Pari's Blog

Just thought I’d blog these editorials which seem to have gotten buried in the media frenzy: India’s Antiterror Blunders – Wall Street Journal Why India is a Target – Yahoo News Calling All Pakistanis – New York Times, Thomas Friedman

Hindus have been doing this for ages. In Tamil it’s called thōpukaranam (தோப்புக்கரணம்). This is a typical ritual when praying to Ganesha (God in the form of “Remover of Obstacles” and “Purveyor of Knowledge”). Yet another spiritual technology expropriated from Hindus and inducted into science.In addition, the exercise has been used as punishment (by teachers [...]

As usual I check any drug that the doctor writes me (given that there are so many drugs that are banned in the USA, but being dumped in India and sold over the counter). FYI, 3 of the 6 drugs that my dentist prescribed (after I got my wisdom tooth pulled): Zil-O (Ofloxacin, Ornidazol) Purpose: [...]