Posted by gargi on 31 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: International
I have been watching images on various news channels showing the devastation left behind by Katrina.
I have been following Maitri’s blog on the more personalised aspect of surviving Katrina.
And one thing struck me - however developed you may be, how ever well trained your response teams may be, when it comes to dealing with Nature’s [...]
Posted by gargi on 31 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
And as promised here are my list of 5 blogs that i found interesting, from across the world.
a) From South Africa - African Dust - The journal of Clare. A mathematician, A christian and a white African. I loved her piece on the Merchant of Venice, that she saw recently.
b) From Iran - Iranian [...]
Posted by gargi on 29 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The mega event of blogdom is here - BlogDay2005 is around the corner.
What is BlogDay 2005?
BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors.
With the [...]
Posted by gargi on 28 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: India
Almost where I stay - the red star.
A brand new site Mymapindia that
is really the first website (you may have heard of Google Maps, Google Earth, Mapquest etc.) focused PURELY on India.
I like their style of marketing - catching hold of bloggers to create a meme. slow, organic and therefore lasting
Check them out.
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Posted by gargi on 28 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Diary
Photography has been an on and off passion for me. Before digital cameras came in to vogue - it was a function of time. I was too busy and too mind f***ed to click stuff. And besides when most of your waking hours - and a lot of your sleeping ones - are between shoot [...]
Posted by gargi on 25 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: India
… what ever that is supposed to mean, is gaining popularity world wide. In amchi Mumbai, the standard response to any calamity is ‘we need to deport all those Bihari’s and Bhaiyas from here. When crime goes up - the response is the same … get rid of the Northerners‘.
When terrorism strikes - the response [...]
Posted by gargi on 23 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
When Osama asks for Bush and Blair’s head - he is a nasty terrorist.
But, when Pat Robertson, the founder of Christian Coalition and a former Presidential candidate and someone who makes our rabid right wingers seem like flower power children - calls for the assasination of democratically elected Venezualan president Hugo Chavez - I [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Diary
Today i went to see another doctor. Another set of tests beckon. I love the way medicine is as much trial and error as anything else. They poke here, they prod there and they send you off for a set of tests. Then they receive the results and look sagely at it — and say [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: India, Politics
What makes a certain set of people think that they are above the law?
There was Mr.Advani and his bunch of goons who thought that they could overrule the court’s verdict and take law into their own hands by bringing down the Mosque.
There are the caste panchayats - illegal ofcourse - that pass judgement that [...]
Posted by gargi on 17 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Diary
It has happened to me so frequently, that i no longer question it. It has been my relationship with the world wide web.
Out of the blue, out of nowhere - i will come across a page that I am not even actively looking for - and that page is what i have been seeking.
Many [...]
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