Posted in Entertainment, tagged Entertainment, humor, men, television, women on October 25, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Seems like ‘Times- they are a changing’.
Contrary to popular beliefs, men do sometimes cry or tear up in public. Seems like teary eyed male politicians and media personalities are seen more now a days than before.
There is something about well built men who otherwise have competitive attitudes and are best in their fields going misty [...]
Posted in Entertainment, science, tagged Entertainment, science, shows, television on October 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I remember watching Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos: A personal Voyage’ when I was young and being very inspired by it. The enormity of the galaxy outside our planet gave birth to a sense of awe and curiosity for the unknown.
In those days there were no popular science shows except Star trek (which is watchable even today).
But [...]
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Hindi, India, movie on October 22, 2007 | 11 Comments »
This weekend went by in a flurry and in between finding time to do laundry and grocery and visiting the Durga Pujo Sammelan at Queens, I squeezed in time to watch the latest Mumbai Flicker ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’.
I am one of those people who watch horrors and thrillers during evenings (not gory ones like Groundhog but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Its Dusshera and a time to feast (feast your eyes in this case).
Hoping and wishing that all of you are having a great time.
Posted in science, tagged science on October 17, 2007 | 10 Comments »
The 1962 medicine Nobel Prize winner, one of the scientist who solved the molecular structure of DNA,
the 79 years old Dr. Watson of the Watson and Crick and Wilkins fame seems to think that
he has no hopes for the inhabitants of the African continent simply because in reality, they are not as intelligent
as ‘ours‘.( [...]
Posted in Entertainment on October 16, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Some years back when Bill Clinton was making headlines about ‘non governmental’ activities in his office,
I mentioned to a colleague, how i really admired Mr. Clinton as a President and how a momentary lapse in
judgment can erase the respect and honor of a life time.
“Well he is just Ethically Challenged” She replied.
I had heard that [...]
Posted in Entertainment, science, tagged Entertainment, food, kitchen, science on October 13, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Children should be encouraged to help out adults in the kitchen (under strict supervision of course), because kitchens are like mini labs.
They are the gadget corners of the house and if your child thinks that the only gadget at home is your x box, then you do need a kitchen makeover (not to mention jail [...]
Posted in Entertainment, science, tagged Entertainment, music, science on October 10, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Has this occurred with you when a song or an advertisement jingle gets stuck into your head and seems to be unavoidable?
Well i suffer from the disease of tune attachment (tunearia aka tuneitis or even tuneemonia) and sometimes it is so bad that i have side effects of insomnia and subsequently dark under eye circles [...]
Posted in science on October 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Genetics has secured Nobel Prize before. Bacterial genetics, Plant genetics, frog genetics, nematode genetics and drosophila genetics have all been awarded Nobel prizes. This time mouse genetics has secured a prize.
What are the advantages of mouse as a model study system?
1. Mouse is a mammal and its physiological systems are similar to man. Also it [...]
Posted in science on October 5, 2007 | 14 Comments »
The 2007 Ig Nobel awards have been announced. The awards which are supposedly lighter versions of the more serious ‘Nobel Prize’ are awarded by committees consisting of an actual Nobel Prize winner (yes from the serious one) in a function conducted at Sander’s Theater at Harvard University (yes the Boston one).
The research topics of the [...]
