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Xavier’s College (Bombay) and the Da Vinci Code (Updated)

May 17th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Fellow ex-Xavierites, look at the person in the forefront of the protests against the Da Vinci Code movie.
…the head of the Catholic Secular Forum has begun a ‘hunger strike until death’. [link]
That “head of the Catholic Secular Forum” is none other than apparently not Fr. Joe Dias! Yes, Not the same guy who took over [...]

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Tags: bombay · current · india · news · nostalgia

Archie Comics

May 17th, 2006 · 17 Comments

Growing up, Archie Comics were despised by my parents for their lack of literary value ("You should be reading books instead of wasting your time with comics!"), but no less than wolfed down by me. There was nothing like spending an entire afternoon going through a pile of new Archies. In fact, when there were [...]

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Tags: me · miscellany · nostalgia · personal life · rant · rave

Everest Scaled Again

May 17th, 2006 · No Comments

Yes - it's been climbed yet again. Only thing is, this time it's by a double amputee. New Zealander Mark Inglis reached the top of the mountain on his two prosthetic limbs. He lost his legs to frostbite while climbing Mt. Cook in 1982, when he and a companion were forced to spend two weeks [...]

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Tags: climbing · current · india · news

Lactic Acid

May 17th, 2006 · No Comments

If you’re a fitness freak, then you should already know that muscle soreness is not caused by lactic acid, and neither is lactic acid buildup a bad thing. In fact, lactic acid is actually a fuel and muscles produce it directly from glucose, burning it to produce energy.
The understanding now is that muscle cells convert [...]

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Tags: current · fitness · health · news · running