Chennai marathon 2008

It was amazing to see children, women, elderly people, physically challenged and youths running the marathon this morning.  The stifling heat of the morning cooled of a bit when it started to shower lightly but then the sun was back soon, in its full glory, after a few minutes of a cloudy sky. There were around five thousands people participating in the event.

Sethu at sea

Now the UPA government wants the Archaeological Survey of India to decide whether the Ramar-sethu or the Adam’s bridge is man made. The governmen, simply wants to buy time before starting the work at Palk bay. The environmental hazzards associatd with the dredging, was taken casually but now that the life guards have raised the security question, the UPA is looking for a way to stall the work, for as as long as it takes.

Dredging the canal will definitely affect the marine life. The coral reef will be destroyed by continuous sails and human contact. The canal is aimed to make the eastern-coast port bussier and richer but, at what cost? 

 So, I take the Government’s decision, to go for an archaeological study, as a good omen. Not because I think, that the sethu was man made but because, I feel the study will stop destruction of the marine life for the time being.    

Found my ID card!!

I got my college ID card back, finally. I had no clue how I misplaced the card. Apparently, I left it on a banana seller’s mobile-cart, that’s what he told my roomy. He researched my ata-pata from Arathi, our usual, dinner place. And finally after a week, since I lost the ID card, the guy found my roomy walk by his cart and gave the card to her. Cheers to our friend, banana-seller’s health !!! 

 I met the founer of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, yesterday. I must admit, i was a little  surprised to find him friendly. He seemed quite at ease with his rock-starish status among the Indian students. He said, he was amazed to see more than a couple of thousand students  at Kharagpur IIT who had gathered to meet him during his first visit to India.