My Honest Men

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.
I let them rest from nine till five,
For I am busy then,
As [...]

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To think, to reflect, to write …..

There are times when words seem futile, and to no one more so than a writer. At these moments it seems that nothing is of value other than to act and to intervene in the course of events: to think, to reflect, to write seem trivial and wasteful.
Amitav Ghosh vividly brings before us what [...]

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"in" Internet domain launched

From Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/07/stories/2005010707391100.htm
Indian identity in cyberspace got a major boost today following the extension of the “.in” country code Internet domain name registry, launched by the Union Communications Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, in the presence of eminent industrialists in the Capital.
Developed by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI),”.in” will be the official Internet domain of [...]

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