Doubles Every 18 Months
Not babies, knowledge. Was reading about the French statistician and economist Georges Anderla. His calculations showed that if the level of human knowledge in the year 1 AD was taken…Continue Reading →
The World Cup According to Soum
As I write this post the countdown timer on the official FIFA World Cup website gets closer to 000 00:00:00…
Today is World Environment Day
Javed Akhtar is one of the few genuine resident lyricists of the Hindustani film Industry (Gulzar and the adman Prasoon…
Numismatic Archives
Paisa ye paisa, paisa hai kaisaNahi koi aisa, jaisa ye paisaKe ho museebat, na ho museebatHo museebat na ho museebat, saat aath nau das… wrote Anand Bakshi and sang Kishore…Continue Reading →
Isspecial Cutting Chai – June 2006
The third Isspecial Cutting Chai (June 2006) is offered to A Journey Called Life for its relentless blogging and a…
Archived Title Image No. 3
This is the third title image heading for the archives and the first to feature a tea cup – the…
Making Sense of Mr. Mehta
Vinod Mehta accuses the Indian India’s ‘smug, selfish, self-centered, satiated middle class, fattened on the fruits of the booming economy’ of keeping their “Eyes. Ears and Minds Closed.” Beginning with…Continue Reading →
A Good Year
May 29, 2005. 55 per cent of the voters in France said no to the ratification of the proposed constitution…
Reasonable Reading
Kartar Singh, former Director of the Institute of Rural Management Anand, writes in The Indian Express: I am convinced that:…
The More the Merrier?
The Prime Minister thinks, “the matter is already settled.” And he is “pained to see the agonising experience the youth of the country are undergoing.” “They should call off their…Continue Reading →
Deservation not Reservation
Reservation is a dirty word. It symbolises exclusion rather than what it purportedly strives to achieve – an inclusive egalitarian…
Massive Opium
Often people ask for answers to questions which might not have any realistic relevance. Given my usual antipathy about how…
