Posted in In My Opinion, Information, News and Views, Observation, tagged Abortions, Daughters, Feticide, Ifanticide, India, Male Child, News, Save Girl Child, Sex Ratio, Son Preference on 3 April 2008 | 7 Comments »
Son preference in India is a well documented fact and its implications on skewed sex ratios, female feticide and high child morality rates is no news either. For over a century India has shown marked gap in the number is boys vs girls born each year. With technological advancement this gap is only increasing.
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Posted in Announcements, Chennai, Delhi, From Headlines, General, In My Opinion, Interesting, Kolkata, Mumbai, News and Views, Observation, tagged 2008, carbon emission, Earth Hour, global warming, India, March 29, San Francisco, Sydney on 28 March 2008 | 12 Comments »
India has decide to stay illuminated when the world will switch off for Earth Hour between 8 and 9 pm on March 29. As of today no Indian city has officially joined the campaign to black out to show that India too is in the crusade to reduce global warming.
So far, 35 nations, 370 cities, [...]
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The recent turbulence in Tibet is turning to be a trouble for India. Though no Indian life or interest is under any threat, India is finding it difficult to respond. It is the Indian response, or lack there of, that is the most troubling. If it was an isolated case of confusion for India, it [...]
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If you are one of those who have problem spotting an engineer, your problem may be finally over. If you are one of those who have hard time separating engineers from human, please read on. There is good news: with little information it is easy to spot an engineer.
Evolutionary Background: First of all, engineers belong [...]
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The recent discussion that followed the post on IIT encouraged me to put down my thoughts on Indian education system, not just IIT.
Growing up we did not have the luxury of attending schools that were considered prestigious, nor did we have the pressure to perform in entrance exam. My mother one day dressed me up [...]
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Posted in Humor, In My Opinion, Observation, Relation, tagged Communication, Girlfriend, Indian Men, Indian Women, Love, Nagging, Relationship, Wife on 3 March 2008 | 7 Comments »
Ladies, we know you think we cannot communicate. If you have learned to live with it, and you are happy with whom you got, you are an amazing and wise woman; kudos to you. But if you are one of those that even if your boyfriend or husband were the greatest orator or the most [...]
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