TIME and CNN are celebrating sixty years of Indian independence and have a wonderful series of articles on India and its journey through these sixty years. Have a look, if you don't have time(pun intended) at least look at the graphics on post 7 and 8.
2) From Partition to Prosperity: A Family's Journey
4)The Real Estate Mogul Leading India's Charge
5) India's Democratic Advantage
As all of you know already, Sanjay Dutt was recently sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment for possession of a fire arm during the mumbai riots. Eventhough the court might be right I felt the judgement was a bit harsh. I think that more than possession, the channel he used to obtain the firearms was wrong. And in the same week a court in TN has acquitted the main accused in the coimbatore blast case. So a man who procures a fire arm for his own protection is more culpable than a man who instigates communal violence and abets in a bomb blast ?? This is sheer hypocrisy. watch this video on Sanjay Dutt produced by the BBC.
I remember learning many tips and tricks for my engineering entrance test. I have forgotten most of them and in engineering I got so addicted to the calculator that now even two multiply 4 times 5 I use a calc. This is a cool video showing an useful trick to calculate the product of two numbers within 5 secs. It is very easy even a fifth grader can do this !.
