2015-07-22 07:58
When the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras called for a referendum to allow his people to have a say on the atrocious measures of austerity, I was truly mesmerized.
And I felt almost ecst… Read More
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2015-07-21 14:45
It's summer again and Stockholm roads are infested with enthusiastic cyclists.
Of course it's clean, green and healthy mode of transportation and I'm all for it; but that doesn't necessaril… Read More
2015-07-14 10:27
Just read an article on how the inner
"nesting" tendency is the biggest obstacle in women's true
empowerment.
Written by a woman, known broadly as a feminist, surprisingly ranted… Read More
2014-07-22 11:29
No ones knows who invented the wheel...but we always try not to re-invent it!
Somebody in ancient China was clever enough to invent the printing machine while another discovered the formul… Read More
2014-07-15 12:42
It was such such an refreshing site to see Dilma Rousseff and Angela Merkel in the VIP box of World Cup final!
No, I'm not a fan of either of them. But at least they brought some balance to… Read More
2013-08-13 06:05
Who would have imagined that Vladimir Putin would look better at least in one single human rights issue, than the Nobel peace prize winner Brack Obama!
Yes we all know that Putin… Read More
2013-04-17 11:40
The Indian government finally got into action after the double whammy of a massive domestic protest together with a surmounting international pressure after the Delhi gang rape. Ho… Read More
2013-04-16 20:20
"Where is M-"? asked a visibly puzzled T-, rushing into my office. I had to say I had no idea and even though we share the same office I do not actually track his minute by minute where… Read More
2012-11-12 11:38
Just came back from (yet another) project "postmortem" on what went wrong and I can't think of anything more apt than the picture bellow:
(I had seen an earlier version a few years ba… Read More
2012-10-19 12:27
I met J- in a summer school in Denmark. She is doing her masters in physics in a university in Finland. When I casually asked her what brought her there, little did I expect the answer: it's… Read More
2012-10-04 07:56
Sweden is a country with great gender equality. Nearly half of it's members of parliament are women (without any quota). Swedish men are perhaps the best in world when it comes to taking the… Read More
2012-08-15 12:02
So Higgs boson has been found (well 'almost'; as The Guardian put it so elegantly...."it's a definite may be!"). Congratulations, in which scientific journal is the result publish… Read More
2012-08-07 11:10
It's simply unbelievable...roads in Stockholm are suddenly deserted. The
stretch from my office in Kista to home where the traffic normally crawls
during rush hours now goes past in a jiffy… Read More
2012-08-07 11:10
Losing crown is a horrible experience and there is barely anybody who can take it gracefully...be it a person or a country.
The reigning supremo of the present world, is… Read More
2012-07-04 08:53
Are the welfare states on the verge of collapse? No matter how I might dislike it, present signs increasingly point towards that.
The concept of sharing and caring, which e… Read More
2012-07-03 08:46
I couldn't believe my eyes; is this real, or am I just hallucinating? After almost a decade long absence, is it really back? Will I be able to satisfy such a basic need of life now in a way… Read More
2012-04-09 13:56
In the last couple of months, a number of articles have been published in both electronic and print media, regarding the statictics of cyclists' death in London last year.
No, they we… Read More
2012-03-01 12:31
Barak Obama is pitching hard to stop, or at least halt, the massive outsourcing by US companies to other countries (to India, mainly). It was always there in his political age… Read More
2012-03-01 12:31
Two hundred years after the French revolution, in the Land of "Liberté, égalité, fraternité", a statue modeled on French first lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy is to… Read More
2010-09-23 14:49
The Swedish general election was held yesterday. The result is out now. And for the first time in history a far-right, racist party called Swedish Democrats entered into the parliament.
The… Read More
2010-08-20 12:20
After 26 years of painful wait, the final verdict has been delivered this year for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case. And what was the verdict? Only 8 convicted for a maximum of 2 years in ja… Read More
2010-08-09 14:15
It is almost three months now that I am living in Stockholm. Though I do not pretend to know Swedish, I have stumbled upon a few Swedish words which frankly have rendered me speechless.
I d… Read More
2010-08-05 09:29
What is the opposite of "Conservative" ? "Liberal", most people would answer. I thought so too, until a few days ago. But now I am a bit confused after the formation of new coalition in Brit… Read More
2010-04-23 07:54
I thought of writing a blog about the much needed banking reform, so that the taxpayers in future are protected against footing astronomical bills of Great Bailout for the irresponsible… Read More
2010-04-20 20:58
After a week of near closure of all European air space for last 5 days, planes have started flying again in the European sky. It still not normal service, but they will get there soon.
And… Read More
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