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Some New Books
I ordered some books on flipkart last night. The latest novel from Chetan Bhagat – 2 States: The Story of My Marriage – which is a story of love blooming in 2 young hearts from 2 different states and their struggle to get married. Once again it is priced at Rs. 95, but I got…
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Theory Of Sex
Sex is the celebration of highest human values from Ayn Rand’s philosophical viewpoint. Sex should be seen in the light of broader ethical and psychological theories introduced by Rand in Atlas Shrugged. It is not a mere animal instinct. It is not an act of depravity. People who have no purpose in life finds sex…
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I Did My Bit For Mozilla Service Week
I have set up the website for an orphanage which is located in Siliguri, the same town where I am doing my medical course. The North Bengal Orphanage or Uttar Banga Anath Ashram (as it is called in Bengali) is a flicker of hope amidst darkness. In a time when female child trafficking is rampant…
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There Is Melancholy In The Air
The weather for the past few days is fantastic, a little warm in the day though! Oddly enuf, this weather is making me feel nostalgic n what not… as if i am transported back into time… I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I think it is that exact North Bengal weather when you…
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Linux Version of Avro Arrives!
After a long wait and much anticipation, the Linux version of Avro is finally here! This truly makes Avro a cross-platform solution to write Bangla. Read the official post on OmicronLab forum.
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Long Drive In The Night
During my stay in Kolkata last week, the weather was pretty cool and it rained quite a bit. Last Saturday, 2 friends and I went on a long drive along the Kona expressway in the night. It started raining. We had to slow down a bit, the cool blasts of wind was something to cheer about…
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Obsessed With The ‘Pirates’
Recently I watched the Pirates Of The Caribbean series. Finally, that is! And am completely blown away. Thanks to the 5.1 speaker system I have just installed in my hostel room, the movie experience was all the more fun. I was trasferred to the world of undead pirates such as Captain Barbossa, in an age…
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Sea of Poppies
Last month I wrote about the books I have been reading recently. I forgot to mention one though. The Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. It is an epic tale and the first part of what is going to be a trilogy, called The Ibis trilogy, named after the ship Ibis which has set sail…
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Junior Doctors Get The Hike
After much speculation about its fate, the circular finally came and interns and housestaffs will now get the hiked salary as proposed before.
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I Knew It
Well the poll results are out and guess what I kind of knew that UPA was going to return to power. Not because the media was on their side. Good governance, that says it all. It was positive votes in favour of UPA. Please read the poll results analysis I wrote just as the results…