2009 in Words

Copenhagen
Telengana
Austerity Drive
Elections '10
Advaniji (the to-be PM)
Twitter
Liberhan
Shashi Tharoor
Obama - The Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty
26/11
Mayawati and the statues
Twitter (... again)
Kasab
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One a personal note - This was a big year for me with my son Neel joining me and my wife on Nov 25th.

TED Talk by Sunitha Krishnan

I thought I should share this with people who don't follow TED. Just watch this ...



Speechless! Standing ovation is just an acknowledgement, but what after that? Social Media is a great platform to address this. Make people aware of it. And here we have Twitter and other media being used to discuss non-sense.

We are no considerate. We are still not civilized. We are not compassionate.

My heart feels heavy ... :|

Happiness

On 25th November, at 10.10 am, I was sitting very anxious on the 3rd floor of Apollo Hospital. I had not received any news in last 40 minutes.

I couldn't take it long and I ran down to the 1st floor and tried get a peek to see if I can talk to some nurse. In a minute, a male nurse came out asking for Uma Nair's attendant and I raised my hand.

I was called in and then a doctor came and said, "It's a boy. He was born at 9.56 am and he has a birth mark on his right palm!".

I couldn't stop smiling. My son is here.

(Note: Mother and child doing well)