NetworkedBlogs by Ninua
Add Your Blog
|
Login
|
Signup
4
followers
Thoughts, essays and writing mostly on science, history, education, books and society.
Invite Friends to Follow
Syndication
Written by
1 Author
Sunil Laxman
Followed by
4 People
(
invite friends
)
Balancing life
Science, development, education, society
English -
Science
,
Development
,
Society
http://balancinglife.blogspot.com
Unfollow
Follow
Balancing life
· 9M ago
Travel writing
Not quite a return to blogging just as yet, but here is a recent travel article I wrote for Mint:A slice of Americana
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 1Y ago
What’s next, Balancing Life?
I started blogging five years ago without knowing what blogging was. This blog started as a place where I could put up essays I wrote about various topics that interested me, and I hoped that some of them would be read, and I would get some comments and feedback that would help me clarify my own th
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
On Cretaceous beds, dinosaur fossils, the formation of the Indian subcontinent and geology in India
Some weeks ago I had a wonderful discussion with Suvrat, who has rapidly uplifted the quality of discussion on geological/earth sciences, paleontology, evolution and whatnot. My own interest in the geological sciences came through an interest in paleontology which comes from a serious interest in a
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
Eating high fructose corn syrup makes Yogi bear.......
.......fatter than the average bear.Apologies for that awful title that I couldn't resist.If you are fond of sweets, chocolates, candy, cookies and ice cream, and have ever read the label for the ingredients, you must have noticed one of them, called high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). You might have
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
Some changes
....expect quite a few changes in this blog over the next few days/weeks.
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
How buying “local” produce can have a very high carbon footprint….
.....and other such thoughts.Buying “local” food and supporting local farmers and their local produce is one bullet point mantra often touted to be far more sustainable than buying food at a supermarket that belongs to a big company. The main claim for this is that local produce has very low transp
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
Revisiting “Inherit the wind”
Stanley Kramer made “Inherit the wind” way back in 1960. It is remarkable that the movie remains as relevant and powerful today as it was back then. “Inherit the wind” was an adaptation of a play by the same name that was a parable of the famous Scopes “monkey” trial , and when it was made in 1960
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
The adventures of Ibn Batutua
"Ibn-e-batuta ta taBagal mein joota ta taPehne to karta hai churrr"Through those lyrics from Ishqiya, Gulzaar's zany mind conjures up an improbable road song, full of carefree spirit and an imagery of freedom and lust for travel. Yet who was Ibn-batuta, what was his story, and why is he remembered e
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
Book Review: Atul Gawande’s “The checklist manifesto: How to get things right”
Ever thought about how healthcare could be improved? How doctors could reduce errors or complications during serious operations? Almost everyone has a theory on why hospital errors always occur. But Gawande, in his latest book “The checklist manifesto: How to get things right”, suggests that a maj
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Balancing life
· 2Y ago
Back to blogging with Darwin, India and scientific peer review
It has been a nice long break away from the blog, but hopefully regular weekly programming will resume shortly.Till then, I'll leave you with these.First up, a lovey article by the always excellent Vikram Doctor in the Times of India (yup, even the Times sometimes publishes something worth reading)
0
Vote Up
0
Voted
·
Share
Are you sure you want to delete this?
Cancel
Yes, Delete Now
Deleting
Deleting
Facebook
Twitter
Email
More Stories
More