This is the fourth post I am writing today when I should be writing my paper. The term is about to end and I just don’t feel like reading or writing (don’t ask me what enables me to write all these posts, that’s the irony about me). I have been working on my […]
Archive for April, 2007
Lantern & the sea: a dream to make dissertation writing fun
Published April 30th, 2007 in Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks. 0 CommentsFor the last three or four months, I have just not felt like reading anything. I have not stopped reading…but that which I read has been random stuff. My comprehensive exams are not far away, and I am in no mood to do any sustained work. Infact, I came to the office […]
Dissertation troubles & the importance of knowing oneself
Published April 30th, 2007 in Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks. 0 CommentsPh.D. is a long haul & often a tiresome journey. Knowing oneself well can make the process fun, quick & worthwhile
I audited a wonderful course on doing a dissertation with Prof. Nick Smith in the department of education at SU. A small part of the course was about methods, theories, and other academic paraphrenalia […]
On narrowing focus for dissertation proposal
Published April 30th, 2007 in Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks. 0 CommentsOne of the biggest challenges in writing a proposal is to narrow down our interests to choose a topic
In three days, I would have defended my dissertaion proposal, and it feels good to think that I’ll get it out of my way. It looks like the proposal is one of the biggest time killers among […]
A list of biographies I have read, many of which I enjoyed
If there is one class of books I enjoy reading most, it’s biographies. Given below is a set of biographies I have read, many of which I enjoyed immensely. There are others that were a drag, such as the autobiography of Mussolini, […]
List of latest documentaries in Google Videos & You Tube (brief descriptions)
Published April 27th, 2007 in Useful Links (by topics), Documentaries and Video & Audio online. 0 CommentsAutogenerated list of latest documentaries in Google Videos available online totally free
Google video also has many category that are available only in advanced search. Using it, I have autogenerated a list of documentaries available. Please note that this is automatically generated using a search strategy, so some of the videos are not relevant, and many […]
Child development links: Policies, research, issues
Published April 27th, 2007 in Right to food, Social Policy and Useful Links (by topics). 0 CommentsNo, this is not about parenting! The following bookmarks would be of interest to social scientists and cover various topics of interest including health, nutrition, policy issues, research tools, etc. Given my special interest, some of these will be on issues relating to early childhood and many articles will be on school feeding.
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