Canal Road connecting Bhandarkar Road and Agarkar Road – “Cleaning Pune”
The building I reside in, is located beside the canal road connecting Bhandarkar Road with Agarkar Road. The road condition is such that it is rarely used by vehicles and…
Documentary film making – Nagrik
I recently completed a short course of documentary film making at OpenSpace. Attended the course for no reason other than learning a new and intersting skill. The course was good…
TV Channel SMS scam
Every TV channel in India is today encouraging viewers to SMS to participate in polls, contests, shows and what not. However they do not tell the viewers that he SMS…
Yoga, Religion and Swamis on TV
Although I like early mornings, I very rarely manage to get up early. Today was one of those rare days. As the newspaper had not come in, I switched on…
Cancer – Early Detection
I was looking for ways for early detection of cancer and came across these sites: Cancer.org Familydoctor.org Cancer.gov Prevention "For many types of cancer, it is easier to treat and…
Religion in India – Faith vs Reason
In my previous post, I wrote about the absence of scientific temper in India and the need for those well informed, to voice their opinions against superstitions and customs that…
The Scientific Edge and its conspicuous absence in India
I am almost done reading the book "The Scientific Edge: The Indian Scientist from Vedic to Modern Times" by renowned scientist Jayant Narlikar. I have had this book for an…
Sharing a part of me
Thinking about writing this blog regularly, I feel a little like Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter series. She wrote into Tom Marvolo Riddle's magical diary and shared a little…
orkut group on pune traffic
Just checked out Savepunetraffic.com and also created a new community at orkut about Pune traffic. Hopefully many Pune citizens will join and discuss solutions to the traffic mess in Pune.…
Gandhi Ad
Have you seen the Telecom Italia ad that has Gandhi in it? A nice cool ad though one wonders if its right to use Gandhi to sell mobile phones. http://www.epica-awards.com/assets/epica/2004/winners/film/flv/11071.htm…