Some books are difficult to classify in any particular genre. They span several; of them and in that journey leap into the classification of epics. And yet an epic is typically a piece of work that only scholars can relish. The rest of us can scarcely dream of touching one of those and make […]
Cheers for Clinton, Obama; Boos for McCain at Building Trades Meeting
by Mike Hall The 3,000-plus union leaders and activists at the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) National Legislative Conference had plenty to cheer about when Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) pledged their support for rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, workers’ freedom to join unions and other key […]
AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Turns 100
by Mike Hall More than 3,000 union members and leaders this morning will kick off the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department’s (BCTD’s) annual National Legislative Conference that also marks the BCTD’s 100th anniversary. Both Democratic presidential candidates are set to appear, with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) taking the podium tomorrow and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) addressing the conference […]
Everything You Need to Know about Soups – Hot and Cold
A famous quote from the equally well-known French gourmand, Grimod De La Reymiere, goes: "Let the soup be so devised that it sets the tone of the whole meal, in the same manner as an overture announces the subject of an opera." Often in meals, soups are served as a first course. Depending on the […]
Migrants Around Us
In the midst of all the talk about the migrants in Mumbai and whether they are a burden or an asset to the city, I came to visit my mother in Kolkata. She lives in the Ballygunj area, once (probably still), an extremely elitist old money colony of the Bengali elite. After uninterrupted Left Front […]
‘Ayurvedic way of classifying personalities !!’
Though Ayurvedic science is somewhat restricted to India and also known as Indian Medical science, its classification of human personalities on the basis of the type of food they intake is universally recognised and acclaimed and the science of nutrition also has recognised it. There are three types or varieties of foods which […]