Although we are Quakers by temperament, there are occasional lapses when our patriotic fervor gets the better of us. Like over the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Madras Regiment, one of the oldest regiment of the Indian Army, that took place at Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington from May 4-6, 2009. Dating back to 4 […]
First, Ishita Sukhadwala set about finding a bitch for your stud or vice versa through DogMateOnline. Now, the London-based Ishita has turned her helpful sights to the biped kind. To be precise, senior Indians and NRIs (non-resident Indians). This morning Ishita announced the launch of a new social networking site called Verdurez to help Indian […]
Terrorism is a fact of life in the 21st century with no corner of the world safe from the violence. Yesterday, the U.S. State Department released a report on Terrorism Trends including some data compiled by the National Counterterrorism Center. Here are the deadly numbers:
We are happy. India’s Mahila SEWA Trust has won the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Mahila SEWA Trust (based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat) will receive up to $650,000 that it can use for several purposes including training and research facilities, technology upgrades and purchase of new office space. Mahila SEWA Trust works for the […]
PCs are getting cheaper and cheaper and cheaper in the U.S. After our Acer desktop PC gave up the ghost recently (we think the culprit was the video card) and after a few half-hearted attempts at fixing it, we did what most people do in this country when something breaks down – we trooped over […]
Just in the last few hours, we’ve received a ton of spam. Most of the spam in our mail-box focus on only one theme – Size Matters. Here’s a sample of the many variations on the same topic culled from the ‘subject lines’ of our spam: * You can wear your swimming trunks like a […]