Monthly Archive: November 2009

Major clean-up and upgrade…

…happening over the next 2 days. I hope the changeover will be smooth. In case of any major hiccup (I hope not), please direct your browser to this URL: http://bshantanu.wordpress.com/ where I will post...

Secular Harit Desh – Part II

This is a sequel to Sanjay’s earlier post: Secular Harit Desh. In this short post, Sanjay draws our attention to a couple of interesting developments that – in his view – are likely to...

Nanopost of the day…

Courtesy, Sridhar Pai: The MP High Court orders government *not* to make Surya Namaskar and Pranayam mandatory for students… …even as yoga for kids is now being taught in studios from Minnetonka, USA to...

W’end Links: Mumbai, Memories, Poverty and Kak Bhushundi

Start your weekend by reading  how online efforts triggered by the attack on Mumbai last year eventually died down… Next, a fascinating article on how memories are distorted and invented …then read Gurcharan Das’s...

Google Maps and Disputed Borders

Thanks to Sanjay for alerting me to this… Pl. see below two versions of Google map of India: one as seen in India and the other as seen in China Note in particular that...