0 Comments Ramon Magsaysay Award for Deep Joshi

Deep Joshi, co-founder of PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action), has been selected for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2009. for his vision and leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India, by effectively...

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0 Comments Devotional Music for the “faith-free”

Even though I am not someone you would call “religious”, far from it, there is something terribly soothing about good devotional music that grabs my attention . It surprises me every time how much I like them despite my lack of “faith”. Here are some...

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0 Comments The Worst Job Ever…

I love this… Enjoy… img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('3b28a66f-674f-4fea-8362-b040c24a4f21'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "";" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuW1buSJe6XMN2YBZg2nonrDQrSwSP4Ay_0CeziK4Op_ZowP7GqMOwu-le4kPcnLcYAm2RVhhvg-NhEk9p0cXrVbvCTmAU8DFfV3L5_0bnrLYf95_r8zcXr1hQnUWQjqH9h4x1PEDssVU/?imgmax=800"...

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0 Comments Google for Non-Profits…

Another Google innovation, a toolkit for Non-Profits with a simple yet catchy punch line, “You're changing the world. We want to help.” Google for Non-Profits is a bundle of Google products and services that non-profit organizations around the...

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0 Comments Googling into the future…

Yes, I admit… I am a Google fan! But then, who isn’t? Here’s a preview of their latest innovation – Google Voice.   I like to keep informed about how Google is going to (pleasantly) surprise me next and this new service is no exception....

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0 Comments Luck… probability taken personally!

14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite The Telegraph recently reported about Gerrit Blank, 14, who was struck by a meteorite on his way to school. A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot wide...

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0 Comments Climate Change: Mumbo Jumbo or The Real Thing?

If you have always wondered about Climate Change and if you should be doing something about it, this is an interesting video, rather an interesting approach… even though I do not feel like jumping to the same conclusions. Worth a watch anyway… ...

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0 Comments March of the Metaphorical Footprints…

Recently, I posted about the carbon footprint of Spam and it seems Carbon as a currency is gaining currency! What exactly is Carbon Footprint? Here’s how the UK Carbon Trust defines it: the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly...

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0 Comments The Carbon Footprint of Spam…

We all know how irritating Spam can be. No matter what filters you use, there will always be some new spammer who find its way into your inbox. Have you ever wondered how much time and resources the world spends on creating and sending Spam and on...

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0 Comments The Unfriendly Greeting...

Are you an Indian (or South Asian, or for that matter, ANY Asian) living outside Asia? If yes, then I am sure you will connect with the post below. Although this blog comes from CricInfo - a website about cricket, the post has got nothing to do...

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0 Comments CouchSurfing: Seeing the World through the Eyes of Locals…

Cross-posted from NonSense – a PhD-To-PhD Newsletter Image Courtesy: PaperMag.com Have you ever wanted to have a local travel guide everywhere in the world? CouchSurfing is something I ran into a couple of years ago and have fallen in...

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0 Comments The Petabyte Age: Making science obsolete...??

1 Terabyte = 1,000 Gigabytes; 1 Petabyte = 1000 Terabytes Did you know that Google's servers process 1 Petabyte of data every 72 minutes? A recent issue of WIRED magazine carries a series of articles on how the Petabyte Age is changing the world....

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0 Comments Privately Smart, Publicly Dumb?

Recently read an interview of V. Raghunathan about his book "Games Indians Play". I was planning on reading the book since the title sounded interesting... but after reading the interview (available at Knowledge@Wharton website; Requires 'free' user...

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