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[25 Nov 2003 | 3 Comments | ]

A few days ago on my way to work, I glanced at the book a fellow passenger on the train was reading. It was a 12th grade book and the subject was nuclear physics. It had diagrams of protons, neutrons, and electrons orbiting the nucleus and all that sort of stuff. After a bit, I asked the teenager why he was reading nuclear physics. He said that it was required. But, I asked, was he interested in the subject. No, he wasn’t but he was …

Information and Communications Technology, Misconceptions »

[25 Nov 2003 | One Comment | ]

“My uncle died sadly due to his habit of drinking tea?”
“That’s amazing! I have heard of people dying because of alcohol. But tea?”
“Yes, tea lead to his death. He was crossing the road to get himself a cup of tea, and a bus ran over him. Tea caused his untimely demise.”