Snap Judgement: July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

Mella Kasinthathu - Audio CD: "MELLA KASINTHATHU"

What's in My Food? - AOL Money & Finance

What's in My Food? - AOL Money & Finance: "Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word.

When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods."

Tamil | Thamizh Thesiya Thamizhar Kannottam | Amarantha | Cuba

Tamil | Thamizh Thesiya Thamizhar Kannottam | Amarantha | Cuba: "கியுபாவின் சிக்கல்கள் -- ரான் ரைட்னூர் -- (தமிழில் : அமரந்த்தா)"

Local activists crusade to cut circumcisions

The Phoenix > News Features > Local activists crusade to cut circumcisions: "What do William Shakespeare, Don Johnson, Sean Hannity, Redd Foxx, and Ralph Nader have in common with Jenna Jameson flicks and 70 percent of men worldwide?

They're all uncut.

'Martin Luther King Jr. was never circumcised either,' says John Iozza, a foreskin-bearing operative with the Boston-based Circumcision Resource Center (CRC) (and its corresponding Web site, circumcision.org). 'Elvis had all his parts, too — I'd say he did pretty well for himself.'"

A meaningful debate about Massachusetts will take intelligence and courage

The Phoenix > The Editorial Page > Patrick's opponents: "Charlie Baker, former head of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and onetime finance chief for governors William Weld and Paul Cellucci, was scheduled to file papers this week to officially open his gubernatorial campaign. With that, he also unofficially kicks off the 2010 Massachusetts election season.

Baker does so with the tailwind of a stunning Boston Globe poll, reported this past Sunday, that showed widespread disenchantment with Governor Deval Patrick. Also hoping to take advantage of Patrick's blues are supermarket tycoon Christy Mihos, who has announced his second run at the office, this time as a Republican, and State Treasurer Tim Cahill, who is widely expected to announce his Independent candidacy later this summer."

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Shaaji, Yuvan Chandrasekar, Charu Nivethitha on Music, Naan Kadavul, Ilaiyaraja, AR Rehman: Tamil Films: Audio, MP3

தமிழின் முதன்மையான முன்னணி கலை-: "உயிர்மையில் 'இசைபட வாழ்தல்' என்ற தலைப்பில் ஷாஜி எழுதிவரும் பத்தியின் முதல் தொகுதி ச"

ஷாஜி சென்னை: நாம் சரியாகத் தான் �

ஷாஜி சென்னை: இசையின் மதம்

ஷாஜி சென்னை: இளையராஜா: ஒரு வரலாற�

தமிழின் முதன்மையான முன்னணி கலை-: "நிசப்தத்தின் திரை ஒலி - ஷாஜி"

தமிழின் முதன்மையான முன்னணி கலை-: "சரியாக இசை கேட்பது பற்றி... -- யுவன் சந்திரசேகர்"

யுவன் சந்திரசேகருக்கு ஒரு பதில�: "சரியாக இசை கேட்டதன் லட்சணம்"

இசைக்கூறுகள் - அறிமுகம் :: தமிழ் இந்து: "இசை, கலைகள்"

இசைக்கூறுகள் - ரஸபாவம் - ராகம் -- தமிழ் இந்து: "Carnatic Music, Tamil Music, இசைக்கூறுகள், கர்நாடக இசை, கர்நாடக சங்கீதம், தமிழர் இசை, தமிழிசை, தொடர், ரஸபாவம், ராகம்"

தமிழ் இந்து: "தமிழிசைக் கூறுகள்- பாகம் 01: தாளம் மற்றும் ஸ்வரம்"

வார்த்தைகளின் விளிம்பில்: கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் - அழகியல் மாற்றங்கள்: "1. Cousins, Margaret - Music of the Orient and the Ocident.
2. Clements,Ernest - Introduction to the study of Indian Music.
3. Amanda.J. Weidman - Singing the classical, voicing the modern.
4. A.M.ChinnaSwamy Mudhaliar - Oriental Music in European Notation"

வார்த்தைகளின் விளிம்பில்: கர்ந�: "கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் - தமிழிசை - எப்படி கேட்பது?"

வார்த்தைகளின் விளிம்பில்: தமிழிசை - கட்டை ஒரு விளக்கம்

வார்த்தைகளின் விளிம்பில்: தாளவாத்திய இசைக்கலைஞர்

வார்த்தைகளின் விளிம்பில்: பீத்�: "பீத்தோவன் - தேவா - தொல்லிசை"

வார்த்தைகளின் விளிம்பில்: : "இசை வடிவங்கள்"

நான் கடவுள் – ஒரு விளக்கம்: "இளையராஜாவின் குரலில் ’பிச்சை பாத்திரம்’ பாட்டு கேட்டதாக எழுதி இருந்தீர்கள். ஆனால் அது பாடினது மது பாலகிருஷ்ணன்"

இசை பற்றி எழுத உங்களுக்கு என்ன �

இசை பற்றி எழுத உங்களுக்கு என்ன �

:: CHARUNIVEDITA ::: "தீராநதி - நேர்காணல்"

தமிழின் முதன்மையான முன்னணி கலை-: "நான் கடவுள் - நரகத்திலிருந்து ஒரு குரல் : பின் நவீனத்துவப் புரட்சி --- சாரு நிவேதிதா"

தமிழின் முதன்மையான முன்னணி கலை-: "ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான் - கோல்டன் குளோப் விருதை வெல்லும் முதல் இந்தியர் --- ஷாஜி"

Nagore Rumi: பறவையின் தடங்கள் » Roomi » நான் கடவுள்: மார்ச் மாத (2009) உயிர்மை இதழில் ‘நான் கடவுள்’ படம் பற்றிய ஒரு விரிவான விமர்சனக் கட்டுரையை சாரு நிவேதிதா எழுதியுள்ளார்.

Printing mistake in Question paper: - Fun Jokes; Email Forwards

Printing mistake in Question paper: - இது சும்மா..: "“Prove that 2/10=0.2 “ is wrongly printed as ” 2/10=2”"

BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria's 'Taliban' enigma

BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria's 'Taliban' enigma: "They have launched co-ordinated attacks across northern Nigeria, threatening to overthrow the government and impose strict Islamic law - but who exactly are the Nigerian Taliban?"

BBC NEWS | Africa | Detained Nigeria sect head 'dead': Mohammed Yusuf leads Boko Haram, which wants to overthrow the government and impose a strict version of Islamic law. His followers have been blamed for violence in the north-east that has left more than 300 people dead.

He was arrested earlier in the day, after reportedly being found hiding in a goat pen at his parents-in-law's house.

Axixa, A Hygienic Way Of Peeing On The Walls - The Design blog

Axixa, A Hygienic Way Of Peeing On The Walls - The Design blog: "public urinal, concept, public ceramic urinal, design, Lifestyle,"

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Broken Bits • via ec.mashable.com

Yugabharathy poems: Tamil Kavidhai: Love Kavinjar

யுகபாரதி: "கிழிந்தயென் வீட்டுக்குள்ளே கிழமைபோல் நுழைந்தாய்; நீயென் நாளையை வெளிச்சமாக்கும் நான்கடி விளக்கு; "

Blogeswari: Film-making: The madness : LOCATION

Milk: America’s Health Problem: Organic

Milk: America’s Health Problem

PHD Comics: Great Tweets of Science

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Organic food is no healthier, study finds | U.S. | Reuters

Organic food is no healthier, study finds | U.S. | Reuters: "Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday.

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007."

sobees – your social desktop aggregator

sobees integrates a large number of Internet services. sobees automatically pulls information from friends on different social networks together with news, photos, videos, and other data from the Web.: "* Facebook (friends, status, status updates, photos, photo uploader)
* Twitter with URL shortener
* Twitter search
* Friendfeed
* YouTube
* Flickr
* News
* RSS feeds
* Movie releases, Netflix movie search
* Web search, picture search and news search (Windows Live and Yahoo BOSS)"

Twitter Gadget for Gmail

Avatar with Green: Support Iran Elections: Photo Comics

The Brads – a comic about web design » The Brads – Iran

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: USSR: Russian Lit: Fiction, Youth, Women, India 80s

:: RAMAKRISHNAN ::

Seval Sandai: Cock Fights: Animal Rights: Rural Chicken Shows: S Ramakrishnan

:: RAMAKRISHNAN ::: "கத்தி கட்டப்பட்ட பட்டம்புத்தூர் சேவல் நாலைந்து அடிவாங்கிய பிறகும் சீற்றம் கொள்ளாமல் தடுமாறிக் கொண்டேயிருந்தது. அடித்த சந்தோஷத்தில் நரிக்குடி சேவல் புழுதியை வாறியபடியே சிலுப்பியது."

The Way Forward In Sri Lanka By Rohini Hensman

The Fate of Internally Displaced People: IDP in Tamil Eelam: "The way forward in Sri Lanka involves demilitarisation, restoration of the rule of law, and democratisation. These are interlinked so closely that it is impossible to separate them, and on their fulfilment depends not only the political future of Sri Lanka, but also its economic survival."

Brain Power - In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be Valuable

The Gut Feeling - Series - NYTimes.com: "For all that scientists have studied it, the brain remains the most complex and mysterious human organ — and, now, the focus of billions of dollars’ worth of research to penetrate its secrets.

This is the third article in a series that is looking in depth at some of the insights these projects are producing."

Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future - NYTimes.com

Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future - NYTimes.com: "For much of his education, Xue Longlong was silently accompanied from grade to grade, school to school, by a sealed Manila envelope stamped top secret. Stuffed inside were grades, test results, evaluations by fellow students and teachers, his Communist Party application and — most important for his job prospects — proof of his 2006 college degree.

Everyone in China who has been to high school has such a file. The files are irreplaceable histories of achievement and failure, the starting point for potential employers, government officials and others judging an individual’s worth. Often keys to the future, they are locked tight in government, school or workplace cabinets to eliminate any chance they might vanish.

But two years ago, Mr. Xue’s file did vanish. "

The Uses of Vouchers by Jay P. Greene, Patrick J. McCloskey, City Journal 28 July 2009

The Uses of Vouchers by Jay P. Greene, Patrick J. McCloskey, City Journal 28 July 2009: "School choice can help special-ed students and keep the Catholic-school option alive in the inner city."

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Books: Mowni: Mouni Fiction - Short Story

புத்தகம்: 40. மெளனியின் கதைகள்: "நூல்: மெளனியின் கதைகள்
ஆசிரியர்: மெளனி
பக்கங்கள்: 328
விலை: ரூ.185
பதிப்பகம்: பீகாக் பதிப்பகம்"

Achamundu Review: Mookku Sundar

My Nose: அச்சமுண்டு அச்சமுண்டு - உச்சமுண்டு உச்சமுண்டு

Jeeva: Idiot Box

ஜீவா ஓவியக்கூடம்: இடியட் பாக்ஸ்: "பாக்ஸ் இடியட் இல்ல."

Baskar Sakthy Fiction: Story, Synopsis, Reviews, Books, Tamil Lit

கேளுங்க...கேளுங்க...கேட்டுக்கிட்ட�: பாஸ்கர் சக்தியால் இயலும்.இவரது இரண்டாவது சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பான அழகர்சாமியின் குதிரையில் மொத்தம் ஒன்பது சிறுகதைகளும் இரண்டு குறுநாவல்களும் வாசிக்கக் கிடைத்தன. வெண்ணிலா கபடிக் குழு திரைப் படத்தில் பல இடங்களில் சரளமாக விரவியிருந்த சரவெடி ஹாஸ்ய நெடி ஜெயமோகனின் கருத்தை

E-publishing, Blogging and Print-on-demand

E-publishing, Blogging and Print-on-demand: "Badri Seshadri"

Italo Calvino :: Folk tales: Books, Translations

பயமறியா ஜான் – இடாலோ கால்வினோ « �: "அயல் இலக்கியம், இலக்கியம், சிறுகதை, மொழிபெயர்ப்பு"

AR Rehman Book by N Chokkan: Music Director, Theater Performances, Background Audio, Re-recording

ரஹ்மான் « மனம் போன போக்கில்: "நவீன தொழில்நுட்பத்தை அவர் எப்படியெல்லாம் பயன்படுத்திக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார், அபூர்வமாக வரும் தோல்வியைக்கூட அவர் எப்படி அணுகுகிறார், அநாவசிய வம்புகளில் சிக்கிக்கொள்ளாமல் எப்படித் தவிர்க்கிறார், புதிய திறமைகளை"

வாழ்த்துகள்.

நீங்க முறையாக இசை பயின்றதுண்டா? இந்தப் புத்தகத்தை வாங்கினால், ரெஹ்மானின் செவ்வியல் (மேற்கத்திய, நம்ம பக்கம்) ஒப்புமை எல்லாம் கலந்துகட்டி அறிமுகமாக அத்தியாயம் ஏதேனும் உண்டா?

ரெஹ்மானின் வாழ்க்கை, சுவையான சம்பவங்கள் என்பதை விட அவருடைய பாணி ஏன் வேறுபடுகிறது, எங்கு உள்வாங்கியுள்ளது, எவ்வாறு similarஆக இருக்கு என்பதை அறிவியல்பூர்வமாக சொல்லும் கட்டுரை அடங்கியுள்ளதா?

SimplyCVR: My exhibition in Alliance Francaise

The hunger artist

Marion Wallace-Dunlop by Joseph Lennon TLS: "Marion Wallace-Dunlop: painter, suffragette and the first modern woman to starve herself for politics"

Chennai Week Events by Madras Musings

TN Week Events by Madras Musings « Tamil Nadu Heritage and Music

India Launches Nuclear Submarine - NYTimes.com

India Launches Nuclear Submarine - NYTimes.com: The country became one of just six nations in the world to have successfully built a nuclear-powered submarine.

Headed for the Screen - ‘The White Tiger’ - NYTimes.com

Arts, Briefly - Headed for the Screen - ‘The White Tiger’ - NYTimes.com: "The novelist, playwright and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi has been hired to write the film adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, “The White Tiger,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The book, Mr. Adiga’s debut novel, examined class struggles in India through the tale of a village boy transformed into an entrepreneur."

Terror Ties Run Deep in Pakistan, Mumbai Case Shows - NYTimes.com

Terror Ties Run Deep in Pakistan, Mumbai Case Shows - NYTimes.com: Sympathies for Lashkar-e-Taiba and its jihadist and anti-Indian culture are raising a serious challenge to any long-lasting moves to dismantle the network.

Twice Branded: Western Women in Muslim Lands

World Affairs Journal - Judy Bachrach is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair.: "Every time I despair of the way women are treated in Muslim countries—and the few syllables Western leaders and op-ed columnists expend on their humiliations, mutilations, harassments, and, yes, murders—I turn to the Web site of Mona Eltahawy. Eltahawy spent her formative years in Egypt and Saudi Arabia:

A couple of years after I stopped visiting, a horrific fire broke out in a school in Mecca, home to the Muslim world’s holiest site. Fifteen girls burned to death because morality police standing outside the school wouldn’t let them out of the burning building. Why? Because they weren’t wearing headscarves and abayas, the black cloaks that girls and women must wear in public in Saudi Arabia."

Trisha, Badani slug it out at nightclub - News & Interviews - Regional - ENTERTAINMENT - The Times of India

Trisha, Badani slug it out at nightclub - News & Interviews - Regional - ENTERTAINMENT - The Times of India: "According to sources present on the scene, trouble started when the cricketer, who was partying hard, ‘bumped’ into Trisha.
The actress, who was present with her friends at the venue, apparently was not in a mood to forgive the cricketer, who, for his part, claimed that he had brushed against her by accident.

Trisha reportedly called Badani a no-good cricketer and hurled a few obnoxious abuses. An infuriated Badani returned the gesture with equally obscene expletives and derogatory name calling. After this, their fight degenerated into a physical one, involving fisticuffs and blows. Sources claim that both the celebrities had to be separated by friends present at the venue and were last seen leaving the venue in a huff."

YouTube - JK Wedding Entrance Dance

YouTube - JK Wedding Entrance Dance: "Our wedding entrance dance to Forever...yeah, forever. It took place at a Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota."

Monday, July 27, 2009

Ravi Sreenivas: Q&A - 32 Questions!

கண்ணோட்டம்- KANNOTTAM: 20/32 கேள்வி -பதில்

Dabbler: Books

Umberto Eco's Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanna: "Chenthil"

Ainthaam Padai: Sundar C, Kushboo, Devayani, Simran, Nasser, Vivek, Mukesh: Movie Reviews

ஐந்தாம்படை..! - சினிமா விமர்சனம் ~ உ

Lucky Look - Yuvakrishna's sex & cyber crime series in Kumudam Reporter: Glamor Information

லக்கிலுக் ஆபாசத்தை எதிர்க்கிற�

Friday, July 24, 2009

Beemorgan Travels

அலைக்குறிப்புகள் - I :: "பயணம்"

Pookri - Marriages are made in India from USA

'இந்தியப் பயணம்' | pookri.com: "அமெரிக்கா, அனுபவம்"

Aircell Boat: Ads, Marketing, Banners, Posters: Hoardings & Day to day use

சூரியன்: எப்படியெல்லாம் யோசிக்கிறாய்ங்க

Female Magazines in Tamil Nadu: Malligai Magal, Aval Vikadan: Ladies Issues: Venkatesh

தேவதையை முன்வைத்து… « மூன்றாவது கோணம்: "பத்திரிகை"

Tamil as a Foreign Language for Indian Kids: English, Desis, NRI, Tamil Nadu: Selvaraj

இரா. செல்வராஜ் » Blog Archive » அயல் சூழலில் மொழியும் கலாச்சாரமும்: "ஒழுக்கம், கடவுள், கலாச்சாரம், தொலைக்காட்சி, மொழி

-- கண்மணிகள், சமூகம், வாழ்க்கை"

Will Short Story Survive? - Pa Raghavan, Icarus Prakash on Fiction Serialization: Novels in Magazines

பா. ராகவன் » கால் கிலோ காதல் அரை கிலோ கனவு – 15

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Charu's Characteristics as a columnist: Jayamohan

jeyamohan.in » Blog Archive » கடிதங்கள்: "சாரு ஒரு பத்தி எழுத்தாளர். பத்தி எழுத்துக்குண்டன உரையாடல்தன்மை, விபரீதமாக யோசிக்கும் தன்மை, நகைச்சுவை, துணுக்குகள்: கிசுகிசுக்களை பரப்பும் தன்மை ஆகியவை அவரது பலங்கள்"

Satire: Kaalachumai: Vaa Mu Komu on Book Publishers

வாமு கோமு: "காலச்சுமை 2008 வெளியீடுகள்

பதிமூன்று இரவுகளின் கதை (நாவல்)
கவிநி கமலா"

Two Story: One point of view: Nagarjunan

திணை இசை சமிக்ஞை: 108: 2 - ரெட்டை வாசல�: "நேற்று: 108: 1 - குறிமுறை
நாளை: 108: 3- மிகை கழித்தல்"

10 Fantastic iPhone Apps That Use Facebook Connect

10 Handy WordPress Comments Hacks | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine

10 Handy WordPress Comments Hacks | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine: "Use Twitter Avatars In Comments"

Bonding with books | Books | guardian.co.uk

Bonding with books | Books | guardian.co.uk: "A shared love for a particular novel can bridge the most surprising social gaps"

The longest solar eclipse of the century - The Big Picture - Boston.com

The longest solar eclipse of the century - The Big Picture - Boston.com: "Earlier today, the moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse that crossed nearly half the Earth - through India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. Today's was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in a few areas. Despite cloudy skies in many of the populated areas in the path, millions of people gathered outside to gaze up and view this rare event. Collected here are a few images of the eclipse, and those people who came out to watch."

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

groundviews » The war in Sri Lanka is not over – get it?

Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Politics, Post-War, Vavuniya : "In his ”responses and clarifications’’ to his article, Is the War Really Over?, Lionel Bopage defends himself against a critic’s charge that he doesn’t ”get it” that the war is really over now that the LTTE has been defeated."

YouTube - SAM ANDERSON ON ZEE TAMIL

YouTube - SAM ANDERSON ON ZEE TAMIL: "Sam Anderson Spl. Yarukku Yaro Movie Only on your Zee Tamil on Saturday, July 11, 2009."

Kanavukkaaran Books to Read

கனவுக்காரன்: சில புத்தகங்கள் - ச�: "நாலு கெட்டு [எம்.டி. வாசுதேவன் நாயர் - தமிழில் சி.பாலன்]"

The curious case of Rajinikanth « Iyer Matter

598 Interview

598 Interview: "In this interview with the Raqs Media Collective and C.K. Muralidharan, V.K. Murthy reminiscences about Guru Dutt, lights, cameras, music, technology, the advent of colour and the studio era of Hindi cinema. The interview is edited and excerpted from an extended conversation in December 1999 as part of their India Foundation for the Arts supported research project on the ‘History and Practice of Cinematography in India’."

The Girl from Foreign : The New Yorker

The Girl from Foreign : The New Yorker: "by Sadia Shepard (Penguin Press; $25.95)"

Jewish Roots in India - washingtonpost.com: "THE GIRL FROM FOREIGN

A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Forgotten Histories, and a Sense of Home

By Sadia Shepard"

The Global Family

Book Review: 'Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents' By Minal Hajratwala - washingtonpost.com: "In 'Leaving India,' Minal Hajratwala recounts her family's journey to five continents.

By REVIEW SADIA SHEPARD
Sunday, March 15, 2009;"

Interview with author Ameen Merchant - Community - Life - Canadian Living

Get to know the author of The Silent Raga, the Canadian Living Book Club pick for October.: "Are there any characters particularly close to your heart?

AM: Gayatri Chitti is close to my heart. She lives her life without regret. And she lives it fully and unapologetically."

Racial talk swirls with Gates arrest - The Boston Globe

Racial talk swirls with Gates arrest - The Boston Globe: "The scene - two black men on the porch of a stately home on a tree-lined Cambridge street in the middle of the day - triggered events that were at turns dramatic and bizarre, a confrontation between one of the nation’s foremost African-American scholars and a police sergeant responding to a call that someone was breaking into the house.

It ended when Gates, 58, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct in allegedly shouting at the officer; he was eventually taken away in handcuffs.

But the encounter is anything but over. Some of Gates’s outraged colleagues said the run-in proves that even in a liberal enclave like Harvard Square, even with someone of Gates’s accomplishments, a black man is a suspect before he is a resident."

Editorial: A professor’s arrest

Abraham: Conduct unbecoming the police

Carol Rose: Racial profiling alive and well

Meléndez and Turner: The unfinished work of equality

Statement from the police, city

Editorial
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Carol Rose: Racial profiling alive and well

DA to drop Gates charges

Racial talk swirls with arrest
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PDF Copy of police report

Local, national figures weigh in on Gates' case

Statement from Cambridge police, city

Statement from Cambridge Mayor Simmons

Gallery Who is Henry Louis Gates, Jr.?

3/17/04 Big man off campus

11/12/06 Q&A with Gates

Indira Parthasarathy: Venthu Thanintha Kaadugal

நதியலை: "நாவல் : வெந்து தணிந்த காடுகள்
ஆசிரியர் : இந்திரா பார்த்தசாரதி
பக்கங்கள் : 160
முதற்பதிப்பு : 1983"

Benagluru: Tamil kavithai: Ravichandran City Poems

பெண்களூரும் ‘பயல்கள்’ பற்றிய ச�: "பெண்களூர்! - இரவிச்சந்திரன் / குங்குமம் – 1980"

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

WPR Article | India: The Other Rising Power

WPR Article | India: The Other Rising Power

WPR Article | Clinton in India: Great Expectations

Akshara Kamalahassan

MySpace.com - akshara - 18 - Female - - myspace.com/185575658

shruti haasan on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads: "Shruti Haasan is an artist,born and brought up in India.Her music is a reflection of her various states of mind and her journey through life and love so far.Shruti has always been exposed to music learning Hindustani classical and performing live as well as in films. She graduated from musicians institute in Los Angeles in 2007."

Do we really need a Aggregator for Twitter?

News N Deals - Free Survey results - Cheap deals site

Free eBook eReader from Barnes & Noble | BlackBerryNews.com

Gangubai Hangal, 1913-2009: Veteran Indian Hindustani singer, Classical vocalist dies

கற்கை நன்றே: கங்குபாய் :கர்நாடக�

India's Media Explosion | Foreign Policy

India's Media Explosion | Foreign Policy: "Why print journalism is flourishing in the world's largest democracy."

Author A Muttulingam meet with Writer Jeyamohan in USA: CT Santhippu

வெட்டிப்பயல்: அ.முத்துலிங்கத்த�

Secrets of a Best-Selling Hack: Basic Rules for Writing Fiction

Books of The Times - Secrets of a Best-Selling Hack - Steve Hely’s ‘How I Became a Famous Novelist’ - Review - NYTimes.com: "Steve Hely needed to know how to write very well in order to write as miserably as he does in “How I Became a Famous Novelist.” In a satirical novel that is a gag-packed assault on fictitious best-selling fiction, Mr. Hely, who has been a writer for David Letterman and “American Dad,” takes aim at genre after genre and manages to savage them all. You are invited to trawl the mass-market fiction in your local bookstore if you think Mr. Hely is making much up."

SC frowns at states' pro mother-tongue, anti-English policy

SC frowns at states' pro mother-tongue, anti-English policy: "The Supreme Court today frowned upon the imposition of the mother tongue as a compulsory medium of instruction in educational institutions, warning that it could go
against the interests of students struggling in the present competitive world dominated by English."

'A Great Man, Dumbledore' - Chronicle.com

'A Great Man, Dumbledore' - Chronicle.com: "Community-college administrators can learn a lot from Hogwarts's illustrious, if fictional, headmaster"

Ravi Srinivas: Janata in Boston: No Acid; just base pH

கண்ணோட்டம்- KANNOTTAM: தினவதந்தி : "ஜனதாக் கட்சியில் பாஸ்டன் பாலா(ஜி),பிரபல எழுத்தாளர்,ரவி ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ்!!!"

Manushyaputhiran writes to Charu Nivethitha: Sundara Ramasamy, Kalachuvadu Kannan, Uyirmmai Editorials

Salma, S Ramakrishnan, Jeyamohan, Appreciation, Writers, Authors: சாருவுக்கு ஒரு கடிதம்: "சுந்தர ராமசாமி மனுஷ்ய புத்திரனை உருவாக்குகிறார். நான் சல்மாவை உருவாக்குகிறேன். என்னிடமிருந்து பெற்றுக் கொள்பவர்கள் இப்படித்தான் உருவாவார்கள் என்றால்"

மனுஷ்ய புத்திரனும் சிவாஜி கணேச�

குங்குமத்தில் மனுஷ்ய புத்திரன�: "சுஜாதா, சுந்தரராமசாமி... நான் எதைச் செய்தாலும் இந்த இரண்டுபேரின் நிழலும் அதில் ஏதோ ஒரு ரூபத்தில் விழுந்துவிடுகிறது. எனது இலக்கியம், தனிப்பட்ட வாழ்க்கை இரண்டிலும்"

Monday, July 20, 2009

17 Ways to connect with local twitterers

Satire: K Balamurugan: Tamil Language in English

கே.பாலமுருகன்: தமிழ் மொழியின் சிதைவும் சிறு சிறு சமரசங்களும் அதனுள் ஒளிந்திருக்கும் துரோகங்களும்

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Venkat Saminathan: Madurai City History: Aalavaai: Culture, Life, Incidents

"ஆலவாய் (மதுரை மாநகரத்தின் கதை) - சரித்திரத்தின் ஊடே ஒரு நெடும் பயணம்
Jul 14th, 2009 | By வெங்கட் சாமிநாதன்"

Nagarathnam Krishna: Science Fiction Story

Thinnai: "அறிவியல் புனை கதை: எந்திரசாதி, சோலார் கோத்திரம்

நாகரத்தினம் கிருஷ்ணா"

Achamundu Achamundu - A step in the right direction | The Predicate

Friday, July 17, 2009

Vinavu.com - Anniversary Greetings Special

வினவு ஓராண்டு நிறைவு: கற்றவையும் கடமையும்!!

Signs of Hope Emerge in the West Bank - NYTimes.com

Signs of Hope Emerge in the West Bank - NYTimes.com: "he first movie theater to operate in this Palestinian city in two decades opened its doors in late June. Palestinian policemen standing beneath new traffic lights are checking cars for seat belt violations."

"You don’t appreciate the value of law and order until you lose it. For the past eight years, a 10-year-old boy could order a strike and we would all close. Now nobody can threaten us."
RASHID AL-SAKHEL, owner of a West Bank carpet store.

Tamil Poetry: akam and puram

The Daily Star - Details News: "The Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry (edited by Lakshmi Holmstrom, Subashree Krishnaswamy and K. Srilata; New Delhi; 2009) represents a laudable effort in this direction. Its first part consists of the Sangam and bhakti periods till the pre-modern age of the nineteenth century. The second part is a collection of contemporary poems and poets, including Sri Lankan Tamils, women and dalits, whose voices differ sharply from what went on for a thousand years before them."

Water Sanity Issues: Chennai Mansion

shri ramesh sadasivam :: திரும்பிப் பார்க்கிறேன்: கிணறு வெட்ட பூதம்...!

Manushya Puthiran in Mangaiyar Malar: Q&A

மங்கயர் மலரரில் மனுஷ்ய புத்திர�: "

கடவுள் இருக்கிறாரா?

-கே. நீலமணி, புதுதில்லி

இருந்தார்."

Sivaji Shreya Sharan at Sify Offices

Sify Movies - Shriya Saran brings in the sunshine Image Gallery: "We were expecting just another Friday morning until she arrived. Sexy, lively, opinionated and yes, she knows more about global warming than Al Gore (and is definitely better looking). Meet Shriya Saran as she talks about Kollywood, Bollywood and the space between."

Ten Members of Congress Sign on to Presidential Birth Certificate Bill

‘Birther’ Movement Dogs Republicans | The Washington Independent: "Kris Kobach is a law professor with degrees from Harvard, Yale and Oxford, and a veteran of George W. Bush’s administration who, after Sept. 11, helped craft the policy on domestic registration of foreign visitors to the United States. In May, he announced a run for Kansas secretary of state, campaigning for photo ID requirements at the voting booth. He’s considered a clear front-runner for the job. But over the weekend, Kobach spoke at a Republican Party barbecue and committed a minor gaffe. According to the Lawrence Journal-World, Kobach “asked what President Obama and God had in common, with the punchline being neither has a birth certificate.”"

Google Docs Nightmare Becomes Reality As Hacker Shares Twitter Secrets With World (GOOG)

Google Docs Hacked: "The biggest fear many people have about using Google Docs is security.

Specifically, people are scared to death that, by publishing their confidential information to some web-based server somewhere, they'll end up sharing that information with the world.

The worldwide publication of Google Docs stolen from Twitter just made that fear a high-profile reality"

6 Promising And Open Source Social Networking Softwares To Create Your Own

Seth's Blog: How to make graphs that work

Clever PNG Optimization Techniques | How-To | Smashing Magazine

Twitter’s Internal Strategy Laid Bare: To Be “The Pulse Of The Planet”

Twitter’s Internal Strategy Laid Bare: To Be “The Pulse Of The Planet”: "On Tuesday evening more than 300 confidential Twitter documents and screenshots landed in our inbox. We said we were going to post a handful of them only, and we’ve spent much of the last 36 hours talking directly to Twitter about the right way to go about doing that. We’ll have more to say on that process in a couple of days.

The documents include employment agreements, calendars of the founders, new employee interview schedules, phone logs and bills, alarm settings, a financial forecast, a pitch for a Twitter TV show, confidentiality agreements with companies such as AOL, Dell, Ericsson, and Nokia, a list of employee dietary restrictions, credit card numbers, Paypal and Gmail screen shots, and much more."

Google Saree. | Charu - Today's writings

Google Saree. | Charu - Today's writings: "Posted Under : General Technology funky Images display"

Finance Cartoons: Comics

Accurate depiction of how Wall Street works! :) on Twitpic: "Accurate depiction of how Wall Street works"

Swine flu may keep some schools shut in September | World news | guardian.co.uk

Swine flu may keep some schools shut in September | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Uncertainty over spread of pandemic could keep pupils away for start of autumn term"

Thursday, July 16, 2009

What Happened to the Suicide Bombers of Jerusalem?

Print: "fighting words

Nasty, fanatical old men, not human emotions, decided who died and when.
By Christopher Hitchens"

Sex on the Desert

Was Zabriskie Point—Michelangelo Antonioni's biggest flop—just misunderstood? - By Dennis Lim - Slate Magazine

The Most Creative People in Business: Top 10 Lists by Industry | Fast Company

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Karen Armstrong, Arundhati Roy and Timothy Garton Ash

BBC - Podcasts - Arts and Ideas: "Karen Armstrong makes a case for God; Arundhati Roy on her factual essays; Irvine Welsh and Marina Hyde discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray and its relevance to today's society; Timothy Garton Ash talks about how he discovered his vocation."

Arundhati Roy about global politics

Tim Adams speaks to former Booker prize winner Arundhathi Roy: 'What's exciting is that writing has become a weapon' | Books | The Observer: "Since winning the Booker prize in 1997, Arundhati Roy has put fiction on hold to become a global dissenter against repression, economic 'progress' - and dams. Tim Adams discovers the roots of her political passion

I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the new emerging Indian middle class - they needed a princess. They had the wrong woman. I had this light shining on me at the time, and I knew that I had the stage to say something about what was happening in my country."

Glitch hits Visa users with more than $23 quadrillion charge - CNN.com

Glitch hits Visa users with more than $23 quadrillion charge - CNN.com:
# $23,148,855,308,184,500 charge is about 2,007 times the size of the national debt
# Visa customer in New Hampshire, also hit with $15 overdraft fee, finds out online
# Statement said he'd spent the big sum at gas station where he buys cigarettes
# Card issuer strikes charge and fee, blames 'temporary programming error'"

Losing 50 Crores to Tamil Cinema: Kollywood Movie Industry

Petition against tax exemption to films with Tamil names dismissed: "Submitting that the exemption under the Tamil Nadu Entertainment Tax Act was in force for the last three years, the Joint Secretary of Tamil Nadu Peoples' Rights Forum R Pugalenthi in his petition alleged that as a result of the exemption the state exchequer was losing about Rs 50 crore annually."

Sundara Ramasamy Meet with Thinnai Gopal Rajaram, Thukaram, Saminathan, Vaarthai PK Sivakumar

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Top Twenty Lies by Young Faculties « Unruled Notebook

New York remains rich in the ultimate resource: human capital.

The Reinventive City by Edward L. Glaeser, City Journal 13 July 2009: "In 1981, Michael Bloomberg was fired. The mayor-to-be had enjoyed a meteoric career, becoming a partner at Salomon Brothers at the precocious age of 31. But in 1979, he was exiled from the exciting trading floor to hang out with the geeks in systems development, and two years later Salomon dispensed with his services altogether. Bloomberg’s $10 million severance package was admittedly a lot better than what most of Manhattan’s unemployed workers received. Still, he was out of a job in the middle of a severe national recession."

XXXL: Books: The New Yorker

XXXL: Books: The New Yorker: "Why are we so fat?
by Elizabeth Kolbert"

Edna O'Brien's Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life. - By Katha Pollitt - Slate Magazine

Edna O'Brien's Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life. - By Katha Pollitt - Slate Magazine: "Lord Byron's Great InsightMad, bad, and dangerous, he understood what women wanted."

Mozilla Labs » Ubiquity

Mozilla Labs » Ubiquity: "biquity is a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily"

Fat Bottom Bloggers: Is Your Blog Killing You? | Awake At The Wheel | Crossroads of Work & Play

Fat Bottom Bloggers: Is Your Blog Killing You? | Awake At The Wheel | Crossroads of Work & Play: "That my 70 years young dad was in better shape than his 43 year old son. WTF?

For the better part of my life, I’ve been the bastion of health. It’s been my passion and my business. But, two years of sitting on my ass all day, writing, blogging, tweeting and eating has had a rather unsavory effect on my body.

Turns out, I’ve been hit with a fierce case of SMEGS—Social Media Expansive Gluteal Syndrome."

In our striving for a meritocracy, have we lost some aristocratic grandeur?

Who’s Best? Who’s Brightest? - The Conversation Blog - NYTimes.com: "David Brooks: Gail, the death of Robert McNamara has me thinking about ruling classes. On the one hand there was the Best and the Brightest ruling class of which McNamara was a part. These were men (I guess they were all men) educated at the high water mark of technocratic self-confidence.

They believed they had mastered the knowledge required to make a society function. Through macroeconomics they would regulate economic growth. Through technocratic planning they would spur development in the post-colonial world. Through urban redevelopment they would eliminate slums. Through the application of logic and technology they would defeat the Soviet Union.

Didn’t work out so well."

Interview with Thomas R. Trautmann, Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Michigan

INTERVIEW - Kinship and language: S. THEODORE BASKARAN: "He came under the influence of A.L. Basham at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and got interested in Indian studies. Trautmann’s first work Kautilya and the Arthasastra (1971) laid the foundation for his formidable reputation as a historian. His interest in Indian studies proved enduring, and his second book, Dravidian Kinship, came in 1982. This was followed by Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship (1985).

About Trautmann’s book Aryans and British India (1997), Aram A. Yengoyan wrote, “This is a creative and venturesome rethinking of issues of race, language and caste in the British colonial understanding of India.” His book The Aryan Debate (2007) focusses on the Aryan-Dravidian discourse. His last book on F.W. Ellis, The Dravidian Evidence (2008), drew a lot of scholarly attention and has been translated into Tamil. Trautmann has written a number of research papers on subjects relating to India such as the one titled “Elephants in Ancient India”.

His new book, F.W. Ellis and the Madras School of Orientalism (Oxford University Press), is due to be launched in Chennai on August 19. He was in Chennai in April and gave a talk, at the Roja Muthiah Research Library, on F.W. Ellis. S. Theodore Baskaran spoke to him about his scholarly pursuits."

Monday, July 13, 2009

Manushya Puthiran Poems: Kumudam Theeranathy Interview with Vannadasan: Suba Managala

Uyirmmai Manushya Puthiran - என்னை விட்டுவிடுங்கள்... ப்ளீஸ்: "’உட்புறமாக தாழிடப்பட்ட மரணங்கள்’ ஏற்படுத்தாத பதட்டத்தை பைத்தியக் கவிதை-2 ஏற்படுத்துவதன் காரணம் தற்கொலை அல்ல, சக்கர நாற்காலி."

Twitter to Blogger to Website to Tamil Net: Discussion of Web Thamil posts, opinions

மொழி விளையாட்டு: நான் வளர்கிறேன: "நண்பர் ஒருவர், இவன்சிவன், சுரேஷ் கண்ணன், ரோசா வசந்த் மற்றும் இன்னும் சிலரின் டுவிட்டரின் திண்ணை அரட்டைப் பேச்சுகளின் இணைப்பைக் கொடுத்தார்."

பிச்சைப்பாத்திரம்: அன்புள்ள ஜோவ்ராம் சுந்தருக்கு.....

கென்: சாரு நிவேதிதா, ஜ்யோவ்ராம் சுந்தர், டிவிட்டர் :) ரோசாவசந்த் பின்னெ வாரிசு கென்..,

Road Trip: Lit Meets: Shorts

நியூஜெர்ஸியில் ஒரு இலக்கிய சந்�

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Saa Kandasamy: Visaranai Commission: Short Films

தமிழிலே எழுதுவோம்: விசாரணை கமிஷன் - குறும்படம்: "சா கந்தசாமி அவர்கள் எழுதிய 'விசாரணை கமிஷன்' என்ற நூலை சென்னை தூர்தர்ஷன் ஒரு குரும்படமாக்கியுள்ளது"

The art of the puzzle

Friday, July 10, 2009

Religion & Male Male - Tamil Hindu

ஊர்வம்பு - மல மல மல மல்லே மல்லே.. : "இந்து உரிமைகள், இந்துத்துவம், இந்துமத அவமதிப்பு, ஓஷோ, கருத்து சுதந்திரம், கிறிஸ்தவ கொடுமைகள், கிறிஸ்தவம், கேள்வி-பதில், சுதந்திரம், சூனிய வேட்டை, துறவி, புனிதக் கொலைகள், போராட்டம்"

Exercise & Yoga: Wii Babyboomer Gen X - Selvaraj

செல்வராஜ் 2.0 » Blog Archive » ஐந்தில் வளையாதது: "ஆட்டம், ஓட்டம், கரணம், நடனம், நடை"

Maayandi Kudumbathar Rocks & Caste issues in Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu: Tamil Movies by Aiyanaar

தனிமையின் இசை: யதார்த்த தமிழ் சினிமா

Ravi Srinivas Answers 32 Questions

கண்ணோட்டம்- KANNOTTAM: <strong>12 / 32 : கேள்வி -பதில்</strong>

FETNA: Tamil association meet in Atlanta: Thekki Kaattaan

ஏன் இப்படி...!: தமிழ் பெரும் விழா: Fetna 2009_Atlanta - I

Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship - ChronicleReview.com

Berkeley law professor Nancy K.D. Lemon pointing out that the highly praised textbook that she edited, Domestic Violence Law (second edition, Thomson/West, 2005), contained errors: "One reason that feminist scholarship contains hard-to-kill falsehoods is that reasonable, evidence-backed criticism is regarded as a personal attack."

About Business in India - NYTimes.com

Letter from Europe - Enthusiasm, Tempered With Concern, About Business in India - NYTimes.com: "In business circles these days, India is hot. Hotter than China, even. And despite the global economic downturn (or more likely because of it), Western executives are looking at India as among the most promising places on earth to generate growth and profits.

There are plenty of good reasons for doing so. For one, India has held up comparatively well during the financial crisis."

Can tradition be made relevant, or only re-discovered? | open Democracy News Analysis

Can tradition be made relevant, or only re-discovered? | open Democracy News Analysis: "John Casey’s article Rediscovering Tradition is good at highlighting how in religion, as in education, the apologetic attempt to make the old and traditional ‘relevant’ has signally failed."

Boston Bala is a Kid - Jeyamohan's US Visit Start

jeyamohan.in » Blog Archive » கிளம்புதல்

100 Essential Skills for Geeks | GeekDad | Wired.com

100 Essential Skills for Geeks | GeekDad | Wired.com: "# Properly secure a wireless router.
# Crack the WEP key on a wireless router.
# Leech Wifi from your neighbor.
# Screw with Wifi leeches.
# Setup and use a VPN.
# Work from home or a coffee shop as effectively as you do at the office."

Obama Surprises Russia

The Moscow Times: U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Moscow was a master class par excellence in presidential leadership. He knew exactly why he was coming to Russia and took away with him everything he had wanted.

Does Pakistan Deserve Another Blank Check? - The Plank

The grim truth is that, at this moment, America has precious little leverage over Pakistan.

Meet the New Osama Bin Laden :: A profile of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud - By Imtiaz Ali | Foreign Policy: Meet Baitullah Mehsud -- Pakistan's biggest problem, and the man who has taken his country of 176 million to the center of the West's war on terror.

Tamil death toll ‘is 1,400 a week’ at Manik Farm camp in Sri Lanka - Times Online

Tamil death toll ‘is 1,400 a week’ at Manik Farm camp in Sri Lanka - Times Online: The death toll will add to concerns that the Sri Lankan Government has failed to halt a humanitarian catastrophe after announcing victory over the Tamil Tiger terrorist organisation in May. It may also lend credence to allegations that the Government, which has termed the internment sites “welfare villages”, has actually constructed concentration camps to house 300,000 people.

Comat brings the Internet and e-government to rural India

Comat brings the Internet and e-government to rural India: "One intrepid entrepreneur battles brigands and bureaucrats to bring e-governance to India's 700 million rural poor."

Deepa Neha: Sandana Mullai, Narsim, Vadakarai Velan, Paithiyakkaaran, Jyowram Sundar, Madavaraj: Tamil Bloggers

Deepa :: சிதறல்கள்: பொழுது அழகாய்ப் புலர

பைத்தியக்காரன் :: சிதைவுகள்...: மதிப்பிற்குரிய தீபா

மாதவராஜ் :: தீராத பக்கங்கள்: தீபா!

சிதறல்கள்: தயவு செய்து ப்ளாகை மூடிட்டு ஓடிடு தீபா!

சிதறல்கள்: இன்னொரு ஆட்டோகிராஃப�: சிறந்த பதிவுகள் எழுதி வரும் இளம் பதிவரொருவர் (பெயர் கூற விருப்பமில்ல) சிகரெட், மது, மாது தனக்கு இன்றியமையாத விஷயங்கள் என்று எழுதுகிறார். என்னால் இதை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவே முடியவில்லை. ரொம்ப ரொம்ப வருத்தமாக இருக்கிறது.

இது ஒரு பெருமை என்றோ அல்லது ஒரு சராசரி மனிதனின் சாதாரண தேவைகள் தானே, இதற்கு ஏன் இவ்வளவு ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் என்றோ சத்தியமாக நினைக்க முடியவில்லை.

முரளிகண்ணன் :: நீரோடை: பதிவர் தீபா அவர்களுக்கு

நர்சிம் :: யாவரும் கேளிர்!!...: தீபா???????

ஜ்யோவ்ராம் சுந்தர் :: மொழி விளையாட்டு: பதிவுலக அரசியல

வடகரை வேலன் :: வடகரை வேலன்: எனக்குப் பிடிக்கவி

வெட்டிப்பயல்: அன்புள்ள வெட்டிப்பயல் அவர்களுக்கு...: "என்றென்றும் அன்புடன்,
உங்களின் புது வாசகன்...
.............................................
நண்பரே,
உங்களுடைய மடலுக்கு மிக்க நன்றி."

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Top 10 Google Flubs, Flops, and Failures - PC World

Top 10 Google Flubs, Flops, and Failures - PC World: "Not everything Google touches turns to gold. These are some of Google's biggest nonstarter Web services, software programs, and business moves."

The Hindu : National : Muslim priests keep the bells tolling

Ghulam Hassan, who takes care of the Shiva temple in Pahalgam.: "Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir): Situated on the banks of the icy Lidder river, a 900-year-old Shiva temple is perhaps the only major Hindu shrine in the Kashmir valley which has Muslim priests."

When Jewish women were the leading ladies of Indian cinema

The Queens of Bollywood - by Vox Tablet > Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life: "Rose Ezra. Ruby Myers. Farhat Ezekiel Nadira. From the earliest years of Bollywood, these and other Jewish actresses garnered starring roles. And while they may have looked somewhat exotic to moviegoers, they came from Baghdadi Jewish families who had been living in India for decades. Reporter Eric Molinsky speaks to film scholars, as well as friends and relatives of these once-beloved but now mostly forgotten stars of Indian cinema, to find out how they became the “go-to girls” for leading female roles in the 1920s, ’30s, and beyond."

Sandilyan writes about Tamil Cinema History: Films & Movies: Kollywood Books

Chaandilyan -- IdlyVadai - இட்லிவடை: சினிமா வளர்ந்த கதை - �

YouTube - Western Classical Meets Indian Music - By: V.S. Narasimhan

YouTube - Western Classical Meets Indian Music - By: V.S. Narasimhan: "'Raga Saga' by V.S. Narasimhan is available for purchase NOW on www.stringtemple.com
(option to buy CD or download the album right away!) Its on the way to i-tunes and other stores but available right now off the site. We will be launching many more unique titles so subscribe to our newsletter (and our youtube channel) and we will alert you when new projects come out!"

Opinion: Hints of light in a not-so-dark continent

Africa's moment? | GlobalPost: "The question is whether France, China, and the United States can stop enabling so many self-installed despots who stand in the way."

WPR Article | India Maintains Goal of China Deterrent

WPR Article | India Maintains Goal of China Deterrent: While India's immediate military aim is to build a potent strike force against Pakistan, it also harbors long-term plans to field a credible deterrent against China.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Prabhakaran lives on in TN, through books

Prabhakaran lives on in TN, through books: "Several thousand copies of books on LTTE and Prabhakaran have been sold in the State in recent months, besides many works on the Tamil Eelam.

‘Prabhakaran: Vaazhvum Maranamum (PVM),’ in Tamil (Prabhakaran, Life and Death) authored by Pa.Raghavan has proved to be an instantaneous hit.

The book was launched just after the killing of Prabhakaran on May 29 and in about a month, the sale of the book has crossed 6,000 copies and the publishers have ordered a reprint of about 3,000 books.

Another book, ‘Prabhakaran, Oru Vaazkai’, (POV) also in Tamil (Prabhakaran, A Life) authored by Chellamuthu Kuppusamy that was published when the war between the Lankan government and the LTTE gained momentum about 7 months back, has sold more than 14,000 copies. An English version of the book will hit the stands this week.

Similarly, Viduthalai Puligal (VP), (The LTTE) by Marudhan that was first printed 18 months back has sold 15,000 copies."

Stop Ignoring your Less Active Twitter Friends

Never Miss Twitter Updates of your Less Active Friends

Twitter 100 - This app creates some sort of a collage of all the people you follow on Twitter (see example) - you can read their most recent updates in one go and the page will auto-refresh every 3 minutes.

Twitter For Busy People - The Twitter 100 mashup discussed above work great for people who follow only a few dozen people on Twitter but if you have hundreds of contacts on Twitter, check out Twitter for Busy People (see example).

Choosing the Right Social Bookmarking Widget for your Website

Social Bookmark & Sharing Widgets for your Website - Add This, Add To Any or Share This

Small Newspapers May Be Able To Prolong Death Longer Than Large Counterparts

China Blocks Access To Twitter, Facebook After Riots

China Blocks Access To Twitter, Facebook After Riots: "Following last weekend’s deadly riots in its western region of Xinjiang, China’s central government has taken all the usual steps to block citizens from accessing foreign web services: aside from crippling Internet service in general, the authorities have blocked Twitter, removed unapproved references to the violence from search engines and has now apparently moved to bar its citizens from accessing Facebook from most parts of Mainland China just now. Two weeks ago, the government had already blocked just about every Google service, including communication tools like Gmail, Google Apps and Google Talk."

WriterCSK: 100 Tamil Books: Library

WriterCSK: தமிழ் : சிறந்த 100 புத்தகங்கள்

Michael J. Totten: A Conversation with Robert D. Kaplan

Michael J. Totten: A Conversation with Robert D. Kaplan: "I met him a few weeks ago in Washington D.C. while he was briefly in town after returning from a month-long trip to post-war Sri Lanka. We discussed Colombo’s brutal counterinsurgency campaign there against the Tamil Tigers, what China has been up to while no one was looking, Russia’s revived imperial project in its 'near abroad,' the geopolitcal ramifications of a more liberal Iran, Israel’s difficulty in fighting effective counterinsurgency warfare, and our new man-hunting General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan."

Aayirathil Oruvan Movie Songs: Playback Singer PB Srinivas

கண்ணோட்டம்- KANNOTTAM: <strong>P.B.ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ்: அன்�

Sindhanathy Passes Away: Anjali

Sinthanathi: சிந்தாநதி : அஞ்சலி அறிவிப்பு

பதிவர் சிந்தாநதிக்கு அஞ்சலி

வலைப்பதிவர் சிந்தாநதி (எ) வலைஞன்

சிந்தாநதி

காசியின் வலைப்பதிவு - Kasi's blogs: சிந்தாந

வலைஞன் -- அகரவலை

என் பெயர் அனுராக். நான் மூன்றாம் வகுப்பு படிக்கிறேன். எனக்கு எட்டு வயதாகிறது. ஆனா நீங்க எதிர்பார்க்கிற அனுராக் நானில்லை. அது என்னோட அப்பா. இணையத்துக்காக அவர் என்னோட பேர இரவல் வாங்கிக்கிட்டாரு. இணையத்தில அவர் பேருதான் அனுராக். மீதிய அவர்கிட்டயே கேட்டுக்குங்க!

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பெயர்: இப்போதைக்கு அனுராக்ன்னே இருக்கட்டுமே.
கல்வி: (10+2+3+2) வணிகவியல், அரசியல்.

தொழில்: அச்சுத்தொழிலில் ஆரம்பம், மேலும் சில தொழில்கள். உடல்நலப் பிரச்சினையால் வளரும் நிலையில் நேரடி கவனிப்பின்றி தொழில்கள் முடங்கின. தற்காலிகமாக எல்லாம் இழுத்து மூடிவிட்டு மருத்துவ இடைவெளியில் இணையத்தில் நுழைந்தேன். இணையம் என்னை வசீகரித்துக் கொண்டது.

புதிதாக அச்சகத்தோடு கூடிய பதிப்பகம் துவங்கும் திட்டப்பணிகளும் பலகாரணங்களால் தள்ளிப்போய்க் கொண்டிருக்கின்றன.

ஆர்வங்கள்: வாசித்தல், எழுதுதல், ஓவியம், சிற்பம், நாணய சேகரிப்பு, ஹாம் ரேடியோ, தற்போது கணித்தமிழ் இணையம்!

கணினியைத் தொட்டது - நவம்பர் 3, 2003.
இணையத் தொடர்பு - ஏப்ரல் 23, 2004.

வலைப்பதிந்தது::
அகரவலை - செப்டம்பர் 24, 2004
அனுராகம் - அக்டோபர் 01, 2004
வலைமேடை - அகடோபர் 05, 2004

13 வயதில் நாடகங்களில் ஆரம்பித்த எழுத்துப்பணி சிறுகதை, கவிதை, கட்டுரை எனத்தொடர்ந்தது. உதயதாரகை, யாழ், சுயம் எனச் சிற்றிதழ்கள் நடத்தியதும் உள்ளூர் தினசரிகளுக்குக் கட்டுரைகள், படைப்புகள் என பத்திரிகையாளனாகவும் தொடர வைத்தது.

post polio paralisis என்று மருத்துவர்கள் நீளமாகச்சொன்ன சாதாரண நோயால் கால்கள் செயலிழந்து சக்கர நாற்காலியில் வசிப்பது பிரச்சினையாக இல்லை. ஆனால் அறுவைச் சிகிச்சைக்குப் பிறகும் தொடரும் தண்டுவடப் பிரச்சினையால் அதிக நேரம் அமரமுடியாதது எழுத்துக்கும் என் இணையச் செயல்பாடுகளுக்கும் தடங்கல்தான்.

Malini Parthsarathy, Hindu N Ram, Media Journalism on Sri Lanka: Eelam Tamils, War, LTTE, Prabhakaran

இனியொரு.. » அரசியல் - சமுகம் » இந்�

Lit Meets: Eelam Tamils: Sri Lanka to Western World

இனியொரு.. » துடைப்பானின் குறிப்�: பல்வேறு சிறு சஞ்சிகைகளை , சந்திப்புக்களை , விவாத கருத்தாடல்களை உருவாக்கின. குறிப்பாக சுவீஸ் நண்பர்களின் மனிதம் குழு , கனடா நண்பர்களின் தேடகம் முதலானவற்றின் செயல்பாடுகள் அர்த்தம் கொண்டதாக அமைந்திருந்தது. வன்முறைகளுக்கு எதிரான அவர்களின் மனோபாவம் , ஜனநாயக அக்கறை , மனித விழுமியங்கள் மீதான நேசிப்பு , இவற்றை நண்பர்கள் வாழ்விலும் செயலிலும் நேர்மையாக உண்மையாக தொடரவேண்டும் என்ற போராட்ட முனைப்பு , நண்பர்கள் மத்தியில் ஊக்கம் மிக்கதாக அமைந்திருந்தது.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

The Future of Print: Mixed Media: Do Indian newspapers need to worry about their future?

The Future of Print: Mixed Media: Do Indian newspapers need to worry about their future?: "s various stakeholders are set to congregate at the Indian Newspaper Congress 2009, organised jointly by the Indian Newspaper Society and exchange4media, it’s fitting to discuss an issue that has being debated much in the West – Does print media, newspapers specifically, have a future?"

News vs Fiction: Media vs Cinema: Reality vs Imagination: Magazines vs Screenplay

Uyirmmai - Indrajit on Iran, Obama, Sensational Coverage - தமிழின் முதன்மையான முன்னணி கலை-:என்ன செய்தி? - இந்திரஜித்

செய்தியின் செய்தி என்னவென்று தெரிந்தவர்கள் செய்தியை ஒரு செய்தியாக நினைக்கவே மாட்டார்கள்.

அமெரிக்க அதிபர் பராக் ஒபாமா அந்தப் படமும் செய்தியும் நெஞ்சைப் பிழிவதாகச் சொல்லியிருக்கிறார். நெஞ்சைப் பிழிவது என்றால் என்ன? ஒரு நெஞ்சை எத்தனை முறை பிழிய முடியும்? பிழிந்த பிறகு அதனால் உயிருக்கு ஏதும் ஆபத்து வருமா?

செய்திகளில் வரும் பதற்றம், சினிமாவில் வரும் பதற்றத்தைப் போல் போன காட்சி, அடுத்த காட்சி ஆகியவற்றுக்கு இடையே வரும் ஒரு காட்சி.

சிலர் கண்விழித்ததும் காலைக் காட்சி சினிமா பார்க்கிறார்கள். சிலர் பத்திரிகை படிக்கிறார்கள்.

YouTube - 10 Questions for 'Slumdog' Music Man A.R. Rahman

YouTube - 10 Questions for 'Slumdog' Music Man A.R. Rahman: "His Oscar-winning score for Slumdog Millionaire now has a global audience. A.R. Rahman will now take your questions"

Pictures of Nayanthara's Prabhu Deva tattoo Image Gallery

Sify Movies - Revealed: Images of Nayanthara's Prabhu Deva tattoo Image Gallery: "She has the looks, talent and that special knack for making news at regular intervals. No wonder, Nayanthara is the tabloid queen of south Indian cinema. Now, Sify.com brings you the first look of her much publicised tattoo"

YouTube - LUCK | JEE LE |PROMO |HQ| IMRAN KHAN & HOT SHRUTI HASSAN | BOLLYWOOD 2009 24th JULY

Iran's clerics strike a monumental blow to Ali Khamenei's position as Supreme Leader

Mullahs on My Mind: "Khamenei is, to put it politely, a standing joke as a faqih, a religious scholar, in Qom, in Mashhad, where he controls Iran's richest religious foundation and uses that money energetically to promote himself, and in Najaf, Iraq's Shi'ite clerical headquarters where the Iranian-born and enormously influential Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani resides."

Nigerian car thief turns into goat! | csmonitor.com

Nigerian car thief turns into goat! | csmonitor.com: "In West Africa, widespread belief in witchcraft, black magic, and superstition undermine the fundamentals of journalism."

Op-Ed Contributor - Who Cares About Zelaya? - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - Who Cares About Zelaya? - NYTimes.com: The outside world seems to be shocked and riveted by the ouster of Honduras’s president, Manuel Zelaya. So why are Hondurans so blasé?

Younger royals find their voices

Younger royals find their voices - The National Newspaper: "The criticism by a young Saudi prince of the kingdom’s development plans – the first time a member of the royal family has publicly questioned the country’s policies – has been interpreted as a positive sign by reformists.

In an opinion piece in the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat on June 26, Prince Fahad bin Saad Al Saud, a little-known member of the royal family, commenting on an interview with Saleh Al Omair, a former deputy minister of finance, touched on such issues as the uneven distribution of the country’s wealth and the government’s failure to meet the objectives of several five-year plans that had been laid out by Mr Al Omair between 1975 and 1996."

The Muslim Challenge to Nationalism

Diplomatic Courier :: Diplomatic Community on World Affairs and Foreign Policy News: "Islam is at war with the nation-state. Evidence for this assertion is mounting, as pan-Islamic movements exploit a widespread view among Muslims that their national boundaries are foreign impositions. This belief, however, has gained little traction or sympathy outside the Muslim world. The administration of US President Barack Obama has joined hands with rival powers in Russia and China to enforce the national system in Western and Central Asia, repudiating those Muslims who see their future within a single, post-national superstate—an Islamic Caliphate."

Why Incompetence Spreads through Big Organizations

Blogs: arXiv blog: Why Incompetence Spreads through Big Organizations: "Promoting the people most competent at one job does not mean that they'll be better at another, according to a new simulation of hierarchical organizations."

Hayden Panettiere: Nude Scene No Problem | "I Love You, Beth Cooper"

Hayden Panettiere: Nude Scene No Problem | Parade.com: "The actress, who is best known for her role in TV's 'Heroes,' said now's as good a time as any to do nude scenes.

'If I can't flaunt it at 20, come on!' she said. 'I mean I might as well show it now.'

The 20-year-old star of "I Love You, Beth Cooper," which opens July 10, bares all in the teen comedy. She says she wasn't shy about filming the scene, in which she drops her towel in a locker room, according to People. "

Microsoft's bing.com censors 'sex' for Indians!: Rediff Money

Microsoft's bing.com censors 'sex' for Indians!: Rediff Money: "Microsoft, THE SEARCH SEX MAY RETURN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT, CEO Steve Ballmer, India, Middle East

Countries to get this censorship treatment are Middle East nations, China, Germany , Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. "

Munger on Franchising, Vertical Integration, and the Auto Industry | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty

Munger on Franchising, Vertical Integration, and the Auto Industry | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty: "Michael Munger, of Duke University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about franchising, particularly car dealerships. Munger highlights how the dealers used state regulations to protect their profits and how bankruptcy appears to be unraveling that strategy. The main themes of the conversation are the incentives in the franchising relationship and the evolution of the auto industry in the United States over the last forty years."

Meena Kandasamy » Markers of marriage

Ultra Violet » Markers of marriage: "launch function of a documentary film Pottu about the hardships and social humiliation faced by widows and deserted women in Tamil Nadu. Produced by the Kalangarai Trust"