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It is Delhi’s turn to fall prey to the brutal designs of Terrorists. Over 60 people killed in triple blasts on Diwali Eve. Desipundit has more links. Our hearts go out to the families of those who died. Over a hundred have been injured. See this story about an alert [...]
Archive for October, 2005
A Shameful Act!
Posted in Indian Politics, Personal on October 30, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Shankaracharya Case Shifted!
Posted in Indian Politics on October 29, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Hmm, it is very difficult to take sides in Indian Politics!..Nobody is right.
Though I would have never bought the argument that there were no personal motives behind Jaya’s govt filing cases against the Kanchi seer, I expected that a fair trial would continue. But..here comes confirmation that all is not well with the way TN [...]
Rain.. Rain and more Rain
Posted in Personal on October 27, 2005 | 2 Comments »
The image is take from Rediff’s slide show (This is T.Nagar on Wed)
This image is taken from Hindu’s front page. (Anna Salai- Peters Road junction on Thursday)
The rains have just stopped, after belting down relentlessly for about 30 hrs. This must easily rank amongst the most rainy days for Chennai in recent times.(21 cm in [...]
VIP Squatters
Posted in Indian Politics on October 27, 2005 | 1 Comment »
`What is Buta Singh doing here [Delhi]? throw him out, a Governor cannot have a house here
Well…This isn’t Mr.Nitish Kumar , it is the Supreme Court of India! Though the choice of words might be debatable, the SC judge did the right thing by spanking [...]
Quake Relief Day for bloggers
Posted in Blogs on October 26, 2005 | 1 Comment »
The human tragedy caused by the Kashmir Earthquake is enormous. Given the difficult terrain and the
impending winter, the homeless have a torrid time ahead. Each of us can contribute to making their struggle to get back to normal life, a little easier. If you want to make a monetary contribution to the thousands affected in [...]
The Scian Melt # 12 – Call for Nominations
Posted in Science on October 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The 12th edition of the Scian Melt will be hosted right here (on Nov 1)! You are welcome to nominate any post that relates to Science/India. Send in ur nominations to baswin [at] gmail.com or melt [at] thescian.com. Try to nominate posts that have not been covered by Desipundit. So, start looking for those [...]
2009 – International Year of Astronomy ?
Posted in Astronomy on October 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
[via Astro Blog ]
Close on the heels of the International Year of Physics, we could possibly have the International Year of Astronomy, to mark the 400th anniversary of the use of an astronomical telescope(ofcourse, by Galileo). This would require the approval of the UN General Assembly. The Royal Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union [...]
Physicists and their way with words/names…
Posted in Physics on October 22, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Copyright, Bill Watterson
This is just a collection of thoughts…not necessarily well-connected.
Communicating cutting edge Physics research to the public is something that is very tough. Very few physicists even try..and even fewer end up making an impact. Every time a physicist meets people who are not trained in the Physics jargon, she/he could have a [...]
Server Problems
Posted in Blogs, Personal on October 22, 2005 | 1 Comment »
This is a clarification post.
My old location for the blog : http://aswin.tarvisbsd.org/blog/ is inaccessible(I mean.. I can’t ssh/ftp to it) at the moment. Thus, I have switched to Blogger’s hosting. The pages at the old location continue to load(ie you won’t see a 404).. but you won’t be able to see ur comments/new posts in [...]
Gandhi and the Nobel Peace Prize.
Posted in Indian Politics on October 21, 2005 | 2 Comments »
That Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize is something that has always puzzled me. It is common sense that the Peace Prize has its own political overtones . So, the guess would be that it was due to political reasons. Surely, Gandhi not getting the Nobel matters very little to us… . but [...]
