December 2006
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Protect yourself and the environment from toxic chemicals
We live in a chemical world. They are in use all around us – from pesticides to cosmetics and baby bottles to computers. Some chemicals are known to be toxic and we know very little about many others.
There are simple actions you can take to [...]
Action points for an eco-friendly world
The New Year is almost here, and the greeting cards with best wishes are flooding in. Just today, I received some 34 greeting cards. Many of them were from people I don’t even remember. I doubt if I am going to read them all – ever. Perhaps some of the really interesting ones, I might [...]
Guessing a writer’s gender
I came across an interesting page that compares a piece of writing with an algorithm based on study of the differences of usage of language between the two sexes. This study can be found here. Curiosity is a virtue, or so I thought and promptly proceed to paste in a few articles from various areas [...]
Global Warming – Time for Action?
I came across this press release in my relentless surfing (when I find the time). I found this to be an interesting concept. Most vacations are contributing to the degradation of the environment and global warming. These guys have come up with a novel idea. What they do is buy a certain amount of credits [...]
New trend – Families in adventure travel
I received a call from someone called Girish, who was enquiring about prices for a rafting trip for a group of 20-25 people. Assuming that this was a run-of-the-mill group of employees/friends, I provided the details with practiced ease. The conversation was comfortable, and once the basic details were sorted, we talked about other adventure [...]
Citizens aware
Amid rumours of Goa being targetted for terrorism, and the government assurances that security is adequate and things are under control, my mind travels to the recent past, where the bomb blasts in Mumbai caught us all unaware.
As helpless, unknowing people, ignorant of the true intentions of horror, we can do little to prepare ourselves [...]
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