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Posts from ‘March, 2011’

Cherished food memories

Every month in the magazine, we run a small article alongside the food feature called ‘Food from my Childhood.’ This feature allows people to revisit their favourite dishes growing up, reminiscing over warm memories around the dinner table.
Below are two examples of the articles -

Iqbal Chowdhury remembers the fishing trips with his grandfather.
Bengalis are renowned [...]

Against all odds

Posted by Robi Chowdhury

Who doesn’t like an inspirational video? We spotted one yesterday that we thought we should share with you.
The story is set in a small fishing village in Thailand called Koh Panyee. The whole village has been built entirely over the water and is propped up on giant stilts by the local fishermen. [...]

What would you put in a time capsule?

Posted by Robi Chowdhury
With the world still healing after suffering from the earthquakes in Japan, the human cost of the disaster is still being counted, as well as the technological cost. When entire business infrastructures get swept away by the raw forces of nature, you realise just how fragile our existence is.
There is a room, [...]

Ways you can help the people of Japan

Posted by Ali Khimji
There is no doubt that you would have seen the calamities that have affected Japan in recent days. So far, at least 2,500 casualties have been confirmed, with 1,800 injured and over 3,700 people missing. And that’s without mentioning the millions that are without access to clean water, fuel or food.
There have [...]

Have a Pie for Pi Day

Today is pi day! No, that’s not a typo, it’s a reference to the mathematical term.
The date is 14th March, which can be written as 3/14, and is the first three digits of this amazing irrational number.
Many of us would have only come across pi during maths lessons, and probably haven’t come across it since. [...]