Archive for November, 2006

Microwave and time management

The variable notion of time has been doing rounds in the social sciences for some time now. Chronologically a minute is a minute for all of us – but under circumstances the minute may seem like a long time. In fact, I did not realise how long a minute is until I started using the [...]

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Resource Constraint

I had a prolonged debate on school feeding with a friend recently.  I pointed out that India’s school feeding does not have any ‘means testing’ and covers all children.  If India with its resource base and a large school population can do it, most other countries afford it.  He on the other hand pointed out [...]

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Party Gals of J Street

Life at Syracuse has been fun all thru. This year it’s become even better. The batch that joined after me in the Social Sciences programme is totally fun-loving. Many of them live around J street, where one of my batchmates lives as well. J street has since become a venue for parties. Here are a [...]

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