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Hats off to the owner of this house!
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . I proudly shared the above photograph of a house I came across on facebook. The owner of the house, I presume, must be a lover of nature and a “Save the Trees” activist...
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Free Utility to Clean Your Computer Screen
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . I wipe my computer screen every other day with a soft cloth and use a small brush to dust the keyboard. I was wondering whether there was any easy way out to do this task like...
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Did Samsung Pay the Fine of One Billion Dollars to Apple in Nickels?
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Samsung vs Apple The various litigation filed by Apple Inc. worldwide over technology patents are now known as “smartphone patent wars.” In 2011, while Apple Inc., and...
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A Short History of Thanksgiving Day: Part 1 – Separatists in England
T.V. Antony Raj . Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States and many people celebrate the day with religious significance. Traditionally, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United...
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A Short History of the Pilgrims: Part 2 – Life in Holland
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . A canal in amsterdam – Oil painting by Johannes Frederik Hulk sr. (1829–1911) Shortly afterwards, in 1607, John Smyth and the members of the Gainsborough group moved on to...
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A Short History of Thanksgiving Day: Part 3 – Thanksgiving in New England
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Around 1617, the group of Separatists living Leiden, afraid of losing their cultural identity decided to set up colonies elsewhere, in some other country. Discussions were...
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Black Friday and the United Stupids of America (USA)!
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Last year when I was in the United States, a friend from India called me over the phone a week before Thanksgiving Day. He requested me to buy a laptop for him on Black...
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A Short Biography of Hank Williams, Sr., Who Sang “30 pieces of silver, 30...
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty...
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Cyber Monday – the Online Shopping Festival Day
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Cyber Monday (Source: retailmakeoverblog.com) Black Friday, considered the beginning of the Christmas shopping season has come and gone. Traditionally Black Friday, is one of...
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Paul Walker, Star of the “Fast and Furious” Movies Dies in a Car Crash.
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Paul Walker I love the action-packed “Fast and Furious” series of movie films and the lead characters Paul Walker and Vin Diesel of “XXX” fame. Yesterday (December 1, 2013), I...
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Murders Most Foul in Coimbatore
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . The police in Orissa and Tamilnadu, in India, are on the lookout for a woman named Mohana, involved in five cheating cases in Orissa. She has swindled around 12 crore rupees...
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The Foul Murderers of Coimbatore Arrested
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Two days ago, on December 4, 2013, I posted an article titled “Murders Most Foul in Coimbatore” about a missing 45-year-old woman named Ammasi from Sivananda Colony,...
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ALEC Says: “If You Install Your Own Solar Panels Then You Are a ‘Freerider’!”
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Solar panels on a home. ALEC will promote legislation planning to penalize individual homeowners who install solar panels. While everyone wants to go green, an alliance of...
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“Callgate” / “Kerala Solar Scam”: Part 1 – Team Solar
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Three year ago when the Kerala State was reeling under a severe power crisis, the Kerala government came up with several schemes for generation of power from solar and wind...
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“Callgate” / “Kerala Solar Scam”: Part 2 – The Arrests
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Kerala Legislative Assembly, Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar) This year the public came to know about the Kerala Solar Scam perpetrated by Saritha Nair and her...
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“Callgate” / “Kerala Solar Scam”: Part 3 – Murder, Movie Stars, Intrigue, and...
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Reshmi Pillai (Source: mathrubhumi.com) Reshmi was the youngest of the three daughters of LIC agent Parameshwaran Pillai and Saradamaniamma from Kollam. About 13 years ago,...
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“Callgate” / “Kerala Solar Scam”: Part 4 – Scammers and Politicians
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Many victims of the Solar scam did not dare to lodge complaints against the duo because most of them were laundering black money. Also, the victims were aware that the duo was...
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List of Some of the Many Oxymora I Have Come Across
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines ostensibly contradictory terms. Appropriately, the word oxymoron is itself oxymoronic because it is formed from two Greek roots...
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Am I a Wise Moron?
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Recently I came across the following in Facebook: An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines ostensibly contradictory terms. Appropriately, the word oxymoron is itself...
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Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Cricket Club: An Initiative Aimed at Forging Ties
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . From left, Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas, Australian Ambassador John McCarthy, Msgr. Sanchez de Toca y Alameda, and Fr. Eamon O’ Higgins. (AP Photo) Cricket is a game traditionally...
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