Awards

The awards season is upon us, frankly all awards have been devalued a notch now. If last year's Nobel peace to Obama was a bad joke, then the previous year's shared Nobel Peace to RK Pachauri headed IPCC is a worse joke.  Chatwal being given Padma Shri despite being in the bad books of CBI was a disaster, then I wonder what for was Saif Ali Khan given the Padma Shri, just for being an average actor. Watch out for more bloopers this year.

Easy Run - Thursday, 28th January 2010

did an easy run of 62.20 minutes today, easy pace, had to run extra to complete one hour.

Sad Cypress

Just finished reading "Sad Cypress" the usual pulsating, gripping murder mystery from Agatha Christhie, who never fails to enthral.

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Ram
Bombay
http://v-ram-online.blogspot.com/

Sad Cypress

Just finished reading "Sad Cypress" the usual pulsating, gripping murder mystery from Agatha Christhie, who never fails to enthral.

--
Ram
Bombay
http://v-ram-online.blogspot.com/

Chinese pop singer in Sanskrit

China promoting a pop singer in Sanskrit is the biggest insult to India on the 60th year of its republic. I wonder what is meant by Chinese Sanskrit, there is no such thing as that!! Besides the government press release says that she is promoting China's rich cultural heritage. Since when has Sanskrit become part of the China's cultural heritage!! I think this calls for vehement opposition both from the government and also people of India. Tomorrow, they will say whole of India is also part of China's cultural hegemony.

Giants of Science

Just finished reading "Giants of Science" a book of mini-autobiographies of leading scientists, innovators and thinkers starting from Pythagoras to Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, to Faraday, Hertz, Einstein, and Fermi among others. It gives a brief bio of their early lives followed by their scientific experiments and innovations, which has richly enriched modern lives. Highly recommended. My first book for 2010.

Goals for 2010

to complete 125 hours of running
to participate in at least 6 events during the year; already completed two
to reduce weight to 65 kgs
to explore migrating to full marathon