August 2009 - Posts - Filter Coffee

August 2009 - Posts

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Posted by Ravi Mundoli at 
Much like its American counterpart, the unraveling of the Indian equivalent of the Republican Party continues apace. Jaswant Singh was expelled on August 19, because he wrote a book in which he allegedly says that Jinnah was demonized by India, while it was Nehru, Patel et al who were actually responsible for partition. Taking a cue from their national...

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Swine Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Posted by Ravi Mundoli at 
That was going to be our team name for the Landmark Quiz that happened yesterday evening at the Music Academy in Chennai, until we changed it for highly obscure strategic reasons. We were quite lucky to scrape through to the Chennai finals, and then even luckier to sneak into the national finals by finishing second in the Chennai round. In the finals...

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On A Scale Of Five

Posted by Ravi Mundoli at 
Which is finally a post about science, (tangentially)! This blog started trying to be a "science" blog. Various lumpen elements like Simbu and Subbu came and hijacked the whole enterprise, and the science train more or less derailed. Until now. By some miracle (i.e. the Google RSS feed Reader ), I am finally able to churn out a post that is...

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