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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:22:00 -0800

Charles Darwin Has Been Sighted In Pune
Its been 150 years - November 24th 1859 - that Darwin's book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:22:19 -0800

26/11 – just another date….
November has been an eventful month in terms of remembrances. So much so that i have forgotten half the things that we are...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:11:36 -0800

Films & Feni: Couples Therapy
COUPLES THERAPY NOV 26, 2009 – ACCORDING TO MIKA KAURISMÄKI’S The House of Branching Love, the best form of therapy to...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:46:40 -0800

Marking 26/11’s First Anniversary
This blog space intentionally left empty. Lighted Candles strictly...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:57 -0800

Remembering 26/11 – the Mumbai Terror Attacks
Tomorrow is the first death anniversary of those who died in the Mumbai Terror Attacks. A reader sent me this video, produced...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:44 -0800

The Indus Colony in Mesopotamia – Part 2
(Ziggurat at Ur) Read Part 1 Even though direct trade declined, a large number of foreigners stayed back, adopted local...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:45:57 -0800

Anniversary blues
Tomorrow, we mark the first anniversary of 26/11. Today is an anniversary too, did you know/notice [clearly, this particular...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:13:15 -0800

Hits and misses
Those who have been watching cricket closely and reporting on it reckon they can tell when Virender Sehwag has been given a...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:03:15 -0800

Films & Feni: Chaos Theory
CHAOS THEORY NOV 25, 2009 – YOU LUCKY [UNPRINTABLE]! That’s the usual effusion of greeting that comes my way when I...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:34:31 -0800

Dude where is my report
Liberhan Commission Report is finally in 17 years after the fact. After an express perusal of the 1029 page report we can draw...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:10:27 -0800

The Indian government’s green channel for the corrupt
The government of India allows corruption. How else could it have become the scourge that it has today? The Prime Minister may...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:44:26 -0800

Films & Feni: Early Edition
EARLY EDITION NOV 24, 2009 – AS THE DEBATE RAGES ABOUT WHETHER or not the winsome display of Kareena Kapoor’s bare back...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:28:05 -0800

Superficial Pundits
“When 10 misguided young men held an entire nation to ransom and there was nothing the nation could do except live in...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:15:31 -0800

The Indus Colony in Mesopotamia – Part 1
(Mesopotamia in 2300 B.C.E) After World War 1, the British Museum and the Penn Museum decided to excavate in Iraq. Since...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:12:00 -0800

An Indian poetry special in The Literary Review
The new issue of The Literary Review, an American literary journal that has been published quarterly by Fairleigh Dickinson...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:10:00 -0800

Marinated Eggplant with Garlic and Herbs
Did you miss me? I hope you did. Let me tell you what I was up to – I was writing a chapter for 55 Knives. Erm,...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:04:35 -0800

The first token desi on American TV
This interesting feature on BBC talks about the recent emergence of actors of South Asian origin in Hollywood and US television...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:50:30 -0800

Review: Kurbaan – Jihad Ho Na Ho
(Looooong post, kindly adjust) We generally try not to give away the plot and thrust our opinions on people and be unbiased,...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:30:06 -0800

TheScian SF Contest 2009 Results
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants. The stories will go online at TheScian.com within a few...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:11:40 -0800

The Girl from Finland
On the ICE 17 I have an aisle seat in front of a table. Diagonally across, facing me, is a young man speaking on a phone...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:39:36 -0800

Indibloggies 2008
The Indibloggies are back. Better late than never, the nominees for the 2008 premier Indian Blog Awards are announced. Congrats...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:24:56 -0800

The Finale to Visakhapatnam Trip
Here is the 3rd and final part to the series “Visakhapatnam Trip” 29th Oct 2008 – We had plans to go to RK beach early...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:31:16 -0800

Review: Kurbaan
BLAST MAN STANDING Yet another story about yet another terrorist. The hardware is there, but where’s the heart? NOV 22, 2009...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:42 -0800

त्रिषा ही त्रिषा |
You can read here Part I and Part II of Malacca . मल्ल्क्का के चाइना टाउन के...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:48:00 -0800

Bad-Ad Project : Speaking volumes with your eyelashes
A couple of months ago I saw this ad which featured Brooke Shields touting a product, Latisse, which promised, thicker, fuller...
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