Politics & Society

A History of the World in Six Glasses

Hello folks. This is not a review of the book, ‘A History of the World in Six glasses.’ I had a chance to have a chat with Tom Standage, the Business Editor of The Economist and he was kind to send us across the autographed copy of his book. The book charts the history of drinks, namely tea, coffee, spirits, beer, rum and Coca Cola: The six drinks that changed the world. Here is an open letter to Tom Standage (which ofcourse I mailed him and he replied.)

Mukesh Ambani is the Richest Indian

Here is some useless page 3 business trivia! Mukesh Ambani has beaten L N Mittal to become the ricest Indian in the world. He is only a whisker away from Bill gates. A good $9 billion separates the two gentlemen, but, the way the Stock Market is behaving, it should be a matter of time [...]

Smiley completes 25 years

While the internet might be 12 years old or so (atleast in the public domain) and the online chat might have been around for much less time than that, the pioneering smilie syntax has just celebrated its 25th Birthday!

Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott Fahlman has proclaimed to be its inventor. Although it is an idea [...]