Comments on: Coverage of the South Asia Quake http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:25:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Arun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4929 Arun Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:59:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4929 Photographs http://greaterkashmir.com/photo.asp?start=1 Photographs

http://greaterkashmir.com/photo.asp?start=1

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4928 Clifford Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:54:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4928 Arun, Well said. This is a most shocking and sad state of affairs indeed. Thanks for the updates. -cvj Arun,

Well said. This is a most shocking and sad state of affairs indeed. Thanks for the updates.

-cvj

]]> By: Arun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Arun Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4927 40% of Pakistan's population is in the under-15 age group. Good schools are in short supply; and the earthquake in Kashmir struck early in the school day. Some of the most sorrowful scenes are of the brick and cement structures with a reinforced concrete roof that have simply pancaked; the walls crumbled and the roof crushing everyone underneath - teachers and students. One is lucky to go to school; it should not turn out so horribly. 40% of Pakistan’s population is in the under-15 age group. Good schools are in short supply; and the earthquake in Kashmir struck early in the school day. Some of the most sorrowful scenes are of the brick and cement structures with a reinforced concrete roof that have simply pancaked; the walls crumbled and the roof crushing everyone underneath – teachers and students.

One is lucky to go to school; it should not turn out so horribly.

]]> By: Arun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4926 Arun Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:35:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4926 Don't get me started :) If you want to know the ultimate reason why things are not going anywhere, according to me, it is because nothing has changed since this 1947 interview. http://iref.homestead.com/Messiah.html Don’t get me started :) If you want to know the ultimate reason why things are not going anywhere, according to me, it is because nothing has changed since this 1947 interview.

http://iref.homestead.com/Messiah.html

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4925 Clifford Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:40:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4925 janet, the warming (at least over Kashmir) had already begun. -cvj janet, the warming (at least over Kashmir) had already begun.

-cvj

]]> By: janet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4924 janet Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:38:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4924 I suppose it's too much to hope that this will lead to some sort of warming in relations between India and Pakistan -- sometimes that happens when neighbors experience a catastrophe together. Sigh. I suppose it’s too much to hope that this will lead to some sort of warming in relations between India and Pakistan — sometimes that happens when neighbors experience a catastrophe together. Sigh.

]]> By: Arun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/comment-page-1/#comment-4923 Arun Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:42:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/09/coverage-of-the-south-asia-quake/#comment-4923 A collection of Indian newslinks on the quake is here: http://in.rediff.com/news/quake05.html English news coverage from the Indian region may be found here: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ http://www.kashmirtimes.com/ A collection of Indian newslinks on the quake is here:
http://in.rediff.com/news/quake05.html

English news coverage from the Indian region may be found here:

http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/
http://www.kashmirtimes.com/

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