Google Boy

Walid Elias Kai, a Ph.D. in search engine marketing, who is Lebanese, and his Swedish wife Carol live in Kalmar, Sweden, where their son was born on September 12. They named him Oliver Google Kai. Boy... his classmates are going to have fun.

10 stories the world should hear more about

Awareness of all things outside our realm of immediate dependency is really low. In the event, I think the UN has come up with a really good initiative with listing out 10 stories that are not in the international media spotlight - but which matter.... which should be studied not only for the sake of knowledge and awareness... but also so we don't come back a few years later on watching a movie like Hotel Rwanda and wonder how such a thing could happen. It succintly describes some of the important issues of today. Makes an interesting read (in my opinion).

le football en îles Maurice

le football en îles Maurice, originally uploaded by heshoots_andscores.

Take cover.

glimpses of world history

I just started reading 'Glimpses of World History' by Jawaharlal Nehru. In conjunction with 'Discovery of India' - these books are an essential component (IMO) of any Indian's library. What I am constantly amazed by, are the depth and breadth of knowledge that he had in his arsenal. He wrote the whole book as a series of letters to his daughter... from prison - with the aid of nothing but his pen and his mind... no library, no catalogs. In the event, it is a remarkable testament to the scholar... something I admire and aspire to emulate - regardless of what I think of his views on public policy.

conflict

Of late, my mind has wandered off and gathered interest in conflicts in the world. 'Human capital' is an oft overused term in the business lexicon. However, the word seems to be in its essence when talking about the trading of absolute power and lives lost as a result of conflict. It is quite a hard tradeoff... an impossible line to draw.

In the meantime, the corners of the world seem somehow closer and more distant at the same time. It feels like all of the world thinks largely in the same way in terms of power, conflict and means of conflict resolution... maybe the numbers change... the number of deaths that keeps the cause worthwhile. Qualitatively, however, there seems to be no difference.