In Passing...

"Krishna is the ideal of perfection for all times. Even imagination has not been able to picture a..."

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:06:06 +0800

“Krishna is the ideal of perfection for all times. Even imagination has not been able to picture a more fully comprehensive, integrated, harmonised, balanced and well-adjusted personality than that of Sri Krishna. The greatest hero, the most illumined scholar, the wisest statesman, the ablest politician, the mightiest warrior, the Lord of Yoga and the most supreme seer of the age that Krishna was, He offered himself as the humblest servant of humanity. He dedicated his whole life for the complete uplift of the world, and he got nothing for himself! He possessed nothing of his own, even the site of his house was borrowed from the Varuna, and yet, he was the Master of the whole universe!”

- Swami Sivananda

Pizza features in the history of the internet

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:28:13 +0800

Pizza features in the history of the internet

Above, a letter written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1956 predicting,...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:10:41 +0800

Above, a letter written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1956 predicting, quite accurately, aspects of the future of communications. (via Arthur C. Clarke predicted satellite TV and GPS in the 40s and 50s - Boing Boing

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Ahmedabad, India - without the traffic from How to Design Cities...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:17:41 +0800

Ahmedabad, India - without the traffic from How to Design Cities for People Instead of Cars | Slideshows

"Jesus “is the one who said, ‘Whatever you did to any of my brothers, even the lowliest, you did to..."

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:53:12 +0800

“Jesus “is the one who said, ‘Whatever you did to any of my brothers, even the lowliest, you did to me.’ That means that the priests abusing the vulnerable young were doing that to Jesus, raping Jesus.”

- Rome Fiddles, We Burn - NYTimes.com

The Roman Catholic Church remains among the most regressive in the world.

"If you had told me that 11 Singaporeans were arrested spying on how our government works, then I’d..."

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:36:16 +0800

“If you had told me that 11 Singaporeans were arrested spying on how our government works, then I’d really have felt good — since Singapore has one of the cleanest, well-run bureaucracies in the world and pays its cabinet ministers $1 million-plus a year.”

- Thomas Friedman laments on the Russians spying on USA - NYTimes.com

"I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need."

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:01:59 +0800

“I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need.”

- Guy Kawasaki on Twitter Brawls, Authenticity, and How He Plans to Win The Influence Project | Fast Company

"The cliché that sport trains you for life — no, it doesn’t, but in this case, it did."

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:53:37 +0800

“The cliché that sport trains you for life — no, it doesn’t, but in this case, it did.”

- Origins of South Africa’s World Cup Found in Its Infamous Prison - NYTimes.com

"Apple treats its users like idiots and then laughs at them."

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:54:22 +0800

“Apple treats its users like idiots and then laughs at them.”

- From Mashable Google Buzz

"Apple’s Absolute Dictatorship: iOS = You can only use programming languages we approve of,..."

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:52:06 +0800

“Apple’s Absolute Dictatorship:
iOS = You can only use programming languages we approve of, adapters we approve of, web plugins we approve of, cell phone carriers we approve of, applications we approve of and now you can only hold your devices in the way we approve.”

- From Mashable Google Buzz

"Instead of trying to mold your children into perfect adults, you can safely kick back, relax and..."

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:31:41 +0800

“Instead of trying to mold your children into perfect adults, you can safely kick back, relax and enjoy your journey together—and seriously consider adding another passenger.”

- The Case for Having More Kids - WSJ.com

"How much right do we have over the raw materials of our physiology? What rights do the providers of..."

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:30:10 +0800

“How much right do we have over the raw materials of our physiology? What rights do the providers of the original sample – or their families – have if their cell lines are later found to be worth patenting?”

- Henrietta Lacks: the mother of modern medicine | The Guardian

"After one weekend Europe wants to ban the vuvuzela — if only they’d acted this fast when banning..."

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:23:17 +0800

“After one weekend Europe wants to ban the vuvuzela — if only they’d acted this fast when banning slavery!”

- Freedom’s Blaring Horn - NYTimes.com

Ok, time to ditch paper cups

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:33:47 +0800

Every year, 58 billion paper cups are thrown
away, 20 million trees are cut down to
manufacture these cups and 12 billion gallons
of water are used in the manufacturing
process. We could also power 53,000 homes
with the energy we consume with paper cups.

"The international soccer manager may be unique in the extent to which being represented in the media..."

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:52:02 +0800

“The international soccer manager may be unique in the extent to which being represented in the media is part of the basic substance of his job.”

- International soccer managers like Diego Maradona are the strangest men in sports. - Slate Magazine

Movies I Love

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:03:39 +0800

Jottings from some time past…

1. Bharatham (Malayalam/Sibi Malayil/Mohanlal/1991/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237038/)

2. Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (Malayalam/Hariharan/Mammootty/1989 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230597/)

3. Kaliyattam (Malayalam/Jayaraj/Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier/1997 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199669/)

4. Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (Malayalam/Srinivasan/Srinivasan, Sangeetha/1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377643/)

5. Swades (Hindi/Ashutosh Gowariker/Shah Rukh Khan/2004)

6. Lagaan (Hindi/Ashutosh Gowariker/Aamir Khan/2001)

7. Kannathil Muthamittal (Tamil/Maniratnam/Madhavan, Simran, Keerthana/2002)

8. Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil/Rajeev Menon/Mammootty, Ajit, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai/2000)

9. Pather Panchali, Apur Sansar (cheating a bit here)

10. Sankarabharanam (Telugu/K Vishwanath/Somayajulu/1979 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079889/)

[Format: Movie name (Language/Director/Main Cast/Year/IMDB link - supplied for relatively unknown films)]

What Disney Princesses teach girls - Boing Boing

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:36:27 +0800

What Disney Princesses teach girls - Boing Boing

Shanghai Skyline: Before and After Before looks more pleasant.

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:40:24 +0800

Shanghai Skyline: Before and After

Before looks more pleasant.

Seeking information is an addictive affair

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:37:45 +0800

Seeking information is an addictive affair:

Dopamine causes us to want, desire, seek out, and search. It increases our general level of arousal and our goal-directed behaviour.

Inside the best personal library in the world

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:35:28 +0800

Inside the best personal library in the world