They say the arrival of a daughter Is undesired, unwanted, parents committed slaughter They say it marks the beginning of a nightmare How come they don’t see beauty and blessing over there She is a burden on the shoulders that Have raised her, it has always been her trait Even the womb that carried her [...]

Short film on the importance on collaboration. Link to this post!

A solitary soul on a silent land, A finger writes your name on sand, Streaming tears have replaced my glee… Since you have closed your eyes on me… Those moments,thy memories are all so rare, Lost in a flash is all thy care… Enslaved in thy thoughts, I try to flee… Since you have closed [...]

THERE was once upon a time a man and a woman who had an only son, and he was called Jack. The woman thought that it was his duty to go out to service, and told her husband that he was to take him somewhere. `You must get him such a good place that he [...]

New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shares a portfolio of her wise and funny cartoons about modern life — and talks about how humor can empower women to change the rules. Link to this post!

Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics brings onstage two amazing exoskeletons, HULC and eLEGS — robotic add-ons that could one day allow a human to carry 200 pounds without tiring, or allow a wheelchair user to stand and walk. It’s a powerful onstage demo, with implications for human potential of all kinds.   Link to this [...]

Once upon a time there was a handsome black Spanish hen, who had a large brood of chickens. They were all fine, plump little birds, except the youngest, who was quite unlike his brothers and sisters. Indeed, he was such a strange, queer-looking creature, that when he first chipped his shell his mother could scarcely [...]

Once upon a time there lived a rich man who had three sons. When they grew up, he sent the eldest to travel and see the world, and three years passed before his family saw him again. Then he returned, magnificently dressed, and his father was so delighted with his behaviour, that he gave a [...]

–posted by ramya Yesterday I was asked to deposit some cash in the bank. I went out with the money to deposit and some extra money which was to be used to pay for renovations going on at my house. The bank was busy when I arrived so I took a token and waited. While I was [...]

Drowning in the sacred water I cry to the holy mother Bleeding besides me is my brother Under this acid we wither Life hanging on the wings of a feather This is our enemy’s knock-out header Dressed in all our war breathing leather Besides this there ain’t plan another Which inside my brain just flickers [...]