Monika’s Pensieve

I’ve heard from somebody who was in India that crossing the street in India is impossible, now I have video footage to prove it :]

I thought this was sweet :)

You know how in Baadshah (a Bollywood film) there’s this pair of glasses which make you see everybody with no clothes on, so you can check if they have any weapons? Well, it’s no longer a joke, it’s real and it might be used at European airports…

I found this really sad. My parents always trusted me and discussed things with me and I would have told them I’d tried drugs if I had. It really bothers me when parents show this sort of distrust towards their children :-/
If you talk to people in an accepting way there’s no need for this. [...]

Read the story here.

The Arab dhow, the first of its kind ever found, proves something equally startling - that mariners from the Persian Gulf were trading on a scale, and over distances, unmatched by human beings until Vasco da Gama set sail for India at the end of the 15th Century.
See the article here.

Yep, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” is coming to Afghanistan…

As I’m getting a lot of spam in the comments at the moment, any comments that have hyperlinks in them will need to be approved by me before they appear (which doesn’t mean don’t post hyperlinks, just don’t be surprised when comments including them take a bit longer to appear :) ).

He dialed 999 on his mobile when she had an epileptic fit.