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मेरे ख़याल में भारतीय खाना सब से स्वादिष्ट है। इसलिए अक्सर भारतीय खाना बनाता हूं। लेकिन भारतीय खाना बनाने का कार्य मुश्किल ही है और सच पूछो तो सुस्त हूं। अच्छा, अभी मैंने झूठ कहा है। वास्तव में बहुत मेहनती हूं लेकिन मेरी कार्यसूची में खाना बनाना महत्वपूर्ण नहीं। पकाने से कई दूसरे काम करने [...]

In the days leading up to Halloween, I’ve been hearing about and reading about people objecting to any observance of Halloween in public schools. From this article:
Bowing to concerns of a wide range of groups - from Christians who consider Halloween to have pagan or satanic overtones to church-state separatists who object to the [...]

Luk Van Parijs was fired from the MIT for fabricating data. I’m glad that someone is paying attention to issues of fraud in science and academia.

Daniel Lyons, over at Forbes, has some issues with blogs. The gist of the article is that companies should be protected from criticism on blogs and should have an easy way to quash such criticism. Free-speech and privacy be damned, companies should have their way with the little people. There are already laws [...]

M. Night Shyamalan is against the notion that DVDs should be released at the same time movies are released to the big screen. He holds that that would spell the end of movie theatres. Basically, he wants to force people to see new releases in theatre. I don’t think this statement is a [...]

For those who needed another proof, here’s an article that talks about how the increase in average passenger weight has led to transportation disasters.
On another note but from the same article:
For end-of-life considerations, Batesville Caskets last year launched its “Dimensions” line of supersized burial caskets.

Does the funeral home representative ask the client “do you want [...]

I paid a visit to the dentist last August to have my teeth cleaned. The assistant asked me when was the last time I had my teeth cleaned. “Baaa baaa”, I replied sheepishly. It had been a long time since my last cleaning. I realized just how long when she announced that she [...]

Finally, someone has found the courage to just tell it as it is. No more euphemisms like “feminine trouble”, “male itch” or “overactive bladder”…
They even qualify the odor as fishy. How’s that for details? If they’d try to be clearer, they’d have to narrow it down to a specific species of fish [...]

The Rolling Stones came to C’ville last Thursday to perform at UVA’s Scott stadium. The parking spaces normally available to faculty, staff and students were taken up by people coming from out of town for the show. Departments closed earlier than normal. Classes were cancelled due to the disruption.
Funny thing. When [...]