On the eve of the release of "Yuva" and "Aayitha Ezhuthu," Mani Ratnam speaks to Samanth Subramanian about his films and his creative process  • more

One Sunday I was online and I met a cousin of mine. We started talking about childhood days in Bombay. As kids, we used to often visit each other's place. She mentioned this one occasion she was at our place and we showed her this robot we had made.  • more

I just bought the new expansion for Rise of Nations called the Thrones and Patriots. It adds a new nation, Indian to RON and I just played that first..:-) • more

Living in India and Economy Matters will soon move to a new content management system unique to the Living on the Planet network. Please email me [michael at livingontheplanet dot com] for further information.  • more

In a significant departure from its initial position, Google might be supporting RSS after all. This, after it decided a few months ago that it was going to put its weight behind Atom, a competing specification which claims to solve all the problems with the RSS specification. • more

This is the second part of a three part essay exploring discussion forums or bulletin boards, weblogs or blogs and wikiwikiweb or wiki. This is a personal enquiry to understand the informatin ecology that we all have the previlege of sharing. I welcome all your comments, tips, suggestions and your  • more

An American friend who visited India told me recently that he opened a newspaper on his first day in India and was puzzled by what he saw. The language in the newspaper was obviously English but he was not able to understand most of the articles! Inspired by this comment, I have set up a web site, The Coral Fringe and an associated blog with the intent of explaining some of the strange things that a Westerner would encounter in India on the streets and in print.  • more

Kolkata - once the capital of the British empire, had some really beautiful buildings going back to that era. The Victoria memorial and the Government Museum building are two excellent examples of the splendid architecture of that age. Sadly, most of them are now dilapidated and broken down structures. View image The  • more

Since Brihadambal is the consort of Lord Shiva there are lots of Lingams in the temple precincts. And lots of Nandis ( Nandi = Divine Bull ) to accompany them. All over the temple there are inscriptions in Tamil a Tamil called Sanga Tamil � Tamil from the Sangam Period which is also over 2000 years old.  • more

Coming out of the haze induced by the great climate of Bangalore, and being very objective, I think I am entitled to these opinions.  • more