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Floral art and floor art create carpets of celebration for the 10-day fest of Onam. Read here and share your views...Click on the link to read more>>

Editor's note: The Wall Street Journal lit up the blogosphere last weekend with an article titled, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior. This played right into the stereotypes about Asian parents being obsessed with their children's education and myths about Chinese and Indian education being superior to U.S. education. The Journal article was over the top-way over. In fact, TechCrunch contributor Vivek Wadhwa called it "bizarre" in a response that he wrote in his BusinessWeek column. Chinese and Indian parents really do care about their children, just as American parents do, as do others all over the world. Some Chinese and Indian parents are really strict and push their children extremely hard. But he doesn't know any who would call their children "garbage" either in private or in public as the Journal described. And he doesn't know any middle-class Indian or Chinese children, in this day and age, who allow themselves to be subjected to the type of abuse the article details. You can read his views. But here is the perspective of one of his Twitter followers, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, President of The Julia Group.  She said that she felt compelled to write this after reading his piece.

One of the most fascinating things to come out of the current We Are 99%/Occupy Wall Street protests is the We Are 99% Tumblr.  At the site, people hold up signs that explain their current circumstances, and it tells the story of a whole range of Americans struggling in the Lesser Depression.  It is highly recommended. DATA The site features pictures of individuals holding their signs, and occasionally the tumblr reproduces the text of the signs themselves underneath the image as html text.  Sometimes the text under the image is blank, sometimes it is a different message, but often it is the sign itself. In order to get a slightly better empirical handle on this important tumblr, I created a script designed to read all of the pages and parse out the html text on the site.  It doesn't read the images (can anyone in the audience automate calls to an OCR?), just the html text.  After collecting all the text on all the pages, the code then goes through it to try to find interesting points. It's a fun exercise, pointing out things I wouldn't have seen otherwise.  For instance, I found this adorable little rascal, pictured below, mucking up the algorithm, as the first version of the code assumed all the ages would have two digits.  I found that he, and the sign his mom made for him as a confessional to her son, hit me a ton harder than any of the more direct signs of despair in this economy:

Why do you think a black-and-white scheme is a resounding success, always?! Read here and leave us your views…

DCA Architects, New Delhi play with monochromes and mirrors to create a luxury salon in Hyderabad inspired from the branding concept. Read on to know more here...

Respecting old-world architecture without compromising on contemporary needs, Gautam Desai Design flags off the BBlunt salon blueprint in Mumbai, India. Read on to know more about this multi-functional, inspiring and at places, quirky design...

Schulen Fernandes, the much-talked-about protégé of fashion guru Wendell Rodricks believes in wearability beyond the ramp. Is this new kid on the block going to give us some pragmatic high fashion? Read her interview with indiaartndesign.com to find out…

The Musical Theatre and the Exhibition Hall in Rhike Park by Studio Fuksas is a modern structure inserted in the urban fabric of old town Tbilisi. Sitting on a 2.5 acre plot, the structure is sure to take your breath away! Read on to know more here...

The recently completed Bronze Gallery at the National Musuem, New Delhi, is a winning competition entry by Matrika Design Collaborative! Read on to know more about enhanced visitor experiences here...

Rehab essentials for neurologically challenged kids, the Glifo writing and drawing tools aim at giving them a second chance at life. Read here and leave us your thoughts…

A-cero, Spain presents a single family villa that showcases the best of client needs, architectural design and chic material palette. Read on to find out how a material can lift an architectural idea

Read what Mumbai's very own food stylist and food photographer Saba Gaziyani has to say about Jasper Udink ten Cate's book Creative Chef

A contemporary home with traditional touches is cleverly designed to offer both privacy and a visual connect to nature. Read here and leave us your views...

Customizing spaces comes naturally to the team at The Orange Lane. Their latest interior intervention for the brand Sassy Spoon is in one word: Sassy! Abundant colour, old world charm and tiny details ensure that this bar & fine dine in Mumbai will stand out! Read on to know more here

Cubism-Architects-Interiors design this home in Tamil Nadu using introverted planning and contemporary touches to bring the outdoors inside, while referencing the region's traditional Chettiar mansion. Read here and leave us your views.

A definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 million. (1) Dr. Richard Besser, of the CDC , in 1995, said the number of unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections was 20 million. Dr. Besser, in 2003, now refers to tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics. (2, 2a) The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million. (3) The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually is 8.9 million. (4) The total number of iatrogenic [induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures] deaths is 783,936. The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is 699,697; the annual cancer death rate is 553,251. (5) It is evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the United States.

India's Ar. Sanjay Puri bags three coveted awards at the prestigious World Architecture Festival and the World Festival of Interiors - the largest annual festival and live awards programmes for the global architecture and design community. Read here...

At the refurbished Quique clothing store in Costa Rica, all common architectural elements turn into meaningful function, conveying key information to the visitor. Read here and leave us your views...