Indranil’s parents went to Kashmir recently and he has some pictures on flickr.
Srijith taught me that, the reason they ask you to switch off cell phones on aircrafts is not because they interfere with the plane’s communication equipment, but because it interferes with mobile networks on the ground.
Ratheesh Krishna Vadyar finds people yelling em pee three, em pee three (April 29th entry) in Palakkad Railway Station. Along with chaaaya and kaaapi, you also get MP3 film songs.
Twenty Onwards has the review of the new Tom Friedman book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century.
Does the future belong to China ? Fareed Zakaria’s cover story in Newsweek.
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Any electronic equipment on an airplane does interfere with the radio communication. I have seen research papers that detail how much an electronic equipment in certain areas affect the radio communications. Reserch is on in NASA on how to best install and use electronic equipment and wifi networks in a plane without danger…