Dear readers, An Unquiet Mind is growing up. It is no longer an adolescent that has to live under the auspices of WordPress.com. It is now getting its own home on the web. I cannot disable comments on this blog so please do not take the pains to comment here anymore. I am trying my…
Kids are the fastest evolving species on this planet. Parenting techniques become outdated faster and faster. However, I think many underlying principles remain the same. I think good parenting is not an acquired skill – because it needs constant acquiring. I need to be learning and adapting all the time if I am to be…
Born to a wheelwright, he left home at age 6 to sing in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral. When his voice broke, he was dismissed. Haydn like wine so much, he insisted that part of his salary be paid in it. The greatest mistake of his life was marrying his wife. Initially, he fell in love…
Take a look at these numbers: This is my 267th post. There are 2962 authentic comments on this blog. My posts have 203 tags in 39 categories. Total views crossed 100K quite a while back. These numbers usually don’t mean much to me. But I always use a trick while climbing a mountain. When I…
Friends, thank you for visiting my blog and for your comments. I met with an unfortunate accident end of last week, and hence will be out of action for a couple of weeks. Nothing serious, but I need to rest and recover. Thanks for visiting. I will be back soon.
With the first swine flu death reported in my city of Pune, I thought I’d provide some Swine Flu related information specific to India. Swine Flu India is the central website for all information and updates. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has an information page for Swine Flu. This MS Word document supplied…
After months of sitting on my computer on a backless settee, I began to realize that my back has a spinal cord, and that it's made up of individual vertebrae. But that's not what this is about. While my new chair does indeed improve my posture, this is a new posturing using Posterous.com. I am…
While Barack Obama proclaims White House support to the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities to which India is a signatory, the Indian Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment in a unique case of young woman in India. My apologies, but the subject necessitates a lengthy post. Background Born in 1991,…
A few days back, I was watching a children’s reality show on TV, Zee Saregamapa Little Champs. Young children sing and compete in this show, and there are two judges, one of whom is Ms. Alka Yagnik. After one of the kids sung a song composed by Bappi Lahiri, Ms. Yagnik said she had brought…
A few weeks back, HyperActiveX asked me something on Twitter. “What is your data flow? Have you mapped it yet?” or something to that effect. This had been on my mind for quite a few months and I always pushed it to the back burner. Quadrant I vs. Quadrant II. The usual story. But his…
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