |
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| In the previous 12 months there has been unprecedented rise in the costs of international raw materials and agricultural inputs and produce. It is just not crude petroleum that has gone up two times, the upswing in fertiliser and its raw materials is much more steep and baffling. Sulphur, the key input for phosphatic fertiliser has gone up 10 times...
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| 11:49 | 8/Jul/2008 |
| Sunrise Suntech | |
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| Shi Zhengrong is the new kid on the block reaping billions by exploiting solar energy as photovoltaics. Not unlike Henry Ford, Rockfeller, Rothschild or Bill Gates, his is also a rags to riches story that came out of his innovative vision backed by a breakthrough products that was conceieved much ahead of their times. They all could crystal gaze i...
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| 17:40 | 7/Jul/2008 |
| Chocolates or caviar ? | |
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| “In 20 years chocolate will be like caviar," says John Mason, executive director and founder of the Ghana-based Nature Conservation Research Council (NCRCCommunities and the environment are also at stake. Chocolate yields are declining all across West Africa, where two thirds of the world's supply is grown, as soils are degraded and the area able t...
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| 16:15 | 20/Jun/2008 |
| Need for a New Religion | |
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| Religion is the universal tool for explaining things which we do not understand in the context of the physical world. From the earliest known evidence of human beings around 100,000 years ago to the present day, religion continues to be a very influential aspect of human lives. There are numerous challenges and problems specific to location and soc...
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| afl | 23:11 | 19/Aug/2008 |
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| City: Perth
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| Cloths of Heaven |
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| Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. -William Butler Yeats
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| Sameera Nandi | 18:02 | 11/Aug/2008 |
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| Back to college |
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| Those who follow my posts have pointed out that I missed out a post last Monday. I have had this record of posting from Monday to Monday. But, of late I have been busy. Not “busy” in a work kind of boring way. I have been “good” busy. Those who I’m in touch with know what I am talking about. About time I appraised you all with what is happening in ...
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| V T | 11:10 | 30/May/2008 |
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| Oh Rajni! |
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| Sorry folks, a bit tied up these days; work, travel and all. Nothing new to post, just an old mail forward. It’s a humble tribute to the great Rajnikant. Hats off the true Rajni fan who complied this list of His achievements.• There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.• Outer space exists because it's a...
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| Divyani | 20:29 | 13/Aug/2008 |
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| The Last Letter |
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| His Last Letter to his parents Moments before the final assault Capt. Vijyant Thapar (Robin) left this letter at the war front base, to be handed over to his family. AND AFTER THAT HE CAME BACK HOME WITH TRI COLOR DRAPED aye mere vatan ke logon zara aankh mein bhar lo paani jo shaheed hue hain unki zara yaad karo qurbaani
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| vaibhav nikam | 15:09 | 30/Jan/2008 |
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| Missing Black Holes Found By Robert Roy BrittSenior Science Writerposted: 28 May 200406:00 a.m. ETEuropean researchers have found 30 previously hidden supermassive black holes anchoring faraway galaxies, which suggests there at least twice as many of the colossal gravity wells as thought.Supermassive black holes hold as much matter as millions or b...
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| Anuja Goel | 05:21 | 2/Aug/2008 |
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| meri history:) or herstory or mystory..(... |
| College time was fun, but when it was actually happenning I hated it. I hated college and it put me off studying. i hated my professors, and the college ka public, and thought everyone was selfish and shallow and really damn irritating. I was known among my friends as one of the sweetest, most smiling and affable person they had ever seen - the kin...
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| laffitoff@re... | 16:25 | 14/Aug/2008 |
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| Aazadi |
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| Ham'e azadi mil gayi. 61 saal pehle. But as someone said much b4 our azadi, "Man is born free but is everywhere in chains". Our religion, our greed, our unconcern for society, our selfishness-- these are all chains that jakdofy us and prevent us from joining our rightful place in the comity of the world.Ham'e Azaad hona padega. We have to be master...
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| Misty Bella | 16:26 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| Jab We Met |
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| Jab We Met Never in my entire life had I felt such a strong urge to get away by myself somewhere, anywhere, far from the daily grind. I realized that I badly needed a break if I were to be able to function normally without the bitterness and the grouses. Something else that had been brewing up for a while, suddenly failed to materialize, and I felt...
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| Madeye | 16:44 | 23/Nov/2007 |
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| The Planet earth & The Man I |
| The Planet Earth & The Man Now so much is happening globally, on Global Warming and so much is being talked about on this subject and I had 2 – 3 e mail exchanges with FG (Krish) on his post “HOOKED ON TO GROWTH”…….and this was going on in my mind for some time. When ever this subject is being raked up, people have the tendency, to say that this is...
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| ekantapadhika | 13:29 | 19/Aug/2008 |
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| My family and other animals-Part-II |
| I used to love narrating to my nieces and nephews the story of how Caeser almost saved me from getting bitten by a snake. I would love to share it with you as well. So here goes: It was a bright sunny Sunday, the mother hen and her brood of little yellow chicks, scurrying around in the compound at the back of the house, the crows perch...
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| Jolly Jacob | 03:45 | 19/Aug/2008 |
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| The power of dreams |
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| I was in between jobs and had decided to take a break. I was driving solo up north in the Lake Taupo region looking for interesting things to see when I saw a sign saying "NZ woodcraft and ceramics". On an impulse I took the detour and went into the shop. Inside were a great many fine woodturned bowls and other items in kauri and rimu and other typ...
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| Kush A | 18:17 | 16/Aug/2008 |
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| A blues poem/song |
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| Well, listening so much to Billie Holiday all this weekend. I kinda wrote down this song, which at two places refers to two of her different songs. I have tried to write down the kind of song/poem she used to sing in her satin voice. I have titled it:When you come to my memory When you come to my memoryI conjure up a storyA delightful storyOf a sum...
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| KARBOSED | 19:53 | 9/Oct/2007 |
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| EXISTENCE |
| Hello people, About my Blog on living your 24 hrs. here's the answer I found on web, and I agree on it completely. Meet Ayn Rand....PLAYBOY: Miss Rand, your novels and essays, especially your controversial best seller, Atlas Shrugged, present a carefully engineered, internally consistent world view. They are, in effect, the expression of an all-en...
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| Prabod kumar | 14:20 | 31/Jul/2008 |
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| WORK , GUILT AND ME |
| It is another busy day. Leaving my wife at 730 am, to spend the next twelve hours alone in the flat, far away from home, in Malaysia.I was feeling very bad about not being able to spend time for her. To take some time out. Bunk work, go traipsing across the hills and dales of beautiful Malaysia, to savour the multiple wares of food from all over th...
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| Shivaja V | 11:13 | 7/Aug/2008 |
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| Adam, I am madam………. Am enjoying a one month vacation at KL where my hubby is working now. Early morn as he leaves for work I go to the gym. Yesterday when I was back, I saw three ‘missed calls’ from hubby dear, and that too within an hour of reaching office. Worried, I called back immediately. “Congrats” he tells me. Huh? I wonder, there is noth...
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| PGR NAIR | 12:46 | 4/Jul/2008 |
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| HALF A DAY |
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| Half a Day: Naguib MahfouzIntroductionEvery now and then one encounters a story that leaves an indelible impression long after it is read. I read this short short story written by Naguib Mahfouz shortly after his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. I was enamoured by its rich and ornate style, its narrative technique, universal theme and dramat...
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| Adithi Pandit | 00:10 | 6/Apr/2008 |
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| Taking the rest of my life off... |
| Following on from my incredible holiday in Rarotonga, I have been contemplating "normal life" - which for me involves a 50 hour week at work, commuting between two cities on a weekly basis and various minor excitements, stresses and joys. And the familiar rhetoric occurred to me - "A holiday is made more enjoyable because you have to work". And clo...
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| Lissome Lady | 12:21 | 17/Aug/2008 |
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| IDEAS FOR THE RELUCTANT CHILD WRITER |
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| I have had so much negative crap in the last two days that I need to heal. And the only way to heal is to give. Let me share with you all something that I had devised recently to help the reluctant child writer. Those of you who have children or know of people who have children, might want to use some of these ideas. This, after all, is who I rea...
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