Monthly Archives: March 2008

Tim Maia

 Tim Maia – No Caminho do Bem. Enjoy this bossa track featured in Cidade de deus

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Mar 29, A few good posts on the Farmer Loan waiver.

Ajay Shah Waiver of Mass Debt (WMD) Arun Shourie on The ‘main hun na’ school of budgeting S Aiyar on Loan waiver: Not an election winner Offstumped Unwritten Letter from a farmer to the FM

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Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead…Review

Rated: R Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins Theatrical Release: Oct 26, 2007 Before the Devil knows you’re Dead is a dark suspense thriller directed by Sidney Lumet and shot on hd video. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman of the Capote … Continue reading

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Mumbai Sunset

Something i clicked on my way back to Mumbai.

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On falling medical standards of the CGHS.

My mum, a pensioner is covered under the Indian govts Central Govt Health scheme. Now we know that there have been scams of medicines being purchased at inflated prices and fake bills used to show purchases with CGHS before or … Continue reading

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On the falling Water table and Vandana

Water table in many parts of India is falling and many provinces and cities face acute water shortage in Summer. As a direct consequence many children are falling into abandoned bore wells, this one might be the 5th or 6th … Continue reading

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I am a Legend Review

I am a Legend is a movie adapted from a sci-fi novel by Richard Matheson. It stars Will Smith and Alice Braga of the Cidade de deus and Lower city fame, and is directed by Francis Lawrence. The Story is … Continue reading

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Male babies have Higher Mortality Risk

Baby boys are more likely to die than baby girls and medical advances have actually increased the gender gap, a study released on Monday found. An analysis of infant mortality in 15 developed countries found that Baby boys are more … Continue reading

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Movie Quirks

Now that Nita has tagged me, I might as well give it a try. Im a tv addict and am consciously try to cut back on tv / movie viewing. I like good movies , most of which we can’t … Continue reading

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On Hacking, Encryption and Govt intervention.

The Govt is planning to cut down the encryption rate on the blackberrys from the standard 128 bit to 40 bit so that they can easily access encrypted data. India says it needs access to RIM’s encryption algorithms, used to … Continue reading

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