Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the General Interest category.
Deadly Justice – Part 3
Filed in General Interest, January 31, 2009, 7:00 am by Priya RajuTweetIn the last 2 posts – Part 1 & Part 2, I strongly advocated the case for retaining the death penalty, provided certain criteria were met. What are the harsh realities of capital punishment? Its not my intention to sweep inconvenient truths under the carpet, especially when they are explosive in nature. Let’s swallow the […]
Wellness – it is in the mind too
Filed in General Interest,Uncategorized, January 27, 2009, 7:00 am by SukumarTweetThis 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. But before that I want to […]
Deadly Justice – Part 2
Filed in General Interest, January 23, 2009, 7:00 am by Priya RajuTweetIn September 2008, I wrote Part -1 on my series on the Death Penalty. Events transpired – death of someone I cared about, Srilankan war, our trip to Singapore & Raju Garu (Sigh!). For an extremely focused person, I get extremely distracted. Since the series on Srilanka is more or less at its mid-point, I […]
Blog Pongal #3 – Best posts of 2008
Filed in General Interest, January 16, 2009, 7:00 am by SukumarTweet2008 proved to be a great year for our blog. Not only did we complete 4 years of blogging , we also hit the mega milestone of 1 Million Page Views. Read the Millenium Bat Awards from Jan 2008 – this laugh riot from Priya Raju to kick off the Blog Pongal, our annual feature […]
Satyameva Jayate
Filed in General Interest, January 12, 2009, 7:35 pm by Priya RajuTweetHave you seen the cult movie “Quiz Show”? Its about the scandal surrounding the 1950s TV quiz show “21”, a precursor of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”. The show’s sponsor Geritol threatened to pull the plug, unless the ratings of “21” improved. So, the show was rigged by its producers in NBC, who favored […]
