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A Few DC Restaurant Concepts & Recommendations

While writing the email came the realization that this would make for a good blog post as well since it had many restaurant ideas and suggestions. Continue reading

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Mother of Exiles

Happy 125th birthday to Lady Liberty. “The New Colossus” (1883) by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman … Continue reading

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Fostering Empathy

Empathy. Its presence–and as profoundly, its absence–can be seen amongst the myriad challenges that populate our daily headlines Continue reading

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Evoking Nostalgia with a Painting

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The pillars (தூண்) that reminds me of old homes? The cooking pots (மண் பானை), once essential, now almost extinct? The firewood cooking (விறகு அடுப்பு) that itself feels so quaint? The flowers in the hair? The courtyard (வாசல்) and the play … Continue reading

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Mapping with Google Fusion Tables

Google’s Fusion Tables, a way to manage large amounts of data online with powerful visualization capabilities built into it, was recently graduated out of Google Labs and became an app available on the Google Apps dashboard. I have used Google’s … Continue reading

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Let’s Do It: Estonia’s Clean Up Project

Plan: Clean up a country. In one day. Sounds crazy? Watch this video: 10,000 tonnes of garbage was collected in one day. Wow!  “Let’s Do It” campaign was born in Estonia from one idea – what if we clean up … Continue reading

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