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 [...]
Fortune magazine’s 2008 list of 100 Best Companies to work for. Apparently the company I used to work for for a good number of years, Booz Allen Hamilton, ranks 81 among the 100 best companies to work for (above Microsoft, Yahoo, FedEx, Texas Instruments). Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly) some companies that did not make [...]