Posted in Sports on September 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We won and the victory is sweeter because the opposing team was as good as us. It was a well fought out match. Our strategy of getting early wickets worked. We found a team India captain and the cricket team morale is high.
Posted in science on September 17, 2007 | No Comments »
You might have already read the article in science (subscription required, SCIENCE VOL317, SEPT 14, 2007, pp1517). But it is still a fascinating attempt at saving a fish species from extinction. Okutsu et al., injected Trout spermatogonial cells (cells predestined to form sex cells in adults) into sterile triploid Salmon embryos. When the spermatogonial cells [...]
Posted in Sports on September 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes it’s the men in blue, the team that sinks us in a sea of blue i.e.; the Indian cricket team. They have done it again. The India Pakistan twenty 20 match like all the past Indi-Pak matches, had to be another nail biter. I know most of you have given up on the Indian [...]
Posted in India on September 13, 2007 | No Comments »
IBN-live today has reported that some fake doctors with no medical or falsified medical degrees are practicing in India. This doesn’t really come as a surprise. Normally we all visit clinics with a signboard containing name of the doctor with his/her degrees. That is enough identification for us. But how many of us really [...]
Posted in India on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Some days ago I was listening to Paula Deen’s biography and it made me wonder what it takes for a person to fight against adversity and keep working hard passionately for what they believe in and one day to win against all odds. She had started a cooking and delivery business for 200$ and is [...]
Posted in Entertainment on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There has never been a time when our beloved ASHA di’s song has not played at any given single hour somewhere in some part of India. Her legendary career started when she was a child and she has mesmerised us for six decades now. Through her talent, she has soothed a million heart. Her songs [...]
Posted in India on September 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Ever looked hard at the sewage tank shields in streets of USA?
Yes….. they are all made in India. Well makes me wonder if the shields are all exported, there must be a shortage back home. Could this be a possible reason for uncovered tanks(pot holes) in the streets of Kolkata?
Posted in India on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Pujo be it in West Bengal or anywhere else is a time to come together. Come together with friends and family, come together with ones own thoughts, come together with ones sense of belonging, of having a root. I have been fortunate enough to experience probasi pujo all my life. I have never missed a [...]
Posted in India on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
On August 21, eight teachers in Bishnupur’s Bakhrahat high school were held hostage by students, their parents and colleagues for breaking a verbal dress code. Although the central and state government has given the teachers freedom to dress appropriately, the school has a verbal dress code of namely the traditional Sari. Now as a woman [...]
