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Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Posted on June 11, 2007June 11, 2007 by Surya

It had been a long time since I had finished a book in one sitting, until I read Mohsin Hamid’s recently published The Reluctant Fundamentalist. It would be easy to attribute it to the rather short length of the novel, but it is much more than that. The narrative makes you feel like part of…

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We are the good guys

Posted on June 8, 2007June 8, 2007 by Surya

Chek out this nice piece in Salon by David Silverman – an honest article about a small typesetter in Iowa going out of business thanks to the jobs outsourced to India I would love to agree with CNN’s Lou Dobbs that by exporting jobs to India, greedy American corporations are killing independent businesses. I could…

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Don’t we love Sarah Silverman!

Posted on June 6, 2007January 2, 2008 by Surya

Don’t we love Sarah Silverman!

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Bluffmaster

Posted on June 2, 2007June 2, 2007 by Surya

Bluffmaster, I was called Placing the cards, that’s all it took An ace when it should be a king A queen for a nine An eight for a ten A puny two for the regal prince. Keep a straight face And no one will ever know No blink of the eye No twitch of the…

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Wall Street of flower trade

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Surya

Have you ever wondered why a flower costs that costs 50 cents today costs 5 EUR on Valentine’s day? Why roses cost more than tulips (below), or why tulips cost more than gerberas? Simple matter of supply and demand, you would say. But who sets these prices? How? When? Where? Last week, we drove to…

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Random notes on Singapore

Posted on May 26, 2007May 26, 2007 by Surya

3quarksdaily has a well-written piece on Singapore. It is true that changes are afoot in a nation that – after the Asian Financial Crisis, and the terror caused by the spread of SARs – realised its government could never offer it complete protection. The bargain for freedom from want in return for silent cooperation was…

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The Solution

Posted on April 12, 2007January 2, 2008 by Surya

The grand solution to all our problems lies in the human race comprehending the concept of time. I can prove it, if only I could spare the time. Fracturing time may have been the biggest human error of all times. Could anyone not agree with Plautus when he condemned that “wretch who first . ….

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Bandages for the weary

Posted on April 9, 2007April 17, 2009 by Surya

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? – W.H.Davies Happy Easter, and hope you had a good break. I know you didn’t ask, but yes, I had a good break too. I had not looked forward to a holiday as much as I had to this…

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Amsterdam sold for $50,000 – and shipped for free!

Posted on April 2, 2007April 2, 2007 by Surya

(Click on image to enlarge) Reuters reports: The detailed re-creation of the European city was put up for auction starting at US$20,000, but the property with acquired outright with a single bid at the higher price by eBay user nedstede2769. The identity of Amsterdam’s new owner, who is based in the real-world Netherlands and has…

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What if Microsoft (re)designed the iPod package?

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Surya

Check out this video…

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