June 2012: Links of the Month

Pittie, Aasheesh (2012): Indian Courser - My Kind of Birding, Blog post 21Jun12 - http://aasheeshpittie.blogspot.in/2012/06/my-kind-of-birding.html

Pal, Anuvab (2012): An Ode to Arnab Goswami, News Laundry 22Jun12, URL - http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/06/an-ode-to-arnab-goswami/

Shoji Kaori (2012): The Truth About Japanese Love - We just Don't get along, The Japan Times, 18Jun12, URL - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ek20120618a1.html#.T-L9_LVo3uo

Obituary - Andrew Huxley, Neurophysiologist, The Economist, 16Jun12, URL - http://www.economist.com/node/21556885
- solved one of the most important biological mysteries of all—how nerve cells work, and thus, at bottom, how brains do

Dujarric, robert (2012): Japan's younger generation shuns the world stage, The Japan Times, 14June12, URL - http://www.linkedin.com/share?viewLink=&sid=s1222402276&url=http%3A%2F%2Flnkd%2Ein%2FnSr-MQ&urlhash=ehKO&uid=5619903118020968448&trk=EML_nus_share-F7&ut=1yhaSP-9hHSlg1

An American in Delhi - Jeanne Heydecker - http://american-in-delhi.blogspot.in/

Trees in the Ramayana:
- Lodhra: Simplocos racemosa - URLs - http://www.himalayahealthcare.com/herbfinder/h_symplo.htm
- Padmaka: Himalayan Wild Cherry (Prunus cerasoides  D.Don.) - URL - http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=26&page=view&catid=45&key=3
- Deodar: Himalayan Cedar (Cedrus deodara) - URL - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_deodara


Chinmaya R. Gharekhan (2012): India is not a global power, The Hindu 9Jun12, URL - http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3505965.ece?homepage=true

Amir Khusro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV5UibHJZyQ

Rowana, Jenny (2012): The 'dirt' in The Dirty Picture: Caste, Gender and Silk Smitha, Round Table India, 17Jun12, URL - http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?Itemid=132&catid=119%3Afeature&id=5283%3Athe-dirt-in-the-dirty-picture-caste-gender-and-silk-smitha&option=com_content&view=article


Vishwanathan, Vidya (2012): IN PRAISE OF PERFORMANCE, The Hindu Businessline, 11 Jun 12, URL - http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article3515924.ece
- Eagle flasks & longevity


* Joseph, Manu 92012): WHY ARE THE SUITS CRYING? The Open magazine 16Jun12, URL - http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/why-are-the-suits-crying
- Daniel Nocera - Artificial Leaf Project


* Gulati, Ashok and Jyoti Gujral (2011): Food Security Bill: Can we afford Rs 6 lakh cr food subsidy in 3 years?, ET 11Dec11, URL - http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-17/news/30528849_1_food-subsidy-subsidised-grain-priority-households


Sharma, Mihir, S (2012): Austerity abuse: Government is not supposed to be poor, it is supposed to work for those of us who are, BS 9Jun12, http://business-standard.com/india/news/austerity-abuse/476731/

Rajan, Raghuram (2012): What Happened to India?, 8Jun12, URL - http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/what-happened-to-india-

Tharoor, Sashi (2012): The Indian Miracle Lives, 11Jun12, URL - http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-indian-miracle-lives

Das, Alokparna (2012): The Depths of History, IE 10Jun12, URL - http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-depths-of-history/960023/

Chellany, Brahma (2012): The Resistable Rise of China, URL - http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-resistible-rise-of-asia-


Bajaj, Vikas (2012): As Grain Piles Up, India’s Poor Still Go Hungry, NYT 7 June 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/business/global/a-failed-food-system-in-india-prompts-an-intense-review.html?_r=1

The Best Job in the World - P&G Advt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NScs_qX2Okk


Worst Place to be a Woman (Foreign Policy) - http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/24/the_worst_places_to_be_a_woman#0


NHK Online - http://www.nhk.or.jp/
Japanese girls in Gurgaon - http://www.nhk.or.jp/worldnet/archives/year/detail20120602_19.html

Smith (2012): Philosophy’s Western Bias, NYT 3June2012 - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/philosophys-western-bias/

BBC: What the Ancients Did for Us - The Indians: What The Ancient Indians Did For The World - http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-what-the-ancients-did-us-the-indians


(Viji in FB 3Jun12)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/gross-ingredients-processed-foods_n_1510516.html?ref=mostpopular#s=more225946

(Sherzod FB, 3JUn12)
* Economist- Schumpeter: In praise of misfits
-Why business needs people with Asperger’s syndrome, attention-deficit disorder and dyslexia (Economist)
http://www.economist.com/node/21556230?fb_ref=scn%2Ffb_ec%2Fin_praise_of_misfits&fb_source=home_multiline