A health assessment overview by LaughingQuill.com This article focuses on Body Mass Index assessment specifically for Indian populations. For general BMI information, see Body mass index. For obesity in India, see Obesity in India. To use an Indian-specific BMI calculator, see BMI Calculator. BMI in India: Key Statistics Current obesity prevalence: 40.3% (using Asian BMI … Read more
With the Commonwealth Games 2010 due to start in a few weeks, the theme song has been launched. Composed by A R Rahman, the theme song is “Jiyo, Utho, Bado, Jeeto” (Translated from Hindi “Live, Rise, Ascend, Win”). Click here to listen to the track. I personally have liked the track quite a bit. I … Read more
I have been on a sorta hiatus since my last post. The world sure has changed to a large extent. 1) An octopus dethroned the mighty humans (and a wannabe parakeet too) to lay claim to be the title of “The Clairvoyant King” at the 2010 Football World Cup. 2) Shashi Tharoor transformed from this … Read more
A few days ago, while clearing out my spam mail, I chanced upon this email. It was hidden in the midst of the hundreds of spam email found. It’s an offer too good to be true 😀 Apparently the family is hidden away in UK, and they chose me to channel their money from Holland … Read more
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
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
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
It’s that time of the year again- when the restarants get costlier, pubs rake in the moolah and the planet Earth just gets a year older. NEW YEAR’s eve. Well, here’s wishing everyone A HAPPY NEW YEAR..!! Cheers !!
I chanced upon this article online. The student was “removed” from the school, not from the school rolls. Haven’t they heard of words like “expelled”, “rusticated”? Sheesh, doesn’t ToI hire people who have some basic knowledge of English?
Came across this forward in mail….. Priceless……