31 March 2012

Shree Raama Navami

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According to the almanac published by the  maadhwa community  to which I belong, today is the birthday of  Shree Raam  and is celebrated as...
03 March 2012

Off the beaten track: Media commercials and melodius music

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Today, commercials occupy a lot of space in our media programmes (from BBC World to local FM channels).  There is a commercial from Aircel ...
29 February 2012

Off the beaten track: Meryl Streep to melodious music

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Nice to meet you after several weeks. Many of us would have watched excerpts from past Sunday's  Oscar Awards Ceremony , in which the b...
07 February 2012

Off the beaten track

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Today  is an important day for me. According to Hindu calender, `Vyaasa Puja' is performed on  this day every year. Vyaasa Maharishi wa...

Off the beaten track: Digitally delivered Divine Delight

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As I type this post, I experience the joy of listening to a live  programme including Kirtans and discourse   by Pt. Balram Persad of Swaha ...
29 January 2012

Apple and education

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Recently I came across a  news report about Apple's new author support software. As a free download, it can be useful to a wide range o...
28 January 2012

Picture from Peter and Pam

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Peter Minter taught Design Technology and I taught Physics in a Southern African school. We were members of a multinational team of teacher...
26 January 2012

Off the beaten track: Outing during holidays

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When we have long weekends or holidays, it is not usually easy to go for outings and  enjoy communicating with nature in highly polluted ci...

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Today being republic day, I took leave from my office.  During lunch, I came across Sir Richard Attenborough's award winning movie ` Gan...
22 January 2012

Kodak camera

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Day before yesterday, as I was sipping tea during the office teabreak, I happened to read a news report on the financial situation of Eastm...