This news is not for you
by Roopinder Singh

The New York Times carried, on August 28, a detailed story titled “Details Emerge in British Terror Case” for its readers—except those who live in Britain, the focus of the item. One of the top newspapers in the world took this unusual step to conform to the British law. Click here to read more

Cartoonist Sandeep Joshi made this caricature
as a birthday present in 2006.

Net result

Utility, not novelty, helping Internet growth
by Roopinder Singh

MORE Indians are accessing the Internet than ever before, but the nation is way down the list in the number of users internationally. The US is the leader by far, followed by China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Korea. India is now the ninth in terms of overall online population internationally, according to a survey by comScore World Metrix, a US-based company that compiles data on the Internet and its users’ behaviour. Click here to read more

Over 140 international scholars from over 58 universities and 10 countries have studied Punjab, its history, geography, culture, political economy and religious traditions, in a unique programme that marks its 10th year now. To read more, click here

The College of Art, Chandigarh, celebrated its foundation day on Wednesday, the 16th of August by organising an event in which two giant canvasses were painted by various people. It was fun to wield the brush instead of the pen!

As a one-year-old in 1982, it was declared the “Person of the Year” by Time magazine. Today, as it completes 25 years, the Personal Computer can boast of turning the world around and impacting lives as none before. Let’s scroll down the eventful years of the smart machine, which refuses to slacken its drive. Click here to read more.

It was quite a blast this birthday. I took a day off from office and was relaxing at home when I got a call from a friend saying that someone needed blood.
Read more about it by clicking here.