Brown Basmati

I wanted to spread the word about brown basmati rice. As a fairly dedicated rice eater, I eat rice most days of the week. For some time, I have been searching for a healthier alternative to traditional rice -- tasty brown rice.

I am happy to say the search is over because I have discovered brown basmati. Brown rice requires a little more water than white rice and can also be conveniently prepared in a rice cooker.

I started with a small container of Texmati and recently decided to invest in 10-pound sack of Kohinoor Brown Basmati (from an Indian store). Though I have not had a chance to try it, I think this rice has good pulau potential.

What the Bleep?

I watched an interesting movie/documentary this weekend -- What the Bleep Do We Know!? (thanks to I). It starts out with a bunch of Phd-types talking about quantum physics and the concept of reality. Nothing is solid. Now you see it and not you don't. The classic "Where is the electron conundrum?"

The movie/doc also brings in some neuroscience -- the brain sees based on experience and misses a lot. (Explains why eyewitness testimony is so unreliable). This is not a typical documentary because it also has a parallel story line involving an anxious photographer who was jilted by her husband. In addition, there is some animation that features brightly-colored talking cells that at one point break out into some rock 'n roll.

The final leap is when the movie/doc connects the idea of probabilities from quantum physics to the idea of God (yes, it is a quantum leap!). Somehow, ordinary people can "choose" their realities and find God within themselves. In the narrative, the photographer finds enlightenment and dunks her anxiety pills in the garbage.

If this description has not peaked your interest, one of the scientist-type people (can't miss her, look out for the german spy or the aged porn star) becomes increasingly dramatic in her description of people and their addictions. It turns out that she is not a scientist but J Z Knight, founder of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. Now, that explains alot.

Overall, an entertaining show but don't take it too seriously. After you watch the movie/doc, check out this website that explains the problems. It is amazing how thought-provoking quantum mechanics can be (another plug for Copenhagen) when you let your imagination roam free . . .

The Inconvinient Truth

So, I finally watched the new Al Gore movie/documentary, An Inconvinient Truth. I have to say that even three days after watching it, the images of the ice bergs melting and the billowing smoke from industrial exhausts continues haunt me . . .

Here are my main thoughts about the movie/documentary:

1) Even though I found the flashbacks about Al Gore's life in the movie interesting, I did find them distracting during the presentation about global warming. Also, they left me with a lot of unanswered questions while I was watching the movie like: What happened to his son? (he survived, btw) and Why did Al Gore live in Washington and only spend his summers in the farm? (because his father was a senator of course), etc.

2) In general, I found his argument about global warming pretty convincing but he was essentially preaching to the choir. I have been pretty convinced that Mother Nature has gone berserk for some time with all these tsunamis, hurricanes and really hot summers. However, I have to say I was irked to find no scale on the y-axis on the CO2 graph that was shown and other potentially misleading graphs (groan) . . .

3) Even though I am convinced of the problem, unlike some other people, I have a hard time finding meaningful ways of solving it. After all, the environment is pretty fragile and influenced by forces greater than myself. As a result, I feel that Al Gore left me stranded with this feeling of impending doom with very little guidance on how to save the world.

I don't mean to sound too critical because it was a good production overall and should give people something think about (and facilitate a real change in attitudes about climate change). And who knows? It might even motivate me to cut down on my hot showers . . .

A Tourist in Bangladesh

A sneak peak.

Creepy

Today, the big news on CNN is that NSA is collecting phone records from three major phone service providers. It was a USA Today reporter who broke the story. Apparently, anyone can get these "call logs" on the internet, which is also pretty creepy.

And what happened to this inquiry?

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All is not as it seems. Dicussion about this here and here.

Redefining Feminism

Last week, I read some depressing statistics about "the wage gap". Looking at the historical data, it seems like this gap is unlikely to just go away (as it should) . . .


Forty-some years after the Feminine Mystique, most employers are now following equal employment opportunities, girls are outperforming boys on the SAT and women are dominating in colleges. So, how come the wage gap isn't shrinking? To explain this bizzare trend, the wage gap is being attributed to women's behaviour. A host of experts have identified a plathera problems: women are increasingly choosing family over work, women not negotiating to success to women smiling too much in the boardroom. For some of these problems, solutions are suggested like "Negogiate Damnit" and "Stop smiling", etc. However, most experts are not sure what to tell women about balancing work and family. After all, women are the social caretakers and if they do not make the sacrifices, who will?

Recently, I read a refreshing article (thanks M for the link) about what we can do to close the gender gap. The Rules for women are:

There are three rules: Prepare yourself to qualify for good work, treat work seriously, and don’t put yourself in a position of unequal resources when you marry.

Suprisingly, Hirshman (herself a beneficiary) points her finger at liberal arts education . . .

The first pitfall is the liberal-arts curriculum, which women are good at, graduating in higher numbers than men. Although many really successful people start out studying liberal arts, the purpose of a liberal education is not, with the exception of a miniscule number of academic positions, job preparation. . . So the first rule is to use your college education with an eye to career goals.

The second rule suggests women should look for more lucrative careers. . .

So the second rule is that women must treat the first few years after college as an opportunity to lose their capitalism virginity and prepare for good work, which they will then treat seriously.

The best way to treat work seriously is to find the money.

The last and possibly most controversial rule is that women should avoid being on a less powerful position in their family life (here, money is equivalent to power). The refreshing part about this article is that it contains suggestions that actually make sense.

Taking the easier path first, marry down. Don’t think of this as brutally strategic. If you are devoted to your career goals and would like a man who will support that, you’re just doing what men throughout the ages have done: placing a safe bet.

For some reason, this mercenary approach to picking a career and a husband does not mesh well with my way of thinking. However, Hirshman has a point. In this world, where money is power, women are voluntarily "choosing" the short end of the stick, even Harvard educated MBAs. On the small scale, these are individual choices but globally this brings down the value of all educated women . . .

After working for a few years, it seems to me that women have to overcome significant gender handicaps at the work place in order to succeed. While their biological clocks are racing, women often times make decisions that make it difficult for them to compete equally in the job market (and therefore make the world a better place). However, the good news is that science is on our side (with women living longer and able to have kids at an older age) and other options are becoming more socially viable (adoption). Hopefully, a redefinition of feminism and a women-friendly instutional and societal changes will ensure that the future will not be as bleak . . .

Google Update

Google has been in the news recently. From it's alliance with strategic partnership deals with the likes of Dell, Apple, Motorola to Google's defiance of the Feds and it's compromizes in China, Google news is everywhere.

As a frequent user of Google products (most recently empowered by Picasa), I am most interested in ensuring that I am not trading off my privacy for convinience. The EFF has issued this warning about new features of the Google destop search engine:

Unless you configure Google Desktop very carefully, and few people will, Google will have copies of your tax returns, love letters, business records, financial and medical files, and whatever other text-based documents the Desktop software can index. The government could then demand these personal files with only a subpoena rather than the search warrant it would need to seize the same things from your home or business, and in many cases you wouldn't even be notified in time to challenge it.

It is not clear why Google needs to transfer this data to it's servers in order to do desktop searches. I am guessing that the answer to this question may be even less unsubstantial as the reasons why Google saves "search terms":

keeping detailed records can help in identifying click fraud (faking clicks on Web ads to drive up a rival's cost), and in optimizing search results for different geographic areas. Compiling a user profile can aid in tailoring search results in products like Google Personalized Search. Also, disk storage is cheap, and engineers tend to prefer to keep data rather than delete it.

Hydrogen -- The fuel of the future

This is a popular refrain these days. However, this time it is not just fuel cell scientists trying to convince of this but an electrical engineer with a Harvard medical degree who has stirred up a heated controversy amongst physicists (link from Soumya).

Dr. Randy Mills is claiming that he can release energy from hydrogen by moving the electron closer to the nucleus (to a more stable orbital). According to quantum mechanics, the ground state (the lowest orbital) is when "n" is equal to 1. In order to explain his theory, Mills has reverted to classical theory to explain the fractional value of "n".

To commercialize this technology, Mills has started Blacklight Power and has somehow convinced investors to put in over 25 million and has set up a 50,000 square foot R&D lab in NJ. Not very suprisingly, their main focus is power generation applications.

So, what should we make of all this? I am not sure if it is possible to have a lower ground state since quantum mechanics left me kind of fuzzy. However, after some googling, my guess is that Mills must have some compelling evidence since he has been able to convince some people. This still does not rule out the possibility that there is some sort of misunderstanding or misidentification of the phenomenon. I am ruling out a deliberate scam because if that was the case, Mills would have taken the money and ran years ago.

Frankly speaking, the propaganda on the website seems too good too be true. The process of hydrino formation is supposed to generate heat (and no other harmful radiation). This energy is supposed to be signficantly higher that the energy needed for electrolysis of water (the fuel) and maintenance of the plasma for this process, which is a tall order.

So, this is either an amazing new step forward for mankind or a great blunder. You decide . . .

Fall Colours

It is just like me to post about fall colours at the end of fall. But, as they say, better late than never.

When I first moved to the Midwest, I dreaded the fall because it marked the end of sandals and served as a reminder of impending winter freeze. Slowly but surely, I have begun to look forward to the falling leaves, the earthy tones and the crisp in the air. Below, I am appreciating a fallen leaf. . .



On the flip side, I was not so appreciative while helping my dad rake the leaves on our lawn. It made me wonder how nature can be so inefficient. All the leaves change colour, shrivel up, fall and then will have to regrow again next spring. While raking millions (or was it tens of millions?) of fallen leaves, I contemplated that fall is can be a lot of wasted effort. There has to be an easier way. . .

On a random note, this is a picture I took last week of unidentified crop (some type of wild barley or oats?) swaying in the fall breeze . . .

The Living Dead

Continuing on this vein of morbid topics, I watched an excellent play last weekend, the Masrayana. This story depicts the saga of Gopal Masra, a fictional character loosely based on the true story of Lal Bihari. Bihari was involved in a protracted legal battle with the government of India to prove that he is not dead in order to regain his property.

Land disputes are often the cause of these cases of "wrongful deaths". In Bihari's case it was an evil uncle. For Misra, it was his good-for-nothing brother who had bribed the local clerk to obtain a fake death certificate. Initially, instead of excessively dwelling on his misfortune, Misra tries to present the illogic of his case in the hopes that this fraud will be exposed. A memorable scene was when Misra's wife goes to apply for widow's benefit accompanied by her husband. Unfortunately, a system that is trying to hide it's errors can be exceedingly frustrating (to say the least). Her application is denied because it is found out that she is pregnant (I wonder if that is sufficient cause to deny widow's benefit?). Suprisingly, these frustrations are used as a humorous ploy in this production.

Another endearing aspect of the play is the intermixing of indian music and dance. It is very cool to have a sitar opening each scene and traditional dancers depicting short scenes.

The play implies that Misra's journey for identity and acceptance can be compared to the struggles that many downtrodden commuties face in the modern world. Similar to Bihari, Misra travels all through India mobilizing thousands of people who have been dispossesed of their identities. The play doesn't spend too much time on this process and provides a sort of Bollywood/Hollywood ending. Apparently, a magistrate hears about their case in Delhi and decides to hear their cases immediately (can this really happen?). Another aspect the play glosses over is Misra's relationship with his good-for-nothing brother. In many such cases including Biharis, the "living dead" upon proving their case, actually gave back the land to their relatives who had stolen from them. So, all in all, it is a strange situation.

Masrayana, written by Kovacsik, is being performed by the Rasaka Theatre Company, a small Chicago-based theatre company. If you get a chance, go see it!

Knocked Out

So, I had a strange out-of-body experience yesterday. I was at the doctor's office for a routine physical exam and things were going as well as can be expected. Suddenly, I could feel my senses numbing, my vision dimming. I had fainted years ago and I realized that was probably what was happening to me. I tried to tell the nurse about it and before I knew it I was out . . .

I don't remember exactly what was going on in my head when I was unconsious. It felt like I was in a calm place and it seemed like I had been there forever (had no memory of my previous life). Waking up was a rude interruption. I saw a girl on her knees and unknown blonde nurse was asking her if she is OK. Then, I realized that that girl was me and remembered that I was at the doctor's office. I kept thinking why can't they just let me sleep?

Today, I am back to familiar well-grounded reality.

It was one of those Monday mornings. . . I woke up to my alarm and thought what is that strange noise. Sometimes, weekends have that effect on me. In a daze, I dressed and headed to work. I was driving down the familiar route (of course, all this could have been avoided if I had biked to work). . . Suddenly, the car in the adjacent lane turned into my lane and hit my vehicle. Startled, I slowed down and parked the car on the side to figure out what just happened. The driver of the other car, an old man hobbled over to me. I was still dazed and didn't know what to do when he suggested that I call the police (duh).

Anyways, to make a long story short, it turned out that this old man, who was born in 1918 was driving his wife to the hospital. He didn't see me and was just trying to change lanes. The damage to my car isn't significant but it will still take about $2,500 to repair. The old man (reminded me of my grandfather) took full responsibility, apologized and patted me on the back.

I could not help but feel sorry for him. He was driving his wife (who for all I know may have been suffering from some sort of grave illness like cancer). Do old people in this country have much of an option? Social security is only sufficient to get by and when your body fails you, there is no one to lend a hand. If you have to support yourself 20-30 years after you retire, you had to have saved a fortune during your working life and spend it wisely (avoiding the numerous scam artists that prey on the elderly). With life expectency improving world-wide, it seems to me that longevity is over-rated and I'd rather not to overextend my time.

Netflix

Do you like movies?

My roommate and I made the monumental decision to join Netflix about six months ago and, let’s just say, it was love at first sight. I should preface this by saying that I am nuts about movies. Strike that, I’m nuts about a lot of stuff: pop culture, television in all its trashy and glorious forms, “good” music, cheap clothes, half price bottles of wine, things that can make me giggle without thinking about it, the onion av club, but, above all else, I’m nuts about movies. And that makes Netflix and I a match made in heaven. With, like, a zillion movies to choose from (ok, I obviously made that number up, it’s actually “more than 50,000 titles”), almost anything you like is somewhere in there.


For example, I did a study abroad in India last year, and, after years of resistance on my part, I gave in to the totally ridiculous, exhausting yet exhilarating genre of “Hindi films.” Though they are becoming more visible in America (a nearby theatre in Chicago actually shows Hindi movies about the same time as their debut in India), they are still hard to find in backwoods. Lucky for me, Netflix fares better.

The Indian film industry is remarkably prolific, putting out thousands of movies every year. So it would be kind of difficult to really stay on top of that. Netflix stocks a lot of the newer pictures like Veer Zaara which made a huge splash while I was in India and is prominently shown in the “Indian” section of foreign cinema. Also included are some damn good picks like Salaam Bombay, Amar Akbar Anthony (seriously, this is such a funny movie), and blockbusters like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. They even have a feature titled “Best of Bollywood” where you can browse a listing of Bollywood classics from the '60’s onwards.



Another little mini-obsession of mine is Japanese cinema. Right now I’m all about this director, Takashi Miike. My friend who is into “strange” movies got me hooked with Visitor Q, the absolutely most disturbing film I’ve ever seen. Its hard to describe, on one level it’s the story of one family’s redemption; on another level, it seems more like a compendium of random, really disturbing ideas patch-worked into a movie. Another nice feature on Netflix is that movies come with the combined rating of all the people on Netflix who have rated that movie. So you can check out his four-star work (Audition, Last Life in the Universe), his three-star stuff (Dead or Alive or City of Lost Souls—which despite the violence, I found irresistible and hilarious), etc.

Even if you’re not into foreign films (I admit, sometimes subtitles are just plain annoying to have to bother with) Netflix stocks all the American fare your little heart could desire. From documentaries to TV shows to animation, you can browse and add till your fingers ache. They also have tons of lists that you can look through from Roger Ebert’s picks to the Netflix 100—which is like a stock exchange of the 100 most popular films on Netflix, as films become less or more in demand they move up and down the list. And the beauty is you queue all of it. I can go on a bender and add 50 movies and I may not see them now but one day, I’m going to open my mailbox and there’ll be a Netflix envelope and I won’t know what’s inside (well, you can check what’s on your queue or what’s up next very easily, but I find the surprise kinda fun) and it’ll be another random movie I’ve been dying to see and that moment, my dears, is brought to you by the magic and beauty of NETFLIX!

Gmail & Privacy

If you are an avid reader of this blog, you would have probably noticed that I have opinions on varied topics, which I share with the world on occasion. Strangely enough, it is my entry about Gmail that gets the most hits from first time visitors and creates some controversy.

From the responses, I can guess that most of my readers are probably Gmail users. I can't hardly blame you since I found out that my own mother, computer unsavvy as she is, has a Gmail account, which she claims to check. As she was telling me this, I was torn between encouraging her new-found online freedom and my fears of the dark side. Seriously, you know your world cannot be safe when Gmail is scouring through your loved ones’ emails. Now, call me paranoid but I can think of several unwholesome scenarios that can result. For instance, if my mom writes that she wishes her unmarried daughters to find a match in an email, will the creepy crawly dataminers pick up on that and send her targeted advertisement? If they send her a link to something like Shaadi.com, no doubt all hell will break loose!

Ok, I admit Gmail is not evil (the world cannot be broken up into such a simple dichotomy). My main excuse is that as a true Bengali, I seek out melodrama wherever I can find it. In addition, one of the tenants of Google philosophy is: "You can make money without doing evil" and associating Gmail with Evil was a temptation I could not resist . . .

Anyways, getting back on track, there are many reasons why the Gmail model puts the customer at unnecessary risk(Check out the original entry for details). Several privacy advocates have become concerned that the success of Gmail will encourage other companies to follow suit (it might be too late already). I suspect that all the desi software engineers around here are working extra long hours to create better dataminers that can extract information even more accurately and efficiently and databases that can catalog and retain this information indefinitely. This has already reduced the vastness of information online into small palatable bits (which has no doubt improved the quality of our lives). However, these same tools also make it easier for 'bad' people to get our private information and use it for 'bad' purposes.

Granted I am more worried about my personal financial information being misused rather than emails. However, there are things that can be done to improve information security online. I feel like I'm doing my part by spreading awareness about these issues. Since laws and regulations will take time to catch up to technology, it is up to responsible corporations and vigilant users to fight "evil" and keep our online world safe.

Stained Glass

It is easy to tell when I am procrastinating because those are times when I feel extra-inspired to update my blog. Right now, I would rather not think about my impending move and the associated packing/organizing, so I figured I should tell the world about my attempts at stained glass art.

Circa October 2004, I walked into a stained glass store and signed up for the beginner class. My first project (The Star) got my feet wet & was a good introduction to the basics -- scoring glass, copper foiling, soldering, etc. During that class, I also made my first 3D object, a lampshade. This blurry picture is the only picture I have since this piece is currently half-way across the world . . .


I have found that many stained glass designs are either too floral, too medival or too religious for my tastes, so I was glad to find a book of designs by Kimberlee Lynch ("Clearly Abstract Art For Glass). I brought one of these designs to life.

After this, I tried my hand at designing my own piece in a leaded window (it looks like an eye!). I had some fun with sandblasting, gluechip glass, cementing, etc. For people who are thinking about trying it, this is an expensive hobby and if you are like me you will have a hard time giving away your pieces. As for the pros, I cannot decide what factors contribute most to my enjoyment. I suspect the proximity to toxic chemicals (the lead, the solder, various agents), the danger involved in cutting glass and using the hot iron or the heady fumes all play a part.











The finale was when I was able to force all the pieces for my leaded mirror into place. . .

Home-grown Terrorists

Right after 9/11, some of my American friends asked me to explain why the terrorists hate the US so much. Not that I was an expert in this subject. . . As it happened, I was a muslim person they knew/trusted and they wanted to get in on the DL.

However, I was probably just as unprepared for 9/11 as the rest of them (the attack as well as the repercussions). Having lived many years in muslim countries, I had seen and heard some of the rhetoric of islamic fundamentalism (Palestine, US troops in the Holy Land, etc). These people organized protests, burned some flags but in general seemed to restrict themselves to unrest in their home countries. In addition, I didn't really take the small group of terrorists (like Bin Laden) as a serious threat to the US because I didn't know they were capable of such large-scale devastation. Also, it didn't occur to me that the terrorists would misdirect the issues that they have with US foreign policy and direct attacks against civilians on US soil. But, hey I wasn't the only one who didn't see it coming.

The London bombings bring up similar issues now that it turns out most of the bombers were homegrown Britishers (The Mystery Man,The Family Man,The Cricketer,The Teenager). Reading through their profiles and the state of Multiculturism in UK, I can see how these people might have been pre-disposed to the rhetoric of Islamic fundamentalism and the nihilistic philosophy of terrorism. There is a sequence of emotions that I feel when I think about the terrorists starting with disgust (how could they murder and maim innocent civilians?), anger (what right do they have to act in the name of islam?) and frustration (how does this help muslims in any way?). Finally, I settle for pity (Isn't it sad that their terrorist leaders instead of providing a constructive outlet for the energies of these young people ask them to forfeit their lives and take as many other people as they can?). Try as I might, I can not understand what illogic drives the terrorist masterminds and what kind of delusional thinking would lead them to believe that this strategy is helping anyone, particularly muslims.

In conclusion, I can think of nothing that can justify or even explain their actions . . .

Information Insecurity

Last week, I got a letter from DSW indicating that my credit card information (including the security code) and address has been "stolen" from them. Apparently, this breach came to light in March and DSW contacted the credit card companies soon afterwards.

Recently, there have been several prominent leaks where credit card and personal info (social security numbers, birthdates) of customers have been unintentionally released (citigroup, PetCo). One of the largest release of information was the security breach involving 40M credit cards. During the uncovering of this leak, it was also discovered that CardSystems was improperly holding consumer credit card data by keeping a file on credit card transactions that failed to receive authorization. In response, they released this statement:

"We were out of compliance and we recognize that file was out of compliance with the association rules," Bill Reeves, CardSystems' Senior Vice President, told CNN.

So, what exactly is going on? Why is it that the companies we are entrusting with our personal financial information are not zeaously gaurding this information (as they should)? One of the main problems, as this Economist indicates, is that the companies are not legally liable. Only a couple states like California and Illinois have laws that require companies to notify the customers when their information has been compromised.

Anyways, back to DSW . . . The state of Ohio is suing DSW in order to release information about this to the customers. But, is this enough? Companies are not doing enough to keep customer information secure. In this day and age, where information is invaluable, this insecurity is costing customers and credit card companies (as they have to pay $35 for new cards and also reimburse people in cases of fraud). I can only hope that someone is looking out for me. . .

The Veil -- A form of Rebellion?

The case of Tashnuba Hayder, a teenager who was detained on suspicion of being a potential suicide bomber and subsequently deported from the US for immigration violations, is unfortunate. Many aspects of this case is still shrouded in mystery, including the reasons why this girl first roused the interests of the FBI. But, what is clear is that Tashnuba is a rebellious teenager who found expression in religion.

From childhood, Tashnuba embraced religion with a kind of rebellion. By 10 she was praying five times a day - and reproaching her more secular father, a salesman of cheap watches. At 12, Tashnuba even explored Christianity. But at 14, she adopted a full Islamic veil. [NYT]

The Veil (Hijab, Burqah, purdah) as a form of rebellion? In addition, Tashnuba was reported to have attempted to elope with a muslim-American boy defying her parents, who were not amenable to her demands for home schooling. Why would she volunteer for a child marriage to a stranger just to avoid (supposedly raunchy) public school education?

I remember the Veil as an oppressive practice. My sojourn in the Mid East left me with a bad taste for this restrictive institution. But, maybe my rebellion against it was not so different from Tashnuba's rebellion for it. We were both longing to have the freedom to dress as we please and thereby express who we are. . . And she is not alone. Many muslim women are embracing the islamic dress to empower them against the objectification of female beauty.

Unfortunately, Tashnuba and her family has had to pay dearly for her rebellion. Just as I was lured by the promise of Western liberalism, Tashnuba echoes innocently about the utopian Islamic state . . .

What she recalled was talk of a utopian Islamic state that would follow God's will, not human desires. "You don't pay for water in an Islamic state, you don't pay for transport," she said. "There are certain rights that can't be taken away."

Growing up and closer study usually reveals that things may not