Whose Padma Shri Is It Anyway??…

It’s that time of the year when the Indian Government declares the list of Indian citizens who have made the cut for the Padma Awards. The 2010 list of Padma Awardees has opened the Pandora’s Box. The Indian Government webpage states that Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri are given for … Read more

Gmail Tips…..

Finally Google has released a list of tips for Gmail users. I must say it is quite a good list for the users, whether they are beginners(White belt users, as per Google) or they are power users (Gmail masters). They have even released it in pdf version.

The hoopla over IITs…..

Chanced upon this article online. It covers an article on the American structural biologist, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The ludicrous part of the article is this: In a society that glorifies the IIT-IIM culture, this doesn’t come as a surprise. My take is that if Mr. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan had gotten that … Read more

Resolutions for Year 2010

Well, it’s finally the New Year- 2010. It’s that time of the year when people get all sloshed out and then resolve to embark on Herculean tasks (by their standards) to be undertaken and/or accomplished during the year ahead. Yahoo! even has an article dedicated to it, with key inputs from “experts”…… I have a … Read more