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Does mathematics make us boring dullards?

Does mathematics make us boring dullards?

March 23, 20121 mins

I stumbled upon an interesting blog today. The interestingness starts with the blog tag line and url: The Intelligent Woman’s Toyboy | The musings of an eccentric but not particularly intelligent…

Calling all Sanskrit Poets

Calling all Sanskrit Poets

March 09, 20121 mins

Q: What happens when a British woman with a degree in Classics and Sanskrit from Oxford University moves to Bangalore? A: She falls in love with an Indian fashion designer and a Royal Enfield Bullet…

You know when your blog’s spam filter isn’t working when…

You know when your blog’s spam filter isn’t working when…

March 05, 20121 mins

You start seeing the following type of comments in your moderation queue: Your posts gives me motivation to keep on my intention to create a blog one day. thank you for all. Thanks, this is really…

Decoding a power-packed Facebook status update

Decoding a power-packed Facebook status update

March 05, 20121 mins

After a long time, I came across a Facebook status update which deserves highlighting. Here’s the 45-word beauty sans PII: Watched Mamma Mia in SF today and loved it. It made me want to hit the dance…

4 years of blogging!

4 years of blogging!

February 09, 20122 mins

Yup – 4 years! To celebrate my 4-year blogging anniversary, I migrated my WordPress-hosted wordpress.ulaar.com blog to ulaar.com. I’m sure it’s an event the blogosphere’s been looking forward to with…

If you want to FEEL the American civil rights movement, listen to this song

If you want to FEEL the American civil rights movement, listen to this song

September 10, 20112 mins

Mississippi Goddam by Nina Simone By Nina Simone’s own admission, this was her first civil rights song. It was inspired by the murder of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on…

A definition for pleasure and pain

A definition for pleasure and pain

September 02, 20111 mins

I found the following gem in Pandit Usharbudh Arya’s Mantra & Meditation: The Lawbook of Manu (IV.60) states: All dependency on other than one’s self is pain, Whatever is controlled by one’s self is…

My experiments with calligraphy

My experiments with calligraphy

December 30, 20103 mins

This is the first blog post I wrote (I mean hand wrote) with my new Lamy fountain pen. Considering that the paper and pen are a dying breed (a question of when, not if), what made me go to the William…

Darndest English signs in China

Darndest English signs in China

October 23, 20101 mins

(Hat tip to my pal Dhananjay for forwarding these gems with the hilarious captions) Welcome for Coming The key to existence is pushing! Errr what? I won’t…Promise…But where on earth are you…

Natural Remedy for Late Stage Dengue – Raw Papaya Juice?

Natural Remedy for Late Stage Dengue – Raw Papaya Juice?

August 19, 20103 mins

For the last 3-4 months, I’ve been reading about the many cases of dengue-related deaths in Bangalore. A colleague’s (S) daughter was also diagnosed with dengue – fortunately it turned out not to be…