As a kid you fantasize about growing up and being independent and responsible and rich and free to do what you want. Doesn’t always work out that nicely. I remember back in school where my biggest worry was the couple of marks i didn’t score in the latest weekly test. Or finishing homework early...
Monthly Archives: October 2007
What Kind of Indian Are You?
1. Do you vote? In the club elections? Always Hell yea They are all equally bad. What’s the use? Used to. Till they ended reservation for my caste. 2. You are stopped at a traffic light. The light turns green and you take four seconds to move. People behind you start honking. You? Stop...
Gandhi – My Father
We always think about Mahatma Gandhi as the freedom fighter, fighting for India’s independence, leading millions of people in protest against the British, liberating the country in his own unique way. What about Gandhi the person, a husband and father of four children? The movie Gandhi My Father takes a close look at one...
Traffic in India
Youtube is turning out to be a modern day Pandora’s box. Check this out. This video is a clipping of traffic at some intersection somewhere in India. (Any guesses what city this is?) The video is supposed to show just how bad traffic in India is. Now, frankly i thought this was pretty tame....
Happy Holi!
The alarm went off at exactly 7:30, just like everyday. But it was a Saturday and there was no office today. Akhil slapped his heavy fist on the snooze button of his Chinese alarm clock he had bought from the dollar store last week. Damned alarm. Ten minutes later he woke up with a...
Outsourced
A few days back i saw a screening of this movie called Outsourced at the South Asian International Film Festival SAIFF. This movie is about an American guy whose company outsources his work to a call center in India, and sends him to train the person who was going to be his replacement manage...
Kashmir (still) Burns
I read a touching post yesterday by a sister remembering her brother who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir. “J&K: 2 majors, 9 infiltrators killed How many times have you and I read headlines like these in the last so many years and not given it a second thought? It seems like there is one...
The Other India
India is shining. The Indian elephant is on a roll, galloping along on the path to economic progress. India has more billionaires than any other Asian country. Indians are starting new companies. Indian companies are acquiring foreign ones. The rupee is stronger than it has been in recent years. Foreign exchange reserves are at...
Chak De! Haryana
First there was Chak De! India, then that fantastic Asia cup victory by the Indian men’s hockey team, then the protests by players anguished at how their outstanding work got completely overshadowed by the cricketers who got rewarded handsomely for their world cup win. Now take this. Haryana government is setting up hockey stadiums...
Sonia Who?
On occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, which is being marked as the International Day of Non Violence by the United Nations this year, Sonia Gandhi today addressed the UN General Assembly. Normally UN addresses are made by heads of state. So we’re guessing that she must be the prime minister of India. Or at least...
Dosas Conquer Newyork
Thiru Kumar, who runs a roadside dosa cart at Newyork’s Washington Square South won this year’s Vendy Award for New York’s best street food at Tompkins Square Park on Saturday. Standing at a golf cart-sized kitchen, Thiru “Dosa Man” Kumar made his signature pondicherry dosas to order, spreading dollops of batter over the griddle...
