In my life, I can never hope to attend a lecture by Stephen Hawking and hear him speak of the birth of the universe, but thanks to TED, now I can. Or I can hear Louise Leakey tell the fascinating story of ancestral humans. And sitting in my bedroom at the computer, I can visit the deep ocean and see its mysteries with David Bello, or explore Titan and Enceladus, the moons of Saturn along with Carolyn Porco. So can you, thanks to TED....
http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/the-cornucopia-that-is-ted/ Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Col Ashwin Baindur OIC Corps Archive & Museum, CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 ------------------------------------------- Tel : 020-27147976 (R) Mob : 09923454462 Alternate email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tongue in chick! This Rann is for the Birds! Being a pundit, Chitrapur Saraswat to boot, I could’nt resistplacing Subbu’s tongue in cheek introduction to his post about afabulous birding trip to Kutch. Enjoy… . The first lesson I learnt in Kutch is that a good pair of tits isvery hard to come by, and you could spend the better part of an eveninglooking high and (occasionally) low for them! Adesh had promised toshow us the endemic Whitenaped Tits, but the birds were playing theircards very close to their chests. Our local guide Mohammedbhai,however, regarded them as his bosom buddies,…… Follow the post in... Blog: http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/ The natural travails of an Army officer in Hindostan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ''We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.'' - Quarry worker's creed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
