Shillong (North-East India) maintains a matriarchal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy] society. What this means is that the guys go to the girl’s house after marriage and take their title. More on the coolest non-metros [http://people.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/1256270.cms] in India: 34 per cent of…
How are hurricanes named? [http://www.marshbunny.com/mbunny/sidetrip/hurricane/storms.html#3] [via Gaurav Bhatnagar [http://www.newdelhitimes.org/]]…
I just got an e-mail newsletter from my web host – JaguarPC [http://www.jaguarpc.com/], addressing concerns regarding Hurricane Rita that seems to be heading towards the Houston Greater Area. The JaguarPC data center facility is around 60 miles north of the direct hit zone of Galveston. The storm could…
Mapping the news is a reality since I last blogged about it [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/08/09/mapnews/], but only this time its based on the MSN Virtual Earth [http://virtualearth.msn.com/] app rather than Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/] (or Google Earth). Checkout the…
Set up a Feng Shui Office Space [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/office-culture/set-up-a-feng-shui-office-space-123988.php]…
Notepaper Generator [http://www.simson.net/notepaper/index.cgi]…
Scientists in Australia have discovered that crocodiles immune system can fight off HIV and kill the virus. More … [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&summit=&storyid=2005-08-16T050539Z_01_DIT618322_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-AUSTRALIA-CROCODILE-DC.XML]…
See you at three thousand [http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/16dilip.htm]: Indira Gandhi’s two Sikh killers were swiftly tried and punished. Why not the killers of the 3000 Sikhs? Hush-hush … we are secular! Maybe, avoid use of word ‘minority’ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1198045.cms]…