Someone visited my blog looking for “erotic vaccination scars.” Another visitor was looking for Hotmail IDs of Muslim girls. And to the guy who came looking to confirm that “love marriages are more successful than arrange marriages,” I say your guess is right. Marriage is actually the most common search term for visitors coming to… Continue reading Weird Searches
Year: 2003
Chateau de Chenonceau As a Bridge
Chateau Chenonceau really is like a bridge…
Chateau de Chenonceau
Chateau de Chenonceau has some nice gardens…
Chateau de Chambord at Night
The light show there was amazing…
Chateau de Chambord
Chateau de Chambord in Loire valley, France…
Bastille Day
Since it is Bastille Day today, so the theme of this weblog is France. We went to France last summer for the wedding of two dear friends. The photographs I am posting are of different Chateaus in Loire valley. Forget about the French Riviera and head to the Loire valley. It’s a great place with… Continue reading Bastille Day
Palestinian Right of Return
An interesting opinion poll of Palestinian refugees gives some hope on this intractable issue. In a broad, detailed survey, Dr. Shikaki’s [director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research] researchers questioned 4,500 refugee families living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan and Lebanon. More than 95 percent of them insisted that… Continue reading Palestinian Right of Return
Immigration and National Security Report
As I promised, here are some of the highlights from the report by the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute. Our new security measures must be effective rather than merely dramatic, and must not destroy what we are trying to defend. The government’s post-September 11 immigration measures have failed these tests. These actions have not only done… Continue reading Immigration and National Security Report
Textual Analysis of Quran
Brian Ulrich points out an article in the Lebanon Daily Star about production of a critical edition of the Quran based on the manuscripts found in a Sanaa mosque in Yemen. A professor of literature and human science at Sousse University in Tunis, Abdeljelil heads a team of scholars compiling a critical edition of the… Continue reading Textual Analysis of Quran
Been Sick
Sorry for the lack of posting recently. I have been sick. Feeling much better now, though still not completely healthy.