By bhagwad, on September 30th, 2009
I learnt a couple of days back that the Mumbai High Court has asked the Womanist Organization of India (WOI) to prove that men and women are equal. Apparently according to Maharashtra law, women cannot work in shops and bars after 9:30 pm and the WOI says that this is discriminatory and . . . → Read More: Equality of Men and Women – Proving it in Court
By bhagwad, on September 29th, 2009
Supreme Court hearing on Article 377 scheduled for 30th September 2009. The primary petitioner is called “Bhim Singh” who seems personally upset by the Delhi HCs decriminalization of homosexuality. Read on for more details… . . . → Read More: Hearing on Article 377 set for Tomorrow
By bhagwad, on September 28th, 2009
A quick run down of my retirement goals and how I’ve just about reached them. With screenshots of investments and all other details . . . → Read More: Saving for Retirement – I’m almost done!
By bhagwad, on September 27th, 2009
By bhagwad, on September 25th, 2009
India’s Unique Identity Number is all set to ride on the country’s large cell phone database which has around 500 million subscribes. It’ll be a challenge to collect the subscriber’s biometric data and prevent duplicates. But most importantly, will it be misused by the government to create a police state as has happened in so many other countries? . . . → Read More: UID and Cellphone Numbers – a benign start?
By bhagwad, on September 23rd, 2009
Tries to show how we must look beyond just Humans when discussing the Environment and climate change. I try and show with pictures that we share the earth with other animals and that we don’t have a right to just use whatever we want no matter what the cost. . . . → Read More: The Environment? It’s not just us!
By bhagwad, on September 21st, 2009
I’ve had occasion to mention on this blog before how American opinion sometimes seem out of sync with what the rest of the world takes for granted. Earlier, we had taken a look at the disbelief in climate change. Now I discover that evolution is a hot potato as well…
. . . → Read More: American audiences can't face Evolution!
By bhagwad, on September 21st, 2009
Patents and Intellectual Property are concepts that have destroyed the very qualities which humans need in order to survive – mimicking, copying, and freely learning from the inventions of others. . . . → Read More: How Patents stifle and go against Human nature
By bhagwad, on September 20th, 2009
It took me a little while to figure out how to convert tags into categories in my WordPress blog, and here’s hoping that someone else doesn’t need to search as much.
Wordpress Tags to Categories
Basically I found that too many of my tags were long . . . → Read More: Converting WordPress Tags into Categories
By bhagwad, on September 19th, 2009
The prologue for “The Gathering Storm” – the twelfth book in the “Wheel of Time” series – has just been released and I’ve just finished reading it. Just one word for it – fantastic. Brandon Sanderson filling in for Robert Jordan does a great job in presenting lots of major characters including . . . → Read More: "The Gathering Storm" Prologue Review – I love it! (Wheel of Time series)
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