IntentBlog http://www.intentblog.com/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:18 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Global Cures Some of you may have caught Deepak Chopra's show on Syrius/XM radio a few weeks ago when he spoke with Vikas Sukhatme, a renoun physician and cancer researcher at Harvard Medical School. Vikas and his wife Vidula have started a brilliant organization called Global Cures.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/08/global_cures.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/08/global_cures.html Science Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:48:37 -0800 This Omnivore's Dilemma I consider myself a "foodie" in every sense of the word. I LOVE to eat good food, fresh food, home cooked food, gourmet food, food that I've tried from many different parts of the world, even fast food (well, some of it...). One of my favorite activities is deciphering the ingredients in a dish served at a restaurant. Was that lemongrass in my curry? A little bit of dried coriander? Was it honey that made the dish sweeter or brown sugar?

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/06/this_omnivores_1.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/06/this_omnivores_1.html General Discussion Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:51:46 -0800 And Bollywood Endorses .... Forget John Edwards endorsing himself for vice-President last week and all of this week's hype surrounding McCain's search for a plausible VP. The big news is that Bollywood has finally made up it's mind and endorsed a candidate! Phew...
(Notice how they've taken Obama's lips forming his favorite word, "Change" and matched it perfectly to the Hindi lyrics.)
I was just about at my wits end with the campaign, but Bollywood has brought back the fun.
Thanks, guys!

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/05/and_bollywood_e.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/05/and_bollywood_e.html Thu, 22 May 2008 15:44:01 -0800 Pangea Day Just caught this online -- a moving rendition of Indian's National Anthem sung by a Kenyan choir. (They also have a video of a Japanese opera singer singing for Turkey, Australians doing the Lebanese Anthem and the French singing The Star Spangled Banner.)

Here's the link. Enjoy! I really love this kind of thing.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/04/pangea_day.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/04/pangea_day.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:34:20 -0800 My Name is Muhammad So a British school teacher working in Sudan has been jailed for 14 days for allowing the seven year old students in her class to name a class teddy bear Muhammad and write about the bear's experiences in a journal called "My name is Muhammad". Thankfully,

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/11/my_name_is_muha.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/11/my_name_is_muha.html Politics Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:00:12 -0800 Who are you really aligned with? Which American presidential hopeful are you supporting? I thought I was a Hillary supporter -- I guess I still am based on emotions -- but in theory turns out my views are really much more in line with Dodd's, Kucinich's and Edwards'. (Who'd have thought I'd be supporting a white, male candidate?)

Take this short quiz to find out who shares your take on the issues.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/10/who_are_you_rea.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/10/who_are_you_rea.html Politics Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:29:47 -0800 A Mom's Day, Condensed to 2 min, 55 sec This link was sent to me earlier this week and is my new favorite U-Tube video. I was rolling on the ground, lmao (Iaughing my ass off) and my two daughters, Aanya (3) and Mira (10 months) just kept laughing too...although they had no idea why. Enjoy, moms! (And everyone else too.)

The Mom Song

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/10/a_moms_day_cond.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/10/a_moms_day_cond.html Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:22:09 -0800 Mindful Awareness in the Classroom Students at some elementary schools in California are being taught "Mindful Awareness". Supporters and skeptics in the schools discuss. An interesting article.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/06/mindful_awarene_1.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/06/mindful_awarene_1.html Spirituality & Relationships Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:00:04 -0800 A wife's influence... Do you think Laura ever rolls over and looks her husband in the eye as they're turning in for the night, sighs, and says, "You know, George, maybe the rest of the country is right..." How I wonder...

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/04/a_wifes_influen.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/04/a_wifes_influen.html Politics Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:23:57 -0800 The Super Girl Phenomenon About a year ago, I had written about "Girls' Inc.", an organization I truly believe in and about being a feminist. I recently attended another luncheon by this amazing organization. Much of the discussion at this event was of the new "Super Girl" phenomenon.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/04/the_new_generat.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/04/the_new_generat.html General Discussion Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:46:09 -0800 I'm back... Ok, so I've been on a 5 month hiatus from Intent Blog. Sorry, had a baby. (For those of you who care, we named her Mira!) Guess I'll consider it my "maternity leave". Did you miss me? Wait, don't answer that yet....

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/04/im_back.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/04/im_back.html General Discussion Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:17:04 -0800 back on my feminist rant... Hi everyone,
So I guess I can't help it. The last few weeks I seem to keep coming across books, articles, editorial and tv programs that are urging the feminist in me to speak out...

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/10/back_on_my_femi.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/10/back_on_my_femi.html Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:30:00 -0800 Acceptance of Misogyny in US Culture Some of you may have caught this editorial by Bob Herbert in the New York Times earlier this week. I just came across it and thought I'd share for those of you who also may have missed it. Found it very powerful and pertinent, in part because it was written by a man and also because I'm about to have my second daughter any day now..... thanks for reading. Hope it provokes some discussion.
K.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/10/acceptance_of_m.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/10/acceptance_of_m.html General Discussion Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:07:03 -0800 Name Aanya's New Sister... Hi everyone, So I've got about 8 weeks to go....before baby #2 arrives. Thought, since the mood on the site seems a bit heavy, I'd lighten things up for a change! Anyone want

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/09/name_aanyas_new.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/09/name_aanyas_new.html Creative Space Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:09:32 -0800 Letter from a "friend of a friend" in Lebanon... I recently got this email from an Egyptian-American friend of mine. I know that there is a lot of skepticism about

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/07/letter_from_a_f_1.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/07/letter_from_a_f_1.html General Discussion Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:00:19 -0800