An Internet for rural India
Courtesy money.cnn.com July 8, 2009
One intrepid entrepreneur battles brigands and bureaucrats to bring e-governance to India’s 700 million rural poor.
BANGALORE (Fortune Small Business)—It’s a sweltering day in May, the hottest time of year in the South Indian town of Sathanur. In the shade of a whitewashed storefront, a rugged, mustached man named Nagabhushana Achalu is filing his first application for a certificate that will help his children go to school. Within minutes the kiosk operator behind the counter has logged on to the state government’s intranet and sent Nagabhushana’s application to a server in the state capital, 40 miles away.
Read MoreRajni Shah’s Hidden Talent - The Art of Fruit Carving
Mr. Rajni Shah, Birmingham, AL
Mr Rajni Shah, an engineer by training and a businessman by profession is displaying a new talent lately - the most beautiful carving of fruits. Check it out for yourself!
Read More
Why I choose to read a book over watching television
By Nirmal Choradia
1st year student, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
For as long as television has been around, people have been told that it is rotting their minds and destroying their ability to think. Instead, people say read a book.
Read MoreConscience: the Ultimate Guide to Reduce Suffering and Promote Wellness
By N.S. Xavier, M.D.
N. S. Xavier, M.D., psychiatrist and author, grew up in Kerala, completed medical school in India, psychiatric training at the University of Virginia and has been practicing in Birmingham, AL since 1979. This article is based on his latest book “Fulfillment Using Real Conscience”. The book has been endorsed Deepak Chopra, Nobel Laureate President Arias Sanchez, K L.S. Rao and many other experts. This book won the award in the “Psychology/Mental Health” category of “The National Best Books 2009 Awards” sponsored by USA Book News. His website www.nsxavier.com has the first chapter and other information.
We, members of the Indo-American Community have great potential to contribute to the reduction of suffering and promotion of wellness. Incidentally, since my wife specializes in pain management and I am a psychiatrist, I say she treats pain and I treat suffering. With our higher educational and financial levels, multicultural backgrounds and spiritual interests, we can be very much a part of the solution and less of the problem of bad choices that beset humanity. A good perspective on using conscience to guide our choices can give people the most useful tools for this purpose.
Read More
Bej seeks partners in extremophile research
The wind was howling — reaching a blistering 80 miles per hour — and the temperature was cold. How cold? Try minus-55 degrees Fahrenheit.
But Asim Bej, Ph.D., couldn’t resist. He bundled up — covering every inch of flesh except for the tip of his nose — and stepped out to see what it felt like.
“Well, it was freezing cold,” he says as a smile creeps across his face. “It wasn’t very pleasant, but it was well worth it in the end.”
Read More
Most Recent
- Woman power fires ISRO’s trek : N. Valarmathi headed the launch of RISAT-1
- Royal Society Elects Scientists as New Fellows for 2012
- Vikram J Singh named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
- Illegal Indians quitting recession-hit UK?
- Asia Society’s Indian American president and CEO Vishakha Desai to step down
- 11 Indian Pilgrims Die in Nepal Air Crash; 5 Survive
- Teen cleared of murder, convicted of conspiracy & assault in fatal beating of NJ’s Divyendu Sinha
- SABA endorses Judge Sanjay Kumar’s re-election bid
- Indian origin Kamal Bawa donates sustainability award money
- Indian origin Pradeep Khosla becomes UC San Diego chancellor