After 3 years of toiling for a PhD degree I have begun to question the worth of all the investments & sacrifices I have made. I had decided to pursue a PhD in the hope of doing something exciting and intellectually fulfilling, but have realized that an academic job is, most of the time , just like any other job. Most of the work you do is just for staying in the job. True, the level of independence is higher. You can choose the topic you want to work on but difference from any other job ends ...

Has american airwaves gone to the dogs? Seriously, what is happening over here? Just when I thought american popular media has hit its nadir, it manages to dig deeper and find another low. Following closely on the heels of a racial abuse towards an indian call-centre worker by a "very popular" RJ, Star and Bucwild, there comes an even worse example of racial abuse by some nobody called Ms. Jones. http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/27tsunami1.htm The RJ in question made fun of the tsun...

Black, the color of darkness, is the story of a girl whose life is defined by darkness. The main protagonist in this latest masterpiece from the very gifted indian director Sanjay Bhansali is a deaf and blind girl, Michelle, who is struggling to establish an identity for herself in a world which is not built for her strengths. Helping her in this struggle is an eccentric, but very dedicated, teacher Devraj played by superstar Amitabh Bacchan. In terms of basic premise, the movie deals with th...