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June 2007

June 04, 2007

Shiv Sainiks: the losers!!

Can someone tell these ultimate losers that cyber cafes do not CREATE websites!! Cyber Cafe...

May 2007

May 27, 2007

Nehru's legacy – 43 years later!

Today is Pandit Nehru's Death Anniversary. He died on May 27, 1964. He represented a...

May 17, 2007

Indology Nonsense from Univ of Chicago's Martha Nussbaum!

Martha Nussbaum is the Professor at University of Chicago for Philosophy. Here she is talking...

May 13, 2007

Two Millennia of India's Economic Journey: 1st Century to 2000 AD

India is a poor country today. But was it always like that?

May 10, 2007

World was and will remain a "Zero Sum" Game!

We started in the primitive era as beings who saw the world as a "zero...

May 08, 2007

Islamic Fundamentalism and Western Imperialism are closely and fatally intertwined!

This one seems to be an interesting book! It is on my "to-buy" list for...

May 02, 2007

How Mega Continents Shaped the Earth!

A very interesting article on how the Earth's land mass participated in the destruction of...

April 2007

April 30, 2007

Indian Government wants to blow up the Ram Setu between India and Sri Lanka.

The Indian Government is getting ready to blow up the bridge of rocks that runs...

April 29, 2007

When Thomas Jefferson Fought Muslim Tyranny!

Interesting story of how Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the USA, dealt...

March 2007

March 31, 2007

How was the Great Pyramid built?

This pyramid and its construction has been a mystery due to the sheer magnitude of...

March 31, 2007

Saluting BahadurShah Zafar's Great Grand Daughter – Sultana Begum

This news item about Sultana Begum - great grand daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar -...

March 30, 2007

Inca Empire: Lost by Man, Found my Mites!

The archealogists have come up with an interesting technique to gauge at the activity and...

March 28, 2007

Caveman loved Voluptuous Women!!

Anorexic thin females may be the in thing in Hollywood and the fashion industry.. but...

March 26, 2007

Bhagat Singh loved Charlie Chaplin movies!

This is an interesting news item on Bhagat Singh... how he liked movies, specifically Charlie...

March 23, 2007

Photo of the week: Fertility in the face of history!

A cattle-powered mower grooms the grass around the Taj Mahal in Agra. Courtesy: National Geographic...

March 22, 2007

Indian History Lesson – the hillarious one!

Got it from somewhere.. interesting and humorous! I doubt it is a story written by...

March 17, 2007

Who was this Mummy's Mom?

Interesting secrets are being revealed from the ancient times in Europe and Mid East! The...

March 17, 2007

6500 year old wine?!

If these guys had actually found some of that grape juice or wine.. it would...

March 09, 2007

How Pakistan is using the Peace Dialog to Trap India!

It is amazing how India and its politicians continue to fall into the trap set...

March 09, 2007

Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev and what happened after their hangings?

This year a cycle march is being organized in India to commemorate the 75th year...

March 06, 2007

French Royal Family Descendant living in Jehangirabad?

Does the descendant of French royal family live near Bhopal? Amazing tale of how things...

March 01, 2007

Jana Gana Mana, the Indian National Anthem was an Ode to British Empire!!

I had read about this earlier, but this forwarded email explains the meaning of each...

February 2007

February 26, 2007

Exhibiiton of Aurangzeb's Atrocities on Canvas in Delhi

An exhibition has been organized by the French journalist - who stayed back in India...

February 25, 2007

Soviet Spy Maps of UK on Sale

Want the Soviet Maps of UK - that the soviet spies used during cold war?...

February 24, 2007

Panini's Ashtdhyayi Rules for Sanskrit and Backus-Naur forms for Functional Programming

VishK talks about "Functional Programming" - a paradigm in programming. Functional programming (FP) is of...

February 21, 2007

Are Successful Countries Prisoners of their own narratives?

I have seen most successful people become their own caricatures after success... when their own...

February 16, 2007

The Truth About Aurangzeb – and the Fiction from Likes of Romilla Thappar!

Francois Gautier, the French journo, talks about the deeds of Aurangzeb in a direct manner...

February 14, 2007

The Chimp Stone Age

So.. when did the Chimpanzee Stone Age "end" and when did Human stone age "begin"?...

February 12, 2007

Wah … Taj!!

Some of the most beautiful pictures of the Taj .. on the "Incredible India!" Campaign...

February 12, 2007

IIT Graduate found begging in streets

Praful Madhav Chiplunkar is the grandson of Veer Savarkar (India's Freedom Fighter) and an IIT...