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George Bernard Shaw once famously said “Those who can, do; and those who can’t, teach.” And some who have done it, got caught, paid the price, are teaching about it. They’re the Professors With a Past [NYT link, requires free registration]
Mr. Richards is a self-described “convict criminologist,” one of a small, tightly knit group of […]

With Independence day fast approaching, Shanti and JK have compiled an impressive list of forgotten heroes and events. Bravo to both of you, the Bharateeya Bloggers of the week! [I’ve linked to the categories, so everyone gets a nice buffet of posts from Shanti and JK]
The Coke-Pepsi vs. CSE story is picking up some heat. […]

I’ve found the keys to my home again and so I am out of here. As a farewell gift to Yazad, here are some cool suggestions for names to give to his daughters.

Maya
Ganga
Sheetal

Why? Figure it out yourself.

Hi this is Ravikiran here. I used to blog over at The Examined Life. But I’ve unilaterally decided to make this my home for now.
Why?
Well what happened was that yesterday in a fit of temporary insanity, I went and deleted a lot of files on my server. What I didn’t realise at […]

The 24th Bharteeya Blog Mela will be hosted here tomorrow, August 6th.
The usual directions for nominating entries for the Mela

Email yazadjal @ vsnl. NET net
Drop it in as a comment to this post
Please send your nominations to me latest by tomorrow evening (Aug 6), 8 pm IST.
The entries have to be dated between […]

India has to sacrifice on Kashmir, says Jamali
India is big, should make big concessions: Jamali
Very very funny. Maybe someone could gently remind Mir Zafarullah Jamali that perhaps Pakistan itself might not have existed if India had not made certain sacrifices around 5 decades back . . .

The smaller tid-bits on portal hide some gems at times. Rediff had this on today: London pub welcomes Indian rupee. Why didn’t someone tell me earlier? But honestly, I’ve always avoided Southall. No need to visit London if I have to eat Indian food!
Rediff news however is a bit stale. The Guardian wrote about in […]