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Joel Sadler talks to me about the Jaipur Knee, which he co-developed at Stanford University. You can find out more information at RemotionDesigns.org. Click play to hear how it started and get a quick video clip of it in action…

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In 2007, I traveled to Mt. Everest and the Taj Mahal.  Here is a video of the highlights….

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[Note: This post was originally written in mid-April. Accompanying photographs could not be uploaded.] RAVANGLA, Sikkim – Stinging nettle, a wild green used to make soup, is called shishnu in Sikkimese. The leaves have rough, serrated edges covered with very…

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In my last post I wrote about one restaurant owner in rural Tamil Nadu who said that most people in India have been unaffected by the economic downturn. His point was that rural people — most of India’s billion plus…

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[Note: This post was originally written earlier this month.] KARAIKUDI, Tamil Nadu – Karaikudi is the small capital of Tamil Nadu’s Chettinad region, a place renowned for its spicy cooking. Chandra Shekar, below, manages a restaurant here near the bus…

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Other than water, Indians do not typically drink while they eat. If anything besides water, it’s a soft drink. There are many fresh-squeezed fruit juices, fresh lime sodas (seltzer + fresh lime juice + sugar), and yogurt lassis available from…

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[Note: I'm catching up from the the last few weeks -- this post, as well as those from March 15th and 17th, originally took place earlier this month, but I've just published all of them this afternoon. Also, I am...

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Lakshmi’s Lounge with Commonwealth Club presents an evening with Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder of Infosys Technologies Limited Author of Imagining India: The Ideas of A Nation Renewed on March 30, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto, CA. India’s…

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From Trivandrum it’s a two-hour drive to Nagercoil, which is just over the border in Tamil Nadu. I was eager to get out of Trivandrum, a clogged and crowded city that’s about 100 degrees every day in March. At the…

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Thirvanathapuram, more commonly known as Trivandrum, is nearly on the southern tip of India. It is Kerala’s business capital with booming shopping and many Indian tourists who come south on vacation. To get to Trivandrum from northwest Tamil Nadu, I…

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