Coins from a dark past
October 20th, 2011 by anup No comments »World War II was the event of such magnitude that it changed the course of world history. Most of all the common citizens suffered most, immensely affected by the war. Almost all the nations of the world were involved in the war, either directly or indirectly. Below are some coins released during the era. Let it be a reminder about the grimness of war…we must not forget…we must not forgive…
Mussolini - 1945
Germany
Hitler - 1935
Gamers solve protein puzzle
September 19th, 2011 by showri No comments »Gamers have used a game designed to solve a protein problem which has a significant effect on the fight against Aids. The game is called
More details here …
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/04/4814345-gamers-solve-protein-puzzles
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April 23rd, 2011 by showri No comments »
A painting of one of the frames of a Tinkle comics. I can’t recollect the original artists name now, I used to when I was a kid. That artists work were generally more appealing than others those days. One more aspect I remember from this painting is the skin color. It used to be a kind of pink which is not found in a standard water painting kit. Can’t recollect how I ended up with this color though.
Shantaram
April 3rd, 2011 by showri No comments »How may peoples profile will have these description jostling for space novelist, bank robber, charity organizer, junkie, screenplay writer, jail breaker, doctor, mujahadeen. Gregory D Roberts is one such character and Shantaram is his book about his experience in India, Bombay/Mumbai to be specific which is a world in its own. 
The narrative of Shantaram is philosophical. I would describe it as a kind of out of body experience, you look at India that you live in through the eyes of a foreigner and you see more than you see. Shantaram is a fictionalized -auto-biography. You can make out the fiction part from the actual part as the contrast stands out and there are too many co-incidences to be true.
The whole book is divided into 5parts covering early experience in Mumbai, slum, his brush with underworld and others. There is also a whole site dedicated to the book at www.shantaram.com
Well, overall a must read .
