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musings of an intellectual pariah: April 2007
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Friday, 20 April 2007. Of Human Weddings - - and the Super human ones. The Wedding Day - I am told - hopefully I am still far from the experience - is one of the most significant days of the couple's life. Does the need to eliminate a large group from joining in take away from the feeling. My parents had a court marr...
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musings of an intellectual pariah: August 2010
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Tuesday, 31 August 2010. CWG 2010 Mess : Join me initiate some collective action. Mr Bhagat has as a consequence urged. Citizens to boycott the games. I for once agree with his thoughts and have started my own little attempt at initiating some collective action to this effect. I hope you will help spread the word.
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musings of an intellectual pariah: CWG 2010 Mess : Join me initiate some collective action
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Tuesday, 31 August 2010. CWG 2010 Mess : Join me initiate some collective action. Mr Bhagat has as a consequence urged. Citizens to boycott the games. I for once agree with his thoughts and have started my own little attempt at initiating some collective action to this effect. I hope you will help spread the word.
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musings of an intellectual pariah: May 2009
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Friday, 1 May 2009. A trek to Churdar -9th 10th and11th May Ex Delhi - Inviting Participation. My Mami ( yes Kaka Nagar Aunty - for some of you :) ) has planned a trekking tour to the Churdhar peak - at 12,000 ft the highest peak in lower himalyas. You could read/see more at the following links. The Plan is as follows.
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musings of an intellectual pariah: Commonwealth Games : No boost to sporting culture
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Tuesday, 23 March 2010. Commonwealth Games : No boost to sporting culture. Secondly, USA and China (the two major Olympic medal winners)along with many European nations, are not part of the games, so apart from Australia and public service broadcasters in Great Britain and Canada, there may not be much gained from sa...
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musings of an intellectual pariah: February 2008
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Thursday, 14 February 2008. Respecting the right to information. My last post was about the ease of using the right to information act. The friend whose blog i linked to who had described his RTI application, has received a reply from the Public Information Officer (PIO). I have an interesting angle to the Raj Thackr...
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musings of an intellectual pariah: May 2010
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Sunday, 16 May 2010. PPP model for elementary schools : how effective can it be? Firstly how they define a 'poor student' is someone whose parents do not pay income tax. Aren't there many rich (non salaried) people in India who fall into that criteria. Secondly, the plan talks about paying for tuition, textbo...Final...
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Words of the mouse can mislead: Google Translator exposed through more fundamental evidence – Harsh_T's Journal of Random Ruminations
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Harsh T's Journal of Random Ruminations. A personal website, blog and all that can be squeezed into one. Media, Technology and Society. Words of the mouse can mislead: Google Translator exposed through more fundamental evidence. Spanish like Hindi has a distinct formal and informal second person form. So an “Aap kaise ho? How are you, formal) – becomes “? In spanish and a “Tum Kaise Ho? 8221; (how are you, informal)translates to “? 8221; and then further translated into Spanish. Anyway, till Big Brother ...
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Artificial Intelligence May Only Take Us So Far: The Abject Failure of Google Translator – Harsh_T's Journal of Random Ruminations
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Harsh T's Journal of Random Ruminations. A personal website, blog and all that can be squeezed into one. Media, Technology and Society. Artificial Intelligence May Only Take Us So Far: The Abject Failure of Google Translator. A friend, to whom I often write emails in Hindi, decided to go one up on me. He replied to me in Bengali. I decided out of curiosity to enter the text in Google translator and asked for a Hindi translation. The fun began. To respond to all previous reactions. May 2, 2012. October 6,...
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musings of an intellectual pariah: February 2010
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Musings of an intellectual pariah. Full of crap that I and perhaps some of you readers, may consider intellectual! It is the age of niche channels after all, the ratings don't really matter! Thursday, 11 February 2010. If we blame the system, do we act responsibly either? How many times have you found yourself in a discussion that criticizes 'the system'? So why this diatribe? The same argument holds when people cringe about paying income taxes. It is the people with most high paying corporate jobs w...
