In face of photography ban, reporters in India-England Cricket series coming up with cartoons to show action

Last updated on: November 24, 2012 at 11:18 pm By Desh Kapoor

We all know that BCCI in its infinite and asinine wisdom has banned the photo-only organizations totake pictures on the field in the current India – England cricket series. So the press organizations which have collectively joined forces with these organizations – Getty Images, Action Images and two Indian companies – in not taking any pictures of these matches; are forcing the reporters to do something extraordinary to bring the action to the masses pictorially. Cartoons. Here are three! Art... Read more

Mobiles are jeopardizing AIDS fight in India by decentralizing prostitution

Last updated on: November 24, 2012 at 11:00 pm By Desh Kapoor

Indian strategists who were fighting AIDS had thought that they had found the way to stop the disease. By focusing on the high risk population. An example of the strategies that had been working can be found in Delhi’s red-light district on Garstin Bastion Road near the old Delhi railway station, where brothels have thrived since the 16th century. A walk through dark alleys, past blind beggars and up narrow, steep and deeply worn stone staircases brings customers into brightly... Read more

How site's load speed impacts its success and revenues of the e-commerce sites

Last updated on: November 24, 2012 at 5:04 pm By Desh Kapoor

Impact of slow loading websites is tremendous on their success. Web pages that load slowly can literally destroy the future of the online venture. Here are some interesting facts: 18% of shoppers will abandon their carts if pages load too slowly. And just a 1-second delay in load time can hurt revenues by 7%. (link) Up to 78% of users say they’ve felt stress or anger while using a slow website, 44% of users say that slow online transactions make... Read more

Arvind Kejriwal's new party "Aam Aadmi" launched

Last updated on: November 24, 2012 at 4:45 pm By Desh Kapoor

Arvind Kejriwal’s new part is now official. Its name is “Aam Aadmi Party”. It seeks to be an alternative to the corrupt establishments of today and its goals include: empowerment of the common man, decentralization of power, law-making through referendum, devolution of decision-making powers to gram sabha and an accessible judicial system. It was launched at a press conference in New Delhi. To have internal integrity, the AAP has decided to create an internal Lokpal, and have a provision for... Read more

Western Spiritual Seekers vs Western Rationalist Mind: Curse of Materialism and death-knell for an important dimension

Last updated on: November 24, 2012 at 4:19 pm By Desh Kapoor

Came across a very interesting article titled “Death on the Path of Enlightenment: Inside the Rise of India Syndrome”. It talks of the Westerners who are drawn by the Spiritual aspect of India and get “afflicted” by a condition which some Western psychiatrists are calling “India Syndrome”. Basically, India Syndrome is a condition where a person gets besotted by India and after travelling to India comes back a delusional person going into bouts of hallucinations and weird imagination. The author... Read more

Sachin Tendulkar's first interview before his India team selection

Last updated on: November 24, 2012 at 8:56 am By Desh Kapoor

A very unassuming Sachin Tendulkar waiting for his first selection in the Indian team. Interesting interview by Tom Alter. Read more

Is Reincarnation true? An insight (Video)

Last updated on: November 23, 2012 at 8:00 pm By Desh Kapoor

Please see this video carefully and see the arguments of the neuroscientist and the other guy who gives the “wow” factor example through cards. Their arguments are so flimsy that (i) they don’t explain how the subjects got so much right (and not just 3 factors) (ii) how they had the birth-marks apart from the correct narrations, at the same place the person had died in last life. And some of them go by the familiar path to refute the... Read more

Did you know: Your office desk may be 400 times dirtier than a toilet seat? (Infographic)

Last updated on: November 23, 2012 at 1:38 pm By Desh Kapoor

Did you know that your office desk is 400 times more dirtier than a toilet seat? Or that your keyboard has 70% more bacteria than a toilet seat? Well, the way it looks I might as well be working ON a toilet seat.. it will be cleaner and healthier! Here is an interesting Infographic to give some other interesting stuff. Courtesy: Master Cleaners Read more

Taliban taking over PoK Gilgit Baltistan areas

Last updated on: November 23, 2012 at 12:50 pm By Desh Kapoor

A very insightful report on the situation in Gilgit Baltistan, where the Pakistani Government and authorities have unleashed the terrorist forces from Pashtun regions and started a process of Talibanization via sectarian (Shia vs Sunni) killings and more fanaticism. As the person from Gilgit says that these aren’t just some violent incidents but harbingers of the storm to come. Despite the narrative of how Pakistani hearts beat for Indian side Kashmiris, the truth is that the Kashmiris in the Pak-Occupied... Read more

There is a whole industry of inventing new languages – for movies and TV shows

Last updated on: November 23, 2012 at 10:05 am By Desh Kapoor

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/56291893″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”96″ iframe=”true” /] Unbeknowst to most of us, there is a whole industry of creating new languages. For movies and TV shows, like in Hollywood; and even in Bollywood. For example in the movies Joker, an entire village of mad people talk in a language that is made up. As the reporter asks, why make up a new language spoken by Indian villagers when there are so many “minority languages” that most cinema-goers will not... Read more