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Author Archives: Abhijit
Manmohan Singh’s Twitter typos and more
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a noted economist and a brilliant scholar. The tweets being sent out in his name by his media team, however, include typos and other slip-ups. Maybe they do a rush job. He has been … Continue reading
Auden: Poem on a painting
It was Auden’s birth anniversary yesterday. He was born in York on Feb 21, 1907, and he died in Vienna on Sept 29, 1973. I love many of his poems, and when I saw this picture of a painting which … Continue reading
How rich are Indian ministers and MPs?
Indian voters are increasingly electing rich people to parliament. And once elected, they tend to get even richer. Of the 543 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the lower House of parliament, 315 are crorepatis or multimillionaires in rupee terms. One … Continue reading
Poems for Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day. Here are a few poems for the occasion.Click on the player buttons to start the slideshow. Tweet
U.S. universities with most international students
Guess which US universities host the most international students? Here’s the list of the 25 US universities which had the largest number of international students in 2010-2011. These 25 universities had a total of 144,359 international students – or 20 … Continue reading
What international students students in America
The number of international students in the United States rose from 690,923 in 2009-2010 to 723,277 in 2010-2011, a 4.7 per cent increase, according to the Open Doors Data from the Institute of International Education. But what are the subjects … Continue reading
Top destinations for American students
The United Kingdom continues to attract the largest number of students from the United States, according to the Open Doors Data from the Institute of International Education. The number of American students abroad went up by 3.9 per cent from … Continue reading
Asian students in America
The number of students from Singapore went up from 4,051 in 2009-2010 to 4,356 in 2010-2011, but Singapore is not on the list of 25 countries that send the most number of students to the United States, as we saw … Continue reading
Top 25 countries sending students to USA
The largest number of international students in the United States is from China, and they are a growing band. Their number went up from over 127,800 in 2009-2010 to more than 157,500 in 2010-2011, an increase of more than 23 … Continue reading
Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Blogspot, WordPress and Tumblr traffic
Facebook has almost caught up with Google while Twitter still lags behind Wikipedia and Blogger remains the most popular blogging platform. Tumblr blogs get as many daily page views as WordPress.com blogs but the latter attract twice as many daily … Continue reading
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