Posted in And then I wonder, Current, In the News, Indian Music, Jagjit Singh, Waiting on the World to Change, Ze Motherland, tagged child relief and you, CRY, hunger, hunger crisis, india, Jagjit Singh, malnutrition in india on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Ab Main Rashan Ki Qataron (Now I Wander the Ration Lines), Jagjit Singh, Cry for CRY (Child Relief and You)
(The song above talks about a person’s struggle to feed his family. Jagjit Singh sings of how now he wanders the ration stores for food, suffering the punishment for leaving his fields. The first stanza describes that [...]
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Wow!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1022822/Incredible-pictures-Earths-uncontacted-tribes-firing-bows-arrows.html
http://www.ctv.ca/gallery/html/tribe_080530/photo_0.html
An uncontacted tribe has been photographed from the sky by FUNAI, an agency in Brazil, which reside on the Brazil-Peru border. They existed, undiscovered, until now, and it is truly a rare, fascinating sight to gain this first look on them. While its exciting, at the same time I feel this overpowering fear that now [...]
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I was watching Oprah today and, because he’s everywhere on the news, Randy Pausch was on. Along with Dr. Mehmet Oz. If you haven’t heard of either, you haven’t been watching the news. Wikipedia ‘em both. Randy Pausch is the famous professor dying of pancreatic cancer, whose powerful last lecture has become famous universally. Dr. Mehmet [...]
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/special.olympics/index.html
News like this is always refreshing and wonderful to hear. It holds a special place in my heart, because I’ve personally observed the amazing strength and optimism of the mentally or physically disabled, and what it means for them to be treated as they should be: worthy, talented individuals whose life holds as much meaning, [...]
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[Please see last post for backstory: http://docmitasha.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/make-note-india-won-the-indian-cricket-team-not-a-religion/ Also see the comments trackbacks to get some other interesting views on the subject]
This post has brought in a large number of readers here, and a couple trackbacks too, for which I am flattered (even the contrary opinions). I wanted to add a couple of points to those still interested [...]
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Posted in And then I wonder, Cricket, Current, In the News, Waiting on the World to Change, What I'm Reading, tagged Cricket, india won, india-pakistan match, shoaib malik's comment, twenty20 match on September 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A Cricket Team, representing a country, NOT a Religion.
I’m not a cricket fan, ashamedly or not, except for that Lagaan cricket match that had me eating my nails. I’ve always been happy for people into the game, I’m sure its very exciting and a wonderful, unifying experience to watch a game and win/lose, share the [...]
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“The Internet is all about freedom of speech. Everyone has a
voice and some people have three or four: their own and the
ones in their head.”
—Melvin Durai. Read the Column at http://www.melvindurai.com/internet.htm
*guffaws*
So true, so true….just check out some of the billions of comments for any popular video on youtube. If you’re really lucky you’ll get [...]
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Just a short post between worrying over my personal statement, whining about my back and lets not forget studying orgo for the billionth time….Colbert has done it again. He is the current king of satire. You cannot go through one show, if you have a decent sense of identifying irony, sarcasm and cynicism, without shedding [...]
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html
How terrible and very sad! My condolences go to the students, faculty, family and community members affected by this horrible violence.
I hope they learn about the gunman soon before rumors start perpetrating. I cannot imagine who would be behind this completely random, senseless, and brutal act. A crazed student? An individual from outside the school with some mental [...]
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