While trying to keep alive, an effort to satiate my need for reading good science fiction, today I researched the internet to find an answer to a question: Which book should I pickup to start reading Issac Asimov's science fiction series, such that I extract the maximum benefit from the whole reading exercise? According to Asimov's note in the book Prelude to Foundation (a prequel to the original foundation trilogy), ...
Dec 19, 2008View Comments
Issac Asimov’s Science Fiction Series – Suggested Reading Order
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Mumbai Terror Attacks – No Fate
(For full text with comments please click on the title)I write this article with a very heavy heart. The thought flow in this article might appear haphazard and the sentences might seem lengthy and verbose. My apologies to the readers, as penning emotions is not an easy task, even for seasoned bloggers (and I am just a beginner). From the last four day I have been following the incidents related to the Mumbai terrorist attacks on all kinds ...
Nov 29, 2008View Comments
Mumbai Terror Attacks – Necessary Info Collated
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Mumbai Terror Attack Stats (Courtesy The Indian) Total people killed: 183 Civilians (Indians): 141 Security forces: 20 Foreign tourists Killed: 22 (Three each from Israel and Germany; two from Canada and one each from US, Italy, China, Thailand, Mauritius, Singapore, Britain, Japan and Australia. Five are yet to be identified) Total Injured: 239 Indians: 216 Foreigners: 23 NSG commandos: In operation: 477 Killed: 2 Injured: 8 Policemen killed: 18 Terrorists Total: 10 Killed: 9 Arrested: 1 Important Lists List of the Deceased at NDTV.com List of Injured at ...
Nov 22, 2008View Comments
Celestial Questions
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Note: Through this article I do not intend to endorse or promote any religion. This post is purely an effort to present some truly thought-provoking questions which should be read and reasoned upon, by all of us. After reading this post, you might ask why did I name this post "Celestial Questions". This is because these questions were asked to Yudhistra (Son of Pandu and the true heir to ...
May 15, 2008View Comments
Contest Suggestion: Enter the Dragon!
(For full text with comments please click on the title)'lo. The other day I came across a big contest while browsing some of sites I read regularly, and simply could not resist sharing it with you. HP (in association with Buzz Corps)is promoting its latest 20.1" notebook i.e. The HP HDX Entertainment Notebook using a contest called "The 31 Days of Dragon". Before I proceed further note that this contest is open to everyone from any part of ...
Apr 26, 2008View Comments
Been a while
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Hi, It has been well over a year since I posted something new on my blog. However, now I shall try to be more active than 'usual'. Frankly, another article describing my experiences or rather whereabouts (during 2007) should have come after my last post on world politics which was way back in December of 2006. Writing about 2007 will take a lot of time and commitment. However, I will write ...
Dec 20, 2006View Comments
My piece of mind on current geo-politics, war and religious polarization with suggestions
(For full text with comments please click on the title)As stated earlier, I would like to repeat that I am not any good in international affairs, foreign policy and diplomacy etc nor am I or my country perfect but I want to write about a topic that is very sensitive. I am not writing this article after any research. This article contains my views about what I have been reading/watching in media regarding religious fundamentalism, terrorism and ...
Dec 16, 2006View Comments
Why the percentage of Hindus in Indian population, might decline in the coming years?
(For full text with comments please click on the title)Before I answer this question, let me explain you that I have written this article purely as a student of economics (of which demographics is an important part). I do not have any specific feeling towards any religion and this article was not meant to hurt anybody's sentiments, emotions or religious beliefs. I write this article with the sole intention of stating my analysis and airing my views ...
Nov 19, 2006View Comments
First impressions of CAT 2006
(For full text with comments please click on the title)For your information: CAT or Common Admission Test is one of the largest MBA entrance exams conducted in India, anually. Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), the premier business-schools of the country (and counted among the best in the world) conduct this test for selecting potential students for the next round of admission process (comprising of a personal interview and a group discussion) for their MBA and Fellow-ship programmes. ...
Nov 5, 2006View Comments
The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox (Book Review 009)
(For full text with comments please click on the title)ISBN: 8185984131 Tagline: A process of ongoing improvement. The Goal was not on my reading list. However, it was lying around in the house and I decided to go ahead with it. The size of this book was very uninviting and from all the text on the covers and in the intro pages, I thought that I'd be better off reading this book during or after my MBA even though ...
Oct 30, 2006View Comments
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 008)
(For full text with comments please click on the title)ISBN 0349114463 Tagline: How little things can make a big difference I was looking forward to reading books by Malcolm Gladwell and finally got my hands on The Tipping Point. It is not a very big book and I managed to finish it in three days, reading only in my free time. Most of you might be aware that The Tipping Point is popular bestseller and a highly appreciated book. ...
Oct 30, 2006View Comments
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (Book Review 007)
(For full text with comments please click on the title)ISBN: 0141022728 Tagline: The Globalized world in the Twenty-First century Hanging around for almost a month with The World is Flat, I finally completed it despite all the time constraints I was under. I have never read such a thick book back-to-back in my life until this one and this book is very special not just in that sense. I could have completed it within a short span but the ...
Oct 16, 2006View Comments
Mushroom Rice: A novel view on international relations by M.J. Akbar
(For full text with comments please click on the title)I came across this article Mushroom Rice by M.J. Akbar in Sunday (October 15th, 2006) issue of the newspaper Deccan Chronicle, under his famous editorial series Byline. With the recent nuclear tests by North Korea and America’s ire over Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme, the international scenario has reached a potential dew point. Fuelling this is the widespread outcry (in U.S and U.K.) against the Iraq war, the recent ...
Oct 9, 2006View Comments
“To India – My native Land” by Derozio
(For full text with comments please click on the title)I am not a poet and cannot write poetry but I am capable of appreciating good poems. I had started taking English poetry reading seriously during my class (grade) nine and ten, when we were to study a whole collection of poems as a part of our English syllabus (in I.C.S.E). Poetry had a profound influence on me and to this date I remember quite a few poems ...
Oct 5, 2006View Comments
Anne Frank: The Diary of a young girl (Book Review 006)
(For full text with comments please click on the title)ISBN: 0553296981 I had finished reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a young girl a few days ago. This book is the most popular war documentary of the Second World War and perhaps of all times. It was published in 1947 and since then it has been translated into more than thirty languages and adapted for theatre film and television. In her introduction to the diary's first American edition, ...
