Dam or Damn

Damn !! These dams do a whole lot of good and also a hole full of damages around the planet.

Problem in numbers

What is the biggest problem with us humans ? The single biggest problem is numbers. The total count of this one single species, is now very close to a seven billion. That is 7,000,000,000 (to be reached by the year 2012). The number itself may not mean a lot, or take up to the top [...]

Sun Energy

I guess its a coincidence that, i began to do some heavy duty research about Solar Energy this saturday, the day that usually marks the summer solstice, in the northern hemisphere. I had a few hours to kill before i had to get ready for work (work at home, that is !). So early morning, [...]

Green.yahoo.com

Came across this today, when i was checking out what Yahoo was upto. I think i have done something like this before. I am not sure how this all helps, but i think every small bit does. I have replaced all the bulbs in my house (except for 2 that use a dimmer, but are [...]

A street car named ‘Nano’

When i first heard of this idea, i was appalled at the thought of these million minions running on the face of the earth, burning up precious fuel, and all because it was cheaper to buy and afford them. I, of course, was thinking like many others that this car is to be a ‘cheap’ [...]

How many pair of Jeans do you need ?

How many Jeans do a person really need ? When i ask this question, remember, i am a guy, and this is a question asked from a guy’s perspective. The fairer sex will have a different view regarding this. I thought of this recently when i walking past a jean store in Chennai, and saw [...]

Food Wars?

For about a month or so, i have been reading about global food issues that are looming ahead. This has nothing to do with GM (genetically modified) foods, which does have its own positive and negative impacts. What i have been reading had to do with global warming, but more what global warming is indirectly [...]

Morning at the beach

Last sunday, Sept 16th, my family and i, woke up early to go to the beach. This was not for an early morning stroll. We were going to clean up the coast, as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. The entire coast along chennai and its outskirts were broken up into zones and people were [...]

Whose bridge is it ?

Pictures from the NASA Space Shuttle – now widely circulated around the internet The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has gone on record and stated that there is no evidence of Ram or Rama, the god that many Hindus have believed in for thousands of years. I can easily rationalize myself and accept the statement. [...]