Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Uncategorized category.
Nigeria/Cross River State/Calabar Trip Report
Filed in Uncategorized, August 1, 2010, 3:47 am by Ganesh VaideeswaranNigeria/Cross River State/Calabar Trip ReportAs part of IBM CSC program, I travelled to the city of Calabar which is located in Cross River State, Nigeria. Cross River State is located in South East Nigeria and Calabar was once a major slave trade port between 17th and 19th century. The CSC program is one of a [...]
Wellness – it is in the mind too
Filed in General Interest,Uncategorized, January 27, 2009, 7:00 am by SukumarWellness – it is in the mind tooThis is my 3rd article for the Dignity Foundation’s magazine for Senior Citizens. I didn’t publish the second one containing some basic methods to research health issues, which may be too elementary for our readers. —— This time i want to cover the wellness aspects of our mind. [...]
American politics and religion
Filed in Uncategorized, January 19, 2009, 8:02 am by Ganesh VaideeswaranAmerican politics and religionBarak Hussein Obama will be sworn in as America’s 44th president on the 20th of January 2009. There has been some unneeded controversy around his middle name ‘Hussein’ and if he will take oath using his full name including ‘Hussein’. And I am glad he took the dignified route of using his full name. [...]
Do bridges matter anymore?
Filed in Books,General Interest,Reviews,Uncategorized, October 1, 2008, 10:30 pm by Abdul FakhriDo bridges matter anymore?(On the occasion of Gandhi’s birth anniversary, I dedicate this post to the memory of late Rajnarayan Chandavarkar among the finest sons and historians of India. Raj was based at Cambridge, England.) “We can help make the world safe for diversity. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that [...]
Deconstructing Doha
Filed in Uncategorized, August 3, 2008, 11:35 am by SukumarDeconstructing DohaProlog The press is agog with articles on the collapse of the Doha round. It is sad indeed that after 7 years of negotiations the agreement collapsed on a single issue. I have been reading the articles and trying to make sense of what exactly has happened. I thought i will share with you [...]
