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Kitab 2008 – What You All May Have Missed! 2008-03-02 08:30:16 I have been terribly busy, what with the just concluded Kitab 2008 and those little little things in the workplace that upset one. So, dear readers I didn’t have time to blog about the wonderful...
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More Pictures of Kitab 2008 2008-02-28 12:07:22
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Poor Pablo! 2008-02-22 12:19:47 I can’t but empathise with Pablo
Ganguli. He has done festivals, seminars, conferences in practically every country in the world but it’s his own second country – India – that beat him to the quick...
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Satire: Who Actually Made the North Indians Flee? 2008-02-17 10:44:48 Well, actually there’s justice in this world. The New Bombay president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (whose founder is Raj Thackeray) KR Gopi has assured NorthIndians
in the satellite town in which...
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Have You Seen Your Innards? 2008-02-17 04:30:28 Have you ever seen the insides of your stomach? Nyet? I have, recently. The good doctor sprayed some medicine, asked me to swallow, and then inserted the endoscope, and asked me to swallow again. And...
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Pictures of the Poetry Slam at Kala Ghoda Festival 2008-02-16 08:58:29 The Kala Ghoda Festival
just concluded at, where else, Kala Ghoda. Well there used to be a Kala Ghoda (Black Horse) here -- though I haven't seen it -- carrying the supreme behind of HRH Edward IV or...
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Is the Electronic Media So Desperate? 2008-02-13 13:01:54 While a certain Hindutva proponent has a case against South Indians, his nephew has a problem with people from the other extreme, North Indians. Between them they have pretty much covered the entire...
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Ian McEwan, Scientist -Britannica Blog 2008-02-09 23:48:44 Ian McEwan, Scientist -Britannica Blog: Here's what J.E. Luebering writes in the Britannica Blog about author Ian MacEwan's aversion to literary theory. I think the writer is seeking to earn cheap...
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My Revolutions - Hari Kunzru 2008-02-09 22:02:23 My Revolutions
- Hari Kunzru - Book Review - New York Times: Heare what the New York Times' Will Blythe has to say about Hari Kunzru's new novel "My Revolutions".
"This brings us to the British...
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If You Want to Write Go for a Long Walk and Swing Your Hands! 2008-02-09 08:49:45 I just returned from my walk in the Valley Park. I had to do this as a part of my recovery, have to get my tummy in shape (it is hopelessly distended after the food poisoning), and have to beat a bit...
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Bombay Is Colder Than Delhi and Lying on the Road and Looking at Tyres! 2008-02-09 00:31:54 Bombay saw some cold these past few days. It was colder than Delhi at 8.5 degrees while Delhi was 9 degrees. Hurray! We beat you at the temperature stakes, Delhi, though we know we can’t beat you in...
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If I Die.... (My Latest Poem) 2008-02-06 12:14:27 Tell me, if I die, will you mourn;
When I finally fall, will you scorn?
Will this world be a lonely place;
When I am in my final resting place?
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The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini's Novel Moved Me! 2008-02-05 12:26:52 There’s not a single book I have read recently in my life that brought tear to my eyes when I read the last few words before closing it. (A good part of the book was read lying in a hospital bed,...
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An Afternoon with American Poet David Raphael Israel 2008-01-30 12:10:30 On Saturday met with DavidRaphaelIsrael
in the company of three Shakespeareans and three Shakespearean lurkers. It happened thusly of a pleasant winter afternoon, when the city is shrouded in a...
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The Indian Male Sexual Position Explained 2008-01-23 03:35:33 What can I write when a stereo on a floor above goes thump, thump with lyrics such as:
"Yeh dooriyan, yeh fasle, yeh darmiyan, yeh xxxxxx,
Shakria mein, Shakira mein, Shakira mein, essen...
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तारे ज़मीं पर - सिनेमा कि एक नयी पहचान 2008-01-20 09:30:10 I say this, and I say this with confidence: “Tare Zamin Par” marks a watermark in the annals of Indian movie making. Amir Khan, though I had many reservations about his talents, understands the...
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About Indian Bloggers and Blogging in General... 2008-01-20 06:55:15 Well, have nothing to blog about, nothing to fulminate about. So, well, hm, this is about bloggers I like and read. Seems J Alfred Prufrock lost his laptop, but he is still full of verbal verve and...
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Annie's Post "More Number Plates" 2008-01-18 23:55:22 Read Annie
's post "More NumberPlates
" appearing in "John's Shared Items" alongside. Imagine a car owner, an affluent type, one of those people who have disposable income, asking a girl in full flow...
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The Saga of Bilkis Bano - One Courageous Women from Gujarat! 2008-01-18 21:52:33 News filters in that Bilkis Bano has received justice for her gangrape during the Gujarat
holocaust (yes, I call it that). This woman should be admired. Just imagine what she went through. Six...
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Recovering... 2008-01-14 08:51:01 On the way to recovery, there’s the aftertaste of medicines in the mouth, the sluggishness, the weakness, all of which will take some time to get out of. Banish it; go away I don’t want to be sick...
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A Noble Profession, You Say? 2008-01-11 11:49:01 This whole hospitalisation-healthcare in India is a scam. Yes, I realized it recently, quite closely and personally. Earlier, during the start of the 2000’s I had lost both my parents and had spent...
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Florence Nightingales? 2008-01-09 21:54:48 Been really down in the dumps of late. Health was bad, a lot f doubts abut the future – and that is terrible: I mean starting to doubt about yourself and your future. Spent a few days in a hospital,...
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The Great Indian Railway Bazaar; and Sexual Perversion Therein! 2008-01-04 00:26:54 My great love and dislike – well some things like that aren’t they? – about the railways is that when it affords me a keyhole peek into the real India, I, sometimes, get disgusted by the people and...
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Links for 2007-12-05 [Digg] 2007-12-06 00:00:00
Corporate Hired Mercenary
This article "Corporate Hired Mercenary" is about how Indian business operates and how business is done in India. Worth a look.
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Links for 2007-12-03 [Digg] 2007-12-04 00:00:00
good article on treehugger
The World's Fastest Indian
This article is about the lovable movie "The World's Fastest Indian". The author shares a few insightful facts about this hit movie. Worth a look.
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The hazards of digital Maoism
This article discusses the hazards of digital Maoism
Web 2.0: The Sleep of Reason, "Digital Maoism," etcetera, etcetera
This article discusses Web 2.0 and it's impact on the internet.
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