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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
-Marie Curie

thought

The journey begins to the end which was the beginning...

Some songs take you back to a different time and place

and once again I am stuck on

Man ke Darpan Main

Euthanasia -- during Katrina

Katrina investigation focuses on more than one person from CNN

When I heard this new I felt something twist inside. I was wondering what effect crisis can take on human nature that within days life savers become life takers(if that is the case). Then something else struck me... weren't there more than one natural disaster in India(being an Indian that is the first comparision that I draw). Did the same things happen there? If yes were they reported/investigated(since I did not read abt it I do not know)? If not... then why not? We need to know what drives people to change so suddenly? Is it that the more you are use to tolerating the more you can?

More than one medical professional is under scrutiny as a possible person of interest as Louisiana's attorney general investigates whether hospital workers resorted to euthanasia in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina shattered New Orleans, a source familiar with the investigation has told CNN.

Didnot realize that the year was actually coming to an end...

Rediff Year End Special [via neeraj]

I espically like the "Ten Things That Made Us Feel Good in 2005"

Here you go... Pennsylvania decision on ID

Case Seen as Setback to Intelligent Design [via neeraj]
and another one
Judge Rejects Teaching Intelligent Design from NYTimes

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Explore real history of the nation: Kalam from The Hindu

Sometimes I wonder why the other leaders of our country do not think like this. Then there is another thought we don't have leaders we only have politicians.

There was a common thread to his utterances at these programmes: The real
strength of the nation lay in the values its people had nurtured down the history and these should form the basis for the country's march towards the future, exploiting the exciting possibilities that new developments in science and technology presented.

Inaugurating the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Kerala History Association in Kochi, he said that dogmas, rituals, systems and norms of the historical past, imposed by the last millennium of invasion and conquest, continued to condition the minds of the people of India even after 58 years of independence. "Now time has come, in the 21st century, [when] we need a new breed of historians who can make the past meet the present and create the future," he said.

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The document dealt at length on how the State's farm sector could "graduate from grain production to food processing and marketing," bringing its full benefits to the toiling farmers. He said Information Technology could be used for maintaining an updated and enriched database of region specific agriculture information and also timely dissemination of information on seed selection, arrival of monsoon and demand for specialised crops. At Parumala in Pathanamthitta district, he inaugurated an International Paediatric Cardiac Services and Rural Telemedicine Connectivity at the St. Gregorios Cardio Vascular Centre there.

anonymuncule

kyo hota hai zindagi main kabhi aisa ke
her muskan - ek dhokha,
her asha - sirf sapna,
her kushi - ek saya,
her manzil - nayi raha,
her asoo - bikhre vishwas.

ya phir zindagi hai --
yu he bavajah muskarana,
bikhri ashao per naye sapne sajana,
saye ke piche chipi kirne talashna,
nayi raho per kisi nayi manzil ke oor chahle jana,
her vishwas ki boodh sajoker karna jivan sakar.
--शोभना

Published paper a Hoax??? Stem Cell Research

A Cloning Scandal Rocks a Pillar of Science Publishing from NYTImes

Summary of the events that followed the publishing of the paper in stem cell reearch.

thought

So many people cross our paths... not everyone leaves a mark! We give right to people to enter our lives, our emotional relm. But it is not us who deciede when they leave, how they leave. Sometimes only there departure lets us know that they were a part of our lives. Strange as this maybe sometimes you have to hold on to some people to prevent them from leaving and sometimes you have to push people out. Neither of the transitions being right.

Google Music????!!!

Google whistles a new tune [from CNET]

Google Music will allow a person to type in the name of a band, artist, album or song in the main Google search bar special, and results will appear at the top, accompanied by icons of music notes, said Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience at Google.

Dawkins Interview -- Reason enough to read it

The Problem with God: Interview with Richard Dawkins [via AL Daily]

The most successful captain of the Indian cricket team deserved a better end

Ganguly deserved better treatment from The Hindu
(Comments from ex-cricketers )

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When it is near the end you think about the starting.
-- Mr and Mrs Smith

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cavlin's love for Christmas