Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Public hearing for tress!


Even after more than twenty month's stay in US, things always spring up which leave you surprised. Take for instance, this notice posted on some trees along the Massachusetts Avenue in MIT. It stated that those trees were planned to be cut, and a public hearing would take place at some-place at so-and-so time. Now, thats surprising, isn't it? While, in India, we do not even know about existence trees around us, and cutting them is mostly a matter of personal choice by the nearest neighbhour, or set of wood collectors, here they are holding public hearing for it. Interesting!
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Boston's fickle weather is never a news, but what happened today was something new, at least to me. It snowed in the evening today, but more importantly, winds too blew very strongly, and consequently it appeared as if it is raining snow! No amount of clothing - if it stays in place due to wind - could prevent you from hitting snow on your face. It is so crazily wonderful experience that cannot be captured in words, and unfortunately not in pictures too, unless you have water-proof camera, which I didn't.
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Today I came across a couple of websites which pictured some family. Interesting part is that they had pictures of every family member taken on same day every year for over 25 years! Seems pretty interesting to me, and I plan to start my own too, so we can really see how we grow old. Oops.
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Check this interesting article highligting India's Defence Research & Development Organization's achievements for what is has done for us!
http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/17spec1.htm

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