Archive for February, 2005

Uma and Shiva, or The Origin of a Young God

Today I read an interesting article about Shiva and Uma. The ending is impressive: The Fire of Desire They get married. There is a beautiful description of the wedding. Himalaya and Mena, Uma’s parents, throw the marriage ceremony with a huge festival, and all of the gods and goddesses attend. They’re all in complete awe [...]

Trivia

Salaam Bombay

Last night, I braved the rain(yes!) and went with Ashish(yes! again..) to watch Salaam Bombay at the school of Medicine. If you have never been to a developing country and want to have an idea of how hard life can be, Salaam Bombay is one good place to start with. There’s just one thing to [...]

Misc

Donorge

This site with a name sounding similar to sourceforge has a simple, interesting interface. The blurb says: Donorge is a service dedicated towards sending and receiving donations. On Donorge you can see how items relate, allowing donors to make smarter donations and see who can be trusted. The motivation behind the open development of Donorge [...]

Misc