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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So at 3am my brain cells are pretty tired and the RockStar is wearing off. As I distract myself from my lab report…I find this cool entry at Boing Boing (www.boingboing.net)
w00t is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007
(Click for full story)
WOOT! to that. Because woot may be like my favorite expression for 2007. [The school finally [...]
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The ‘real’ Stephen Colbert, on Larry King Live:
“Everything that happens to you as a child, seems normal, because you have no reference point to compare it to.”
(on losing his father and brothers in a plane crash when he was 10)
“I do love my country. I don’t think I’m particularly a good American. I don’t know what makes a [...]
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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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{Please see the last post for the background on this story}
Each day I seem to become more and more disappointed with the world, more pessimistic, shall I say? And it is always wonderful, a completely warm feeling, when I realize that I’ve been wrong again….atleast today, humanity still exists, and while the evil aspect of [...]
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“Boy, 5, set on fire by masked men.”
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.boy/index.html#cnnSTCText
I have no words to describe my disgust, sadness, and anger. What can you say about such a cruel, inhumane, horrible act? Except that it is shameful and absolutely terrifying that the bastards who did this are part of the human race. Is my blood really the same [...]
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