The Great Ganesha

Chuck Butler, columnist at The Daily Reckoning had some good things to say about the rupee. There was big news, overnight, about India’s currency, the rupee. Now, a lot of you know that we’ve shied away from the rupee because of its ‘non-deliverable’ status. Well, that could all change in the future, if the stories [...]

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Slate gives us the Bushism of the day. ‘After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do.’—(On the bombing of the Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq) March 13, 2006, Washington, D.C. You know, that *really* clarifies it for me. Because up until the bombings, even I was [...]

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This was on the BBC today. A family of five has been beheaded in Sonitpur district, north-east India, by a mob who accused them of witchcraft. The tea plantation worker and his four children had been blamed for causing a disease which killed two other workers and made many unwell in Assam state. About 200 [...]

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Two Brits were arrested in India for child abuse. Pretty damn disgusting. It’s somewhat reassuring to know that they do enforce child abuse laws in India, though…

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The BBC? Biased? Not a chance!

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It’s Indian food delivery in the US! For the Bay Area, it’s more organized. You can order off of annadaata.com. For other areas it’s not so straightforward. Check out this article in today’s NYT.

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A bit late in the coming since Pi Day was 3/14 1:59pm (pi = 3.14159…), but what the hey. For all you math geeks out there: Celebrate Pi Day!. Some steps: Step 1: Create some pi ambiance. Just like people display a tree and mistletoe, wear Christmas gear, and sing Christmas songs around Christmas, there [...]

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Phillip Glass composed an opera about the life of Gandhi in S. Africa and called it ‘Satyagraha’. He did this in the 80s. It’s finally being performed in England now. In Sanskrit. Why Sanskrit? …composer Glass used the Sanskrit text because it allowed him to communicate through sound without “the limitations of literal meaning”. So [...]

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Interesting blog by a bunch of (I guess) econ students of which at least one is from Harvard. I like it. Here’s the description: We serve food for thoughts: from Marshallian Pie to Equilibrium Croissant to Keynes Liberated. On weekends, we have life music by Monetary Swing and Separating Hyperplane. Got to be an econ [...]

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The title got your attention, didn’t it? Well, might as well tell you that there’s no nudity. It’s just that I came across three (count ‘em) articles about sex in my usual procrastinatory surfing activities. This one in the LA Times, talks about safety in the bathhouses in LA which are known for their use [...]

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