Archive for March, 2009

Wave Your Hand and Recharge Your Mobile

Monday, March 30th, 2009

No, no I am not hallucinating. It is true. Scientists are hopeful that in near future our body movements or blood movement inside our body will be enough to recharge our mobiles or i-Pods! Researchers are banking on nanogenerators that will do the unthinkable. You can see details here: A light breeze, a beating heart [...]

Grow Your Own Fresh Air

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Its a fantastic suggestion by Kamal Meattle. I am definitely going to try this out. If possible, follow these simple suggestions and live healthy and lightly on this earth.
When doctors told Kamal Meattle, SM ‘67, that the air in New Delhi was killing him, he was not persuaded to leave his lifelong home. Pollution [...]

Dignity, Grace, Optimism and Love

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Elisabeth Fritzl

What can one expect from a person who is raped 3000 times for 24 years by her own father and kept in a dungeon when she was just eighteen years old and escaped from that underground hell when she turned 41? Elisabeth Fritzl bore seven children from her own father. Three of her children [...]

Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar Hoon?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

When I heard this song, “Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar Hoon” and these lines, “Kal aur aayenge nagmon ki
Khilti kaliya chunne waale
Mujhse behtar kehne waale
Tumse behtar sunne waale!”
I used to think how true! Well, Sahir Ludhianvi was wrong on that account. We don’t have a genius like you till now. What lies in the [...]

“Gunmen” Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

When I first heard the news at BBC, my first reaction was extremely selfish. thank God! Our cricket team had canceled the Pakistan Tour!!!! Our Sachin Tendulkar and team members are safe. But soon my human element took over and I begin to find out the damage. But it was a huge relief that Sri [...]