Five Tips to Help You Find a Job/Scholarship in Graduate School
on Nov 21, 2009 in F1 Desipundit ASU Recession Jobs Graduate School One of the main questions in the mind of a student joining graduate college these days is how to find an hourly job or how to find some form of assistantship. As woes of recession deepen and more and more hourly jobs/scholarship dwindles, it is not e...

Solving the Puzzle – How Many More Kids
on Nov 15, 2009 in Desipundit US Translation Personal Lifestyle Kids This blog post is a translation of the blog post written in Malayalam by Kuttyedathi. Her blog posts in Malayalam are so humorous and rich in content. Her bio in Twitter reads as follows: “Mom |Blogger |Orkutter |Twitterer |exists everywhere in Int...

Trivandrum Tweetup with Dr Shashi Tharoor
on Nov 11, 2009 in Trivandrum Shashi Tharoor Tweetup Are you a Resident/Native of Trivandrum and blog/tweet regularly? Then it is your chance to meet and interact with Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs and MP from Trivandrum. This event was made possible, thanks to the efforts o...

Ranji Trophy 2009/10 – Latest Updates
on Nov 10, 2009 in Cricket Updates Ranji Trophy Last Updated on 20th November...For the latest about Ranji Trophy 2009/10 bookmark this pageRanji Trophy Super League 2009/10 - Round 3Group A: Hyderabad (India) v Gujarat at Hyderabad (Decc) - Nov 17-20, 2009Match drawnHyderabad (India) 236 and 2/0;...

Five Conclusions From Kerala By-Election Results
on Nov 10, 2009 in Kerala India UDF LDF elections 2009 CPI(M) The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has retained all the three seats in the by-elections held on November 7th. A P Abdullakutty, Dominic Presentation and A A Shakoor of Indian National Congress won with handsome majority from Kannur, Ernakul...

Who is Who of Kerala Politics
on Nov 8, 2009 in Current Affairs Leaders Kerala India Karunakaran Politics Here is collection of interviews of few major politicians across different political parties of Kerala. Enjoy!K Karunakaran Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 K...

H4 Visa - Perils of Being a Dependent
on Nov 5, 2009 in Desipundit US H1B Visa H4 Visa Email This PostThis post is by my friend who is in US for the last three years in H4 visa. Lot of people who are in the H4 visa in US can easily relate to her tale. This post will be useful for those who plan to come to US in a H4 visa as a dependent...

By-Elections – What a Waste of Time and Money!
on Nov 4, 2009 in Current Affairs Kerala By-election India The other day I was talking to my friend in Ernakulam Assembly constituency in Kerala that goes to by-election on 7th of this month. He was telling me that unemployed youth in that constituency are having a great time campaigning for various politica...

Know Dr Shashi Tharoor Dil Se! – Through his Tweets
on Oct 28, 2009 in Current Affairs India Shashi Tharoor Twitter Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs is the most popular tweeple from India. He has over 370,000 followers as I write this post and the number is increasing every hour. Dr Tharoor tweets about everything under the sun that includ...

Pregnancy 101 – Where East Does Not Meet West As Yet
on Oct 25, 2009 in India Desipundit US Pregnancy Baby Personal Wife: “I need to setup an appointment with the lactation expert” Me: “For what?” Wife: “The OB/Gyn recommended I do, since they give you tips about breast feeding the baby” Me: “I have seen a lot of babies being born in Indi...