It took no less than Prof. Amartya Sen to bring home the truth, girls are conceived and born less. Prof. Sen has been the guest editor at the business daily, The Economics Times on Wednesday, Dec 20. Among the issues he tackled came the question about sex ratio, and this is what he has to […]
In the hands of few
Helsinki-based World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) in a comprehensive study ever done to measure personal wealth (titled The World Distribution of Household Wealth, December 2006) has said that the richest 1% of adults alone own 40% of global assets in the year 2000. The richest 2% of adults […]
Patents grow, nation fails
As per Oxford Dictionary, the word ‘patent’ refers to official document conferring a right or title, especially the sole right to make, use or sell a specified invention. The catchword here is ‘invention’. What this means is that if you’ve invented or discovered something – usually related to science – you’ll want to put a […]
Twins’ story
My 200th post this and see how lucky I’m to bring you a grand story. It’s about twin sisters, each giving birth to twins when their turn comes. Heidi McKenna has twin daughters, who are 4 years old. Now, 6 days back, Heidi’s twin sister, Heather has her twins, a son and a daughter. With […]
Use mother tongue when you die
Sometimes we come across judgments by honorable courts that spring surprise on us. At first glance they appear incongruous, as if the rulings lack common sense. Take a closer look, and you begin to see that there is logic behind that such judgment. One such case at Kolkata High Court on Nov 24 hogs media […]
Different lens, different views
How do you see Kolkata? It depends. It depends on whether you’ve set foot there or in any Indian city earlier or a first-timer here, whether you’ve a practiced eye to gaze beyond the din, whether you’re ready to accept that what you see is what you don’t see in your hometown, and of course […]
A drama called Ashwamedha Yagna
Alas, it ultimately fell on the shoulders of Gayatri Janakalyan Sangha, an NGO, to prevent malaria and dengue in Kolkata. Over 1000 pyres lit up yesterday at their behest at an Eastern Railway ground in Howrah, which will continue for 2 more days, in what is termed as Ashwamedha Yagna sans the symbolic marching of […]
Protesting Saddam’s death sentence
Processions – whether of happiness or protest – come naturally to Kolkata. Be it as mundane an occasion as commemoration of a religious leader’s birth anniversary or as ‘serious’ one as the sin of India’s nuclear test, Kolkata is always game to forced stoppage of life on road to allow grand specter of people marching […]
Free mobile?
Gmailing – smooth as silk!Those of us who use Gmail for their essential doings on the net will know that since early last week Google is coaxing them to use Gmail on mobile phones. Apparently, a freely downloadable Java application is responsible to bring the Gmail interface on your mobile screens, should you agree to […]
Have you socialized today?
Youngsters who are hooked onto one or more ‘social’ sites will tell you chatting is passé, socializing is in. In India, going by reports, Orkut rules the roost, and since it is by ‘invitation’ only, there’s all the more scramble for it. Suppose you ask them if they know who Orkut Buyukkokten is. Chance is […]
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