http://www.thescian.com/?q=aggregator/categories/1 The Scientific Indian - aggregated feeds in category The Scientific Indian en http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheScientificIndian/~3/3sfNr39SyDc/a_matter_of_life_and_er_matter.php <p>As I was stuffing my face today, I wondered if the Universe cared. The short answer is no. The slightly longer and more depressing answer is: my existence is more marginal than a speck of stray DNA on a grain of sand staring at vast oceans (that's literally true, oh the irony...). Clearly, there's no point to existence except amusement. So, here's some:</p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/TheScientificIndian/~3/hvhwXPY_sdU/a_matter_of_life_and_er_matter.php">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheScientificIndian/~4/3sfNr39SyDc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:45 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/TheScientificIndian/~3/hvhwXPY_sdU/a_matter_of_life_and_er_matter.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheScientificIndian/~3/AjHnYuKTx1Y/things_fall_apart_in_india.php <p>So, I am in India for a short trip and was in Coimbatore yesterday. A truck almost collided with the autorickshaw (three-person tincan with an engine strapped on) I was riding in, then a bus gently nudged me as I was walking on --what I thought was clearly marked--a pedestrian path. </p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/TheScientificIndian/~3/Yh9T9rjbB8I/things_fall_apart_in_india.php">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheScientificIndian/~4/AjHnYuKTx1Y" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:27:26 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/TheScientificIndian/~3/Yh9T9rjbB8I/things_fall_apart_in_india.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheScientificIndian/~3/biefsQrgU3M/raymond_carver_on_writing.php <p>Read <a href="http://www.faculty.english.ttu.edu/rice/3360/On-Writing.pdf">On Writing by Carver</a> if you harbor ambitions, then print the good lines and stick it on your wall. I came by this piece via an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/oct/28/trick-raymond-carver">article in Guardian</a> by Stuart Evers.</p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/TheScientificIndian/~3/MG05vMLyJ7k/raymond_carver_on_writing.php">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheScientificIndian/~4/biefsQrgU3M" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:32 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/TheScientificIndian/~3/MG05vMLyJ7k/raymond_carver_on_writing.php Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800