Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Anthropology category.
Anglos in the wind: The dance of a beautiful people
Filed in Anthropology, General Interest, February 18, 2010, 8:16 pm by Abdul FakhriAnglos in the wind: The dance of a beautiful peopleIt was a pleasant surprise when my friend from school days Richard invited my family and myself to ‘The Grand Hockey Dinner Dance’ at the St. Bede’s School Grounds on Saturday, the 9th January 2010. This dance was the culmination of a 2-day long hockey tournament [...]
IVC Symbology – Bangles & Marital Status
Filed in Anthropology, August 22, 2009, 9:08 pm by SukumarIVC Symbology – Bangles & Marital StatusUpdated 23 Aug 2009 2:50PM – added the Indus signs from Bryan Wells’ paper.
Updated 22 Aug 2009 11:55PM – found the image of the single/double bangle.
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FTOTW [Fine Tastings of the Week]
Why we must focus on women for development – a brilliant/heart rending/uplifting article in NYT (Via Ganesh). Programmable Web [...]
Does friendship still have any value in the New Millennium?
Filed in Anthropology, General Interest, June 28, 2009, 8:45 pm by Abdul FakhriDoes friendship still have any value in the New Millennium?As someone who has grown up amongst a wide variety of friends, I was taken aback when a friend told me recently that it is increasingly becoming rare when you can have a conversation for conversation’s sake with someone even for a full hour. The implication in [...]
How cosmopolitan is cosmopolitan? (or) how cosmopolitan can cosmopolitan get?
Filed in Anthropology, General Interest, June 16, 2009, 10:46 am by Abdul FakhriHow cosmopolitan is cosmopolitan? (or) how cosmopolitan can cosmopolitan get?At the point when folk join organizations to be part of teams, they are reminded that they have left all their cultural biases, if any, of colleagues from diverse backgrounds, behind them and are now part of a cosmopolitan workforce. With globalization, we have also reached a stage [...]
Why Twitter maybe at the vanguard of a tectonic shift?
Filed in Anthropology, Strategy & Business Models, Technology, May 13, 2009, 5:39 pm by SukumarWhy Twitter maybe at the vanguard of a tectonic shift?Updated Aug 15, 2009 10 PM – Here is a recent techmemed post that contemplates some similar ideas about Twitter.
Updated May 16, 2009 6:15PM – Mark Cuban says most of his traffic is now coming from Twitter/Facebook and less and less from Google!
FTOTW
We restarted this series [...]
