Author: Amit Goyal

  • Random Post

    The weekend was very well spent with a bunch of us making a trip to the Quli Khan’s Tomb at Qutub Minar for the “Dharohar” Sufi concert as a part of the Times Delhi Festival.

    The show featured Gazi Khan Barna and the Manganiyars from Rajasthan. They were magical at times with the Khartal and Dhol jamming bit, and the Dam Mast KalandarĀ being the highlights of their performance. Also, the actual Rajasthani version of the famous Nimbuda song was done brilliantly.

    Next in line was the hyped event of the night. The performance by Kailasa, a band led by Kailash Kher. They put up a pretty nice and feet tapping show. The best from their end was the rendition of Tere Bin Nahi Lagda, Saiyaan and another medley jiska lyrics I don’t remember.

    Anyways the folks were hungry before he came to the end and his best songs (Allah ke Bande, etc.). But pretty damn good anyways. The location looked brilliant with the lighting an stuff, and the fact that it was free was that much better šŸ™‚

    Meanwhile, Questionable Content, a comic I have become addicted to, has come to pretty interesting phase. It seems that Faye is starting to loosen up and that means only one thing. More fun!

  • A pic is worth a thousand words..

    Uploaded quite a number of snaps today.

    1. The Auto Expo at New Delhi
    2. Thax’s Trip in December (highlight – trip to the Paranthe Wali Gali)
    3. Debo/Shubbu’s trip in December
  • Happy Valentine’s Day

    From Gaping Void:

    Valentine’s Day

    Sometimes no one can say it like Hugh.

  • Mighty push for Open Access

    Apparently Harvard University has mandated that all research publications made by its faculty members be made available for “free” (as in free beer??) online. It is a mighty push for a movement which recently started gaining a lot of momentum.

    In a move to disseminate faculty research and scholarship more broadly, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted Tuesday (Feb. 12) to give the University a worldwide license to make each faculty member’s scholarly articles available and to exercise the copyright in the articles, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit.

    However, if you read the discussion below the article, it is not very clear whether it would be available soon after publication, or there would be a time lag before it gets online for free.

    Whatever the case may be, it is a step taken in the right spirit and right direction.

    Link via: Mashable

  • Self betterment for greater good

    The study published here proposes that individualistic actions on behalf of people prevent a larger group of people from greater fluctations.

    One thing is always true, the more individualistic the behaviour of those involved in the market is, the more stable the whole system becomes.

    The compare youth hostel showers to equity markets (or any scarce resource), and try to prove that the greater stability can be achieved by a group of people working for their own good. Funny logic, but I would tend to agree. What do you think?