NYT has a very interesting article about Dalits in India. It is about a transformation taking place in India: Mr. Prasad was born into the Pasi community, once considered untouchable on the ancient Hindu caste order. Today, a chain-smoking, irrepressible…
Economic gains are limited in India
After having visited Gurgaon and other places and seeing great buildings and shopping malls in India, I was very pleased about economic gains in India. Today I read a very sobering article in Times of India. According to latest figures,…
Carrot works in research
I was browsing thru about 40 research proposals submitted in response to a request for proosal (for obvious reasons no details on the agency and the program). This agency requested proposals in an area –lets call it XY — and…
Indian Medals at Olympic — an interesting perspective
For the first time India won three medals — 1 gold in shooting and 2 bronzes in boxing and wrestling. Good reasons for India and Indians to celebrate this. Let’s hope that the process of excelling in sports has started.…
Computing in 100 BC
NYT reports on Antikythera Mechaism that could be considered analog computing in 100 BC. Interesting that: the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic…