SIMPLICITY
I remember men who knew a hundred sorrows,
and the gratitude they felt for gifts.
Joy and sorrow pass, each by each,
failure at one moment, happy success the next.
But not for me. I have chosen freedom
from the world's cares. I chose simplicity.
- Hsieh Ling-yun...
July 29, 2003
Two Countries
Skin remembers how long the years grow
Skin had hope, that's what skin does.
Heals over the scarred place, makes a road.
it remembers being alone and thanks something larger
that there are travelers, that people go places
larger than themselves.
Love means you breathe in two countries.
- Naomi Shihab ...
July 27, 2003
"EARTH FROM THE AIR" PHOTO EXHIBITION- BLINDS ARE WELCOMEThe exhibition has taken 10 years of research and fieldwork to produce, in which time Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the acclaimed aerial photographer has taken over 100,000 shots and clocked up more than 3,000 flying hours, travelling across 100 countries. The images, all aerial photographs, capture the characteristics and patterns of the natural world which can only be seen from a bird's-eye view. The exhibition is on display at London's Natural History Museum since November 2002 but recently Bertrand...
July 26, 2003
INFLUENCE OF IRAN IN BENGAL
Hooman has recently posted about the history of Iran. He was wondering whether others are interested in that topic. In fact his post inspired me to discover the influence of Iran in our culture. Hope this can add some value to those who want to spend some time reading this topic.The Turks established Muslim rule in Hindu Bengal. Though Iran is neither contiguous to Bengal, nor did Iranians get a chance to establish their rule in this country, yet Iranian influence was consistently dominant in Bengal throughout the Muslim rule; First the Turks,...
July 25, 2003
Bangladesh vs. Australia - 2nd Test
Bangladesh build respectable total at Cairns after surviving two potentially debilitating collapses.
At close of first day's play:
Bangladesh 289 for 8 (Sarkar 76, Bashar 46, Hossain 46; MacGill 5-77).
Australia takes on charge and cruises on nicely in the second day.
At close of second day's play:
Bangladesh 295, Australia 351/3 (Lehmann 156*, Waugh 74*, 85 overs).
Australia went on to put a mammoth total with 3 centuries and declared at 556/4 after Tea on the third day. To save the day Bangladesh needed...
Monsoon
It is the wind system that dominates the climate of South Asia and the area around the Indian Ocean. The word �monsoon� is derived from the Arabic word �mawsim� which means �seasons�. The monsoon cycle is believed to have started about 12 million years ago with the uplift of the Himalayas.
During the summer season, a center of low pressure develops over the western part of India because of the intense heating of the landmass, while high pressure develops over the relatively cool Indian Ocean. This pressure difference causes the wind to...
July 23, 2003
Are blogs written only for fame?
Recently I found Darren's site through Laura.He is promoting the "underblogs", those who lacks exposer. I think almost everybody felt like this at the beginning 'I am sick of looking at my statistics counter and realising that I am almost the only person that reads what I write.' But there is always somebody like Darren who extends their helping hand. I think for me it was Dave who wrote me the first email and linked me to others. I hope I can carry over this generosity to someone else who needs it.Now here comes the question in the title. Is...
July 20, 2003
All the World's a Stage
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.
- William Shakespeare
Update: The mystery of Dr David Kelly's death deepened, with the revelation that he sent friends emails hours before his death, talking of being haunted by "many dark actors playing games". Quotes The Daily Telegraph. How ironic....
THOUGH FOR THE DAY
"Erst wenn der letzte Baum gerodet, der letzte Fluss vergiftet, der letzte Fisch gefangen ist, werdet ihr feststellen, dass man Geld nicht essen kann!"
-Only when the last tree is uprooted, the last river is poisoned, the last fish is caught , you will realize that one cannot eat money!...
July 19, 2003
CRICKET AND BANGLADESH
For those of you who are trying to figure out what cricket is, it is a sport like baseball with bats, balls & players but the rules and ways are somewhat different.Cricket has been played as a recognized sport since the early 18th century. The first recorded match was played in Sussex, England in 1697. Cricket is popular among the commonwealth countries where the British Empire ruled.Cricket has been played in Bangladesh for nearly 200 years, having been introduced by the British rulers. Following the bloody freedom struggle, which ended in...
July 17, 2003
TURNINGTABLES - THE DIARY OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN IRAQ
I have heard of US soldiers blogging from warfield. But have never read one. I have found the anonymous ranting of a GI deployed in Iraq in the blog turningtables and I was deeply moved by his writing. Go read the whole site if you have'nt yet. A must read. Here are some excerpts.
i want to discuss...and learn...and hear...there are other opinions in this world besides mine...besides ours...i want to understand...why we feel these things...where is it all coming from...where will it all...
July 16, 2003
July 15, 2003
NATURAL CALAMITY
Bangladesh is known to many as a land cursed with natural calamities. Being a Ganges delta in the bay of Bengal, with a close to sea level height and numerous riverines it is prone to flood & cylone. The people are used to deal with these threats. Many lives are wasted every year on the onslaught of these calamities.
This year Bangladesh is on the verge of another worse flood. Continuous rise of Ganges at all its points is threatening many riversides and millions are marooned already(reports The Daily Independent). A few...
REVIEW
God, again and again
through the ages
you have sent messengers
to this pitiless world:
They have said, 'Forgive everyone',
they have said,' Love one another-
Rid your hearts of evil.' ....
....My voice is choked to-day;
I have no music in my flute:
Black moonless night
has imprisoned my world,
plunged it into nightmare.
And this is why,
with tears in my eyes, I ask:
Those who have poisoned your air,
those who have extinguished your light,
can it be that your have forgiven them?
Can it be that you love...
July 12, 2003
Blogspot & persianblog blocked in Iran
Hoder reported on 10th of July, 2003
"Hamshahri, a very well-known newspaper, has reported that all Blogspot and Persianblog subdomains plus my own Persian and English weblogs (Editor:Myself) are blocked by the government. It might be something temporary in order to control the information from outside in the days of July 9th anniversarry. But anyways, they have done it now I guess it desreves attention...
July 09, 2003
RSS & XML
Inspired by Sassan's list of RSS links I browsed a few sites to know about RSS and its uses. Oh boy I was totally lost. The best find was this article which sums up "RSS is a method of distributing links to content in your web site that you'd like others to use."
There are many articles & sites about how to do it. But things went over my head - way to much information was available. Can anybody just let me know the followings:
*Who uses RSS & how it can be used?
*How RSS is created & which one is the simplest?
*Is it...
July 06, 2003
Euro English
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English
will be the official language of the European Union rather than German
which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her
Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for
improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become
known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will
make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in
favour of the "k"....
July 03, 2003
THE HOOMAN-MICHAEL LEDEEN DEBATE
Jeff Jarvis appreciates this.
It's extraordinary that Iranian civilians are getting the world's ear via weblogs. And it's extraordinary that a columnist/policymaker of Ledeen's stature is engaging both Iranians and webloggers. There's more history and subtlety here than I fully understand, so I'm sitting back and watching -- and loving -- this show. This, my friends, is the power of this new medi...
WHATS HOT IN BLOGOSPHERE
There are two good posts put up recently. One in Pedram Moallemian's "The Eyeiranian" about the treatment of the first generation immigrants in US. The post is titled "First nation".
The other is in Hooman's blog about Michael Ledeen. He was national security adviser to the US president during 1982-1986, under secretary of political affairs at the U.S. State Department during 1982-1986, consultant at the Office of the Secretary of Defense during 1982-1986, and special adviser to the Secretary of State during 1981-1982....
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