Quote of the Day – Hafiz Mohammaed Saeed

No power on the earth can defeat Muslims if they follow the God’s path – Lashkar-e-Taiba’s founder Hafiz Mohammaed Saeed, in a prayer sermon at the Jamia al Qadisa Mosque in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday. Source: Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2009 Just in case you’ve been sleeping for the last few […]

Off to See a Lovely Movie

In a million years, you can’t guess which one. Now, here’s a bet. If you can correctly guess the name before our review, we promise to stop using the word Coolie. That’s how confident we are. 😉 No clues. And don’t even ask. 🙁

New York Times Discovers Kerala’s Coconut Pluckers

There’s a reason why we love the New York Times. Actually, there are several reasons why anyone should love and read the NYT. Apart from being the classiest newspaper around, the NYT also comes out with some of the most unexpected stories. For instance, today’s NYT has a piece on the severe shortage of coconut […]

Unga Paer Enna – Apposite Tamil Names & Professions

A Mudaliar friend of ours who has far too much time on his hands e-mailed us the below Tamil Names list the other day. Sorry, folks. If you don’t know Tamil, this one ain’t for you. Here you go: Doctor — Vaidyanathan Dentist — Pallavan Lawyer — Kesavan North Indian Lawyer — Panjabakesan Financier — […]

How do People Find SI?

People discover of SI’s existence in various ways: friends, family, enemies and, of course, search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing et al. But what are the key words people type on the search engines that ultimately lands them on the SI blog. Here’s a sample of the key words that brought people to SI over […]

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