My home extended its sweetness to manipal yesterday!!With arrival of my cousin sister in manipal I received a parcel of sweets -that too -5 kgs!!3 kgs of ‘magas-a type of laddus’ and 2kgs of ‘shing-laddus’.We Gujarati are real fan of sweets specifically home made.So parcel of sweets from home in this quantity was no less… Continue reading Home- sweet home
Month: August 2007
Overexposure
When it comes to advances in technology and communication there is a unanimous opinion about its progress in recent years.But one drawback I unveiled while preparing for my seminar on pharmacogenetics.Pasted the title in Google search bar and the next moment facing me with pride was a list of thousands of article that made me… Continue reading Overexposure
Celebrating Independence day
India turned 60 yesterday. But has the meaning of independence faded away? Is it now reduced to a symbolic national holiday? Is it reduced to mere hoisting of the National flag and singing the National Anthem? Does the dream of the Architect of Independent India – Mahatma Gandhi – Live on in the youth of… Continue reading Celebrating Independence day
Are We There Yet?
A dream called India was born on this day 60 years ago with a vision that had evolved in over a century of a national movement, perhaps, the biggest upheaval in world heritage history. Over the past 60 years this dream has evolved through the trauma of partition, the communal holocaust that followed and the… Continue reading Are We There Yet?
The Ram Sethu Controversy
The center first stopped work on building the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and now it is working on ways to destroy the Ram Sethu or the Adam’s bridge. The central government is bent upon destroying this historic landmark to create the Sethu Samudram Canal which will link the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian sea.… Continue reading The Ram Sethu Controversy