Mumbai Under Siege

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Mumbai wakes up to the worst ever morning.
Late last night a band of terrorists consisting of kids as young as 22 in sweat shirts and backpacks executed a well orchestrated attack on of the most most upscale and important localities in South Mumbai.This area houses the state assembly, naval head quaters, a very important research [...]

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Obama and the Civil War

A few pictures from a recent civil war re-enactment  that I visited. Amongst the bonnie blue flags, ball gowns and cannon balls, it was a pleasant surprise to hear Obama’s name not just once. That really tells you a lot about the contemporary national sentiment

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On Gandhi

Here are two quotes with a stark contrast.
Mandela on Gandhi–’India gave us M.K. Gandhi, we gave you back Mahatma Gandhi’.
Reporter–’ What do you think of  western civilization?’ Mahatma Gandhi: ‘I think it would be a good idea.’

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Things to Ponder about!

Haven’t been blogging for sometime now, but here are some things that really bother me

Palin and her folksy values about guns, foreign policy and global warming. Palin is becoming more of an issue, not due to her inferior competency but due [...]

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CNN Citizen Journalist

CNN recently launched ireport.com dedicated for user produced news. This has taken blogging and user involvement to a new level.

CNN executives acknowledge that iReport.com’s openness is something of a departure for a news organization that prides itself on accuracy and editorial judgment. But iReports have become increasingly popular, and in many cases have even proved [...]

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Clinton Lecture at UVA

A day before the primary at Virginia, noted political scientist invited all the presidential candidates to deliver a guest lecture to his class at the University of Virginia. The first to accept would be invited to speak and it was Clinton’s camp.
Clinton spoke for 10 minutes, after which the conversation turned into a question and [...]

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On Kidney-Snatchers and Guns

Dr. Amit Kumar, the kidney king-pin managed to make it to CNN.com’s front page as he was nabbed in Nepal.
Elsewhere, in Missouri, a gunman shot down 5 people as he stormed into a city council meeting.
Wonder where the world in going!

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Blogging and Weight Loss

Blogging can do wonders..organize and mobilize junta during calamities, help disseminate information and make voices heard, serve as a parallel universe for the journalists and now weight loss…… as a recent article suggests where Lynn lost a staggering 168 pounds.
Initially, she started “Lynn’s Weight Loss Journey” to keep herself accountable and update [...]

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Nano-materials: Both sides of the picture

Nano-materials are projected to be an extremely promising class of materials possessing properties that are new, cheap and easy to engineer for a variety of applications. One of potential applications is that of drug delivery. Nano materials like carbon nano-tubes and fullerenes have been effectively used to transport drugs to specific cells in the body [...]

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Mumbai’s First Earth Hour

On 15th Mumbai, India decided to pull the plug on power for an hour on a Saturday evening. Although the event wasn’t a major success, with pockets of the population not responding to the black out with dubious excuses, the awareness of Global Warming was instilled. Its good that India’s economic power house responded aware [...]

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