January 2012
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Take this quiz →
To understand the shortcuts humans use when making decisions, take this quiz based on the work of a Nobel Prize winning psychologist, Daniel Kahneman.
Be careful of the kind of mind-manipulations some thinkers, writers and politicians make to convince you with their agendas.
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“Death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be...”
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“Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of...”
November 2011
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चार सत्य
लेखक: मिलन बगाले
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राजतन्त्रको जरोमुलो मास्सिदा,
सामन्तीतन्त्रले नेटो काटने
हावाका रङ्गीचङ्गी वेलूनहरु
टायरले किच्न लागिसके
कमरेड पजेरो रोक,
हावाको वेलूनभित्र
तिम्रो सक्कली अनुहार र
जनताका अटेसमटेस सपना छन
पानीको फोकोझै फुट्ला !
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October 2010
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“I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain...”
September 2010
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फोहोर को थुप्रो मा उभिएर
(छेत्रप्रताप अधिकारी का सुन्दर शब्दहरु)
————————————————- मान्छेहरु मेरो कवितामा राजनिति पस्यो भन्छन कस्तो फसाद! फोहोरको थुप्रोमा उभिएर फुलको कविता कसरी लेख्नेहोला ? प्रजातन्त्रको पछि लागेर कमीसनतन्त्र आयो र देशै खायो यो सत्य घामझै छर्लङ छ अब यो घामलाई हत्केलाले कसरी छेक्नेहोला?...
Anonymous asked: whats ur name?
Seedcamp picks 12 startups out of 23 to invest in →
यो के नौटङ्कि : अश्लीलताको नाममा सूचनामाथि... →
घरघरमा विकृति भित्रिएको भन्दै सरकारले कुनै नीति र मापदण्ड विना सेक्स र पोर्नो साइटहरू बन्द गर्न दिएको आदेशले समग्र सूचनाको सञ्जाल नै प्रभावित हुने भएको छ। … “निर्देशन आए जस्तो गरी एक्टिभ फिल्टरिङ प्रविधिमा जाने हो भने फेसबुक पनि बन्द हुनसक्छ।”
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Guest post: Why Europe lags the U.S. in technology... →
Now we have UN women: Chilean Ex-president to Head... →
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Understanding inflation- Nepali Times →
More women than men got PhDs last year →
For the first time, more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees last year, the culmination of decades of change in the status of women at colleges nationwide.
Go to the Head of the Class - Newsweek →
These 10 leaders have managed to win respect.
Do-gooders get voted off island first: People... →
Richard Branson: Five Secrets to Business Success →
Enjoy What You Are Doing.
Create Something That Stands Out.
Create Something That Everybody Who Works for You is Really Proud of.
Be a Good Leader.
Be Visible.
Nepal, China and India: Rivals on the roof of the... →
“‘परम आदरणीय एवम् हाम्रो नेपाली समाज कायम रहेसम्म जीवित रहने खालको...”
– कङ्ग्रेसको निम्तो भट्टराईद्वारा अश्विकार
A letter from a girl to JRD Tata in 1974 →
This letter is a good read for everyone.
Public good and traditional eastern values have been held high by some of India’s most successful businesses. They have tried to give as much to their society as they have taken from it. Many informal sources, personal observation, and experiences of friends and acquaintances also strengthen this view.
I have blogged about similar traits in...
Do-gooders get voted off island first: People... →
How Much Is Left? The Limits of Earth's Resources,... →
The World's Best Countries - Newsweek →
Working women no longer want to be men →
Society is bored with single-minded career women and, frankly, aren’t women sick too of the pressure to succeed like men?
Money can buy one form of happiness, massive... →
“Intellectual workers don’t need academic freedom to service the status quo,...”
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DATA DRIVEN JOURNALISM →
August 2010
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Do nice guys finish last?
There’s been much talk of why Nihita Biswas agreed to marry Charles Shobraj. Maybe she is just a gold digger, but does that settle this question which baffles many people whenever a girl in the news or our surrounding takes those extra steps to be with a bad boy that she usually never takes to be with a “good guy?” Do nice guys always finish last? I am having this discussion on...
July 2010
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World Cup Football: [NSFW] Sex for all if Holland... →
Yesterday, we read of a Paraguay model offering to striptease if Spain won the cup. Today, news has appeared of her running for her team, despite defeat. In a worldcup of bizarre predictions and promises, some people are not happy with just that.
Dutch porn star Bobbi Eden wrote on…
World Cup Football: Stanford scientist finds... →
A neuroscientist from Stanford University has come up with an interesting theory: occurrence of a certain organism might be helpful in making countries successful at the WorldCup. No, we aren’t talking of Paul, the octopus here, but a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. In an…
36 Youth Facts in 159 Seconds →
freddiebenjamin:
This is old, nerdy and still cool!
World Cup Football: Germany vs Spain - things to... →
We have collected some interesting facts for the pre-match consumption. The Bild has all the 20 things to know.
Sharp shooting! One in every six shots on target for Germany at this World Cup has resulted in a goal. For Spain it is one in every 15.
Spain are taking part in their first World…
June 2010
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England Football jokes (WorldCup 2010)
Webosphere is full of jokes about England’s humiliating defeat with Germany in the WorldCup 2010.
Q: What’s the difference between the England team and a teabag? A: The teabag stays in the cup longer.
In a class, the teacher is asking every kid what jobs their parents have. Teacher: Rocky, what does your dad do? Rocky: He is a stripper in a gay bar and let’s other men touch...
Octopus Paul Predicts German Win Over Argentina →
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The God Project: Hinduism as Open-Source Faith →
jitendranp:
The key point of differentiation between Hinduism and other faiths is not polytheism vs. monotheism. The key differentiation is that “Hinduism” is Open Source and most other faiths are Closed Source.
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The Hindu on the seizure of of Nepalese papers'... →
A comprehensive read about the situation and its background.
Two of Nepal’s most respected newspapers, Kantipur and Kathmandu Post, may have to suspend publication soon if customs authorities in Kolkata refuse to release newsprint, which has been held back for “investigation.”
Along with the delay in clearing newsprint supplies, the fact that major Indian companies have stopped...
IFJ: Indian Authorities Must Explain Delay in... →
IFJ and its affiliates, the All-India Newspaper Employees’ Federation and the National Union of Journalists (India) – have expressed concern over the reported measure by Indian customs authorities to delay a 1000-tonne newsprint shipment bound for Nepal.
Under a trade-and-transit treaty between the two countries, sealed consignments bound for landlocked Nepal can pass through Indian territory...
Nepal Media House Takes on ‘Indian King’: Wall... →
Indian port authorities seize tonnes of newsprint bound for Nepal:
Rakesh Sood, India’s ambassador to Nepal, is Nepal’s new king. At least that’s what many journalists in Nepal think.
“When you report that or write editorials about him or on India’s influence and activities in Nepal, you are expected to do so with fear and reverence”, says a journalist.
Kantipur Publications now...
Google’s Street View cars collected email... →
The BBC is reporting that the French data protection agency CNIL, having begun looking into the exact data that Google’s Street View cars captured, has found that the “sensitive data” included email passwords and “”data that are normally covered by… banking and medical privacy rules”.
I first read it here:...
The Human Genome Project →
Turning-point: Ten years after the reading of human genome, humanity is about to confront its true nature.
Sherlock Holmes returns from Nepal →
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations....”
