Opinion, Columns etc. :

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Also, do check out the archives of columns that appeared in the weekly feature Not That Sane.
  1. Ideas on how to use Tamil even while living in Oklahoma: Disappearing Languages . Oklahoma Daily, Apr. 22, 1996.
  2. Suggestions for ways to enliven Norman: Norman needs excitement, attractions . Okla. Daily, Apr. 16, 1996.
  3. Some tongue-in-cheek career advice came out March 25, 1996 in the Okla. Daily.
  4. I freaked out after my eyes were described by the Oklahoma Motor Vehicles Bureau as being brown. Eye discovery leads to freak revelation appeared Mar. 1, 1996 in the Oklahoma Daily.
  5. Support for the Regents of the University of Rochester who decided to downsize their mathematics program appeared as U. of Rochester shrinks unneeded math department. . It appeared Feb. 19, '96. I got lots of email on this one, split 50-50.
  6. The year's top 10 stupid Republican Tricks appeared Feb. 5, 1996 in the Oklahoma Daily.
  7. Not-so-scientific poll answers questions about Gingrich, stocks appeared January 18, 1996 in the Okla. Daily.
  8. Chess Player's life strategy inspires . appeared Jan. 10, 1996 in the Okla. Daily. Lost in all the editing was the statement that I don't even know the guy.

Some of my other non-technical writings:

  1. The play A Forced Marriage was first performed in Columbus, OH in 1994 to a riotous reception.
  2. The short story A Blanket first appeared in the magazine Mosaic in 1994.
  3. The short story Carnatic Music and the Seduction Game first appeared in the online publication IndiaWorld .
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