Chanda's Disordered Cosmos

Here are some photos from my trek to the supermarket this afternoon:

Today a lot of left-leaning people are circulating an editorial by Peter Hallward in the UK Guardian entitled Our Role in Haiti’s Plight. I think it’s worth the read, BUT be aware:

There is a huge omission in this article that should not be ignored. While it’s all well and good to point to the repeated [...]

Proof that it’s never too early to start protesting war: Here is an image of a letter I wrote expressing how I felt about the Gulf War in 1991.

An eight year old Chanda tries to convince Bush Sr. to end the Gulf War

This is a tiny note encouraging everyone to check out Catherine’s Our Window blog. I felt inspired to do so because I now find that when I go there, even when I’m done reading, I end up leaving it open because she has set it up to play such great music.

So go take a [...]

The following is a repost of a Facebook comment made by a former classmate of mine from Harvard, Craig Hetherington. Craig is a doctoral student in physics at UC Berkeley. In his response to a friend who didn’t think much of Berkeley’s student protestors, he explains how UC’s recent use of police force against students [...]

I read in an opinion piece recently by a Catholic Priest who has been very active in the movement for peace and non-violence. For the most part, I love his perspective on things. He paints Jesus as a radical for justice, for peace and for non-violence. That’s a Jesus I can get down with, a [...]

It makes me sad that this is necessary. From American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee:
“Additionally, due to these tragic developments, ADC is releasing the following advisory statement to members of the Arab, Muslim, South Asian, and Sikh American communities. ADC feels it prudent to issue this advisory statement due to the potential of a backlash against these communities and [...]

Dear friends,
Maybe some of you have already heard the story that has been reported today in the elsewhere about Historically Black College Morehouse College and their new dress code, which bans crossdressing. The new dress code is part of a trend to go back to the old days of “respectability,” which I translate as “go [...]

From J. Rowland: “Here is a picture of a group of Americans who just found out they have successfully denied equal rights to another group of Americans.”
(The end of gay marriage in Maine)

I recently attended the Women in Astronomy Conference that NASA hosted at the University of Maryland, College Park. It was a fantastic experience. As part of the conference, a delegation of ( mostly) young researchers (48 women and 2 men) went to the White House. The above photo has me in the center, walking with [...]