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This is the concluding part of the narrative of our honeymoon cruise. I had written earlier on the dining options and the activities & entertainment aboard Carnival Conquest and later shared our experiences at the ports-of-call, [...]
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Given the number of blog posts, magazine (and journal) articles, and news reports I read these days, I had almost given up on books with more than 300 pages often citing attention deficit as a lame excuse, as compared to other people who seem to chew on books like a raging bull. But when I [...]
Patrix | Books, History, India | 3 Comments »
Bhubhaneshwar, Konark, and Puri form a neat triangle in a travel itinerary (much like Mumbai, Pune, and Nashik but smaller) and can easily be visited in a day. But only if you manage your time well and are given strict time limits wherever you stop at. Given the famed Indian habit to linger and add [...]
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What if it wasn’t really the United States of America?
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In the recently-concluded general studies paper of the UPSC’s Civil Services exam, candidates saw a strange question that asked them to evaluate the contribution of revolutionary terrorism represented by Bhagat Singh [source]. Since Indian citizens are always waiting to be offended, it was only matter of time before protests and law suits followed. Is Bhagat [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, History, India | 2 Comments »
Zoom into your favorite details of the Last Supper. Is that really a woman, as Dan Brown said? Nope, you cannot look under the table. Note that I am only at 13% zoom-in. Pretty cool, eh?
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Many futuristic movies show flying cars and climate-controlled cities on far-flung planets. Even the first Terminator had predicted robots going to war against mankind as early as 1997 but thankfully nothing of the sort happened. Science fiction deals completely with visualizing the future and more often than not predicting doom (because I guess, it makes [...]
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Matheran Train completes 100 years in 2007. A renaming issue is brewing as it seeks to find a place in the World Heritage List.
Patrix | History, India | 2 Comments »
“I have reflected many times upon our rigid search. It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us, on the inside, looking out. Like you say, inside out. Jonathan, in this way, I will always be along the side of your life. [...]
The power of YouTube is evident when we come across wonderful gems of modern history. Via Digg, I found a link to clips of Gandhi from the pre-independence era. This clip is a montage of his life when Nehru announced Gandhi’s death on All-India Radio
Other Gandhi videos:
Gandhi in Shimla
Gandhi-Jinnah meeting, 1944.
Update: If you are [...]
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Ten days that changed America. I am surprised they left out 9/11 or Al Gore’s defeat to Bush. I bet history will tell a different story.
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Lest we forget. Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre; one of the greatest travesty on the spirit of democracy and freedom of expression.
Patrix | Governance, History | 6 Comments »
Indian Express is running a fine series on the state of our world-heritage monuments. They presented two contrasting case studies over the past weekend; one in Sanchi and the other in Aurangabad – the Stupa and the Ajanta Caves respectively. Personally, these monuments are close to my interest since I have studied them both during [...]
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Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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Underwhelming. Johansson is miscast but continues her run of being the 'other woman'.
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