Cool Stuff/Links

Interesting Articles/News

Elegant theory of skin-color evolution

Good prespective about working in Microsoft

Gallery of press-photo-contest winners

Some of the best pictures I have seen

Articles about education

EE Times on Math scares students away from engineering: also tells how high schools are failing to teach math.

How low high school scores are negatively impacting the hi-tech sector

Grade Inflation at American Colleges

CNN Story about how only one in five high school seniors has a solid grasp of science and only half know the basics

Washington Post story which talks about how US seniors rank near the bottom compared to other countries. You have to register at Washington Post (its free) to read these articles.

CNN story about how nearly half of all grades at Harvard University last year were A or A-minus

Check out this article in Salon Magazine on the success of IITians

Bloomberg News article/column that quoted me on the subject of education

Comparison of Indian versus American Education

Rabbit's Thesis

Links that don't work anymore

CNN story about how only 25 % of American students can write at their grade level

US grapples with aliteracy: Americans are reading lesser and lesser

Hindustan Times article titled "The Myth of foreign education"

Associated Press story about how 80 % of college seniors do not know basic American history

AFP Poll which shows US public lacks basic scientific knowledge

Text books from Indian schools being used in other Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries

Readings

Science Fiction Readings

The English Server

Humor on the Net

My collection of some of the best comic strips and jokes/essays

The Onion - Amazingly funny/satiratical Newspaper

Laugh Web - good humor site !

Rec.humor.funny home page

The ultimate chain letter

Travel & Hiking

Info. about hiking and backpacking - includes equipment, food and medicine guide.

CIA's World Fact Book

Info about Destinations & their Culture

Istanbul Discovered

US Visa FAQ

More links etc

Mysterious Places

Great Thinkers and Visionaries

How Stuff Works

Casino Craps

I am an AIESEC Alumnus and was a member of the AIESEC Delhi IIT Chapter.
19 Ways to find out when to leave AIESEC