Archive for August, 2003

Mumbai Blasts 2003

Posted by gargi on 26 Aug 2003 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

The Heroes - Mumbaikars
This must be the most remarkable place in the world. yesterday afternoon at around 1 pm. two bombs went off and killed 46, and injured 140. and there were rumours of serial bombs. the mobile network went down and the tv channels (star news in particular) reported every idiot hoax in town.
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How to be a Third World Country

Posted by gargi on 16 Aug 2003 | Tagged as: And Finally ...

It was very interesting to see the power black out in the USA. a lot of people i know smirked. they now have an experience of being third world, they said. But i guess in a lot of ways, they already are.
Here are some common characteristics of “Third World” countries – oops sorry developing countries [...]

Cultural Hell

Posted by gargi on 03 Aug 2003 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., Media

A cultural hell is a place that has been designed by “creative” people for other “creative” people. where we will hear whiffs of “post modern” and “neo freudian” and “hegelian dialectic” and the adamsian paradox - but not much else.
yesterday i saw a guy on tv. ndtv 24*7 no less. he was one of those [...]