Posted by gargi on 08 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: India, Politics, Society
… will the Right do what is right ? Rajya Dharma or Rajniti Dharma — i wonder which the BJP will follow on the nuclear deal ?
What the withdrawal of support by the Left has proven is that ‘Secularism’ - in the absence of other common ideals and principles - is not a [...]
Posted by gargi on 07 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India
normally street kids don’t approach cars with their windows up and the AC on…. it is too much waste of time, they are possibly better off approaching open ricks or cars with their windows down. this girl maybe thought that i would be interested in flowers, or she saw rani in the car and thought [...]
Posted by gargi on 04 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: India
Parallel Universes — a concept in science fiction, where realities slightly differing from our own exist. For example, there may be a universe where Hitler won or one in which India remained undivided. Usually, the wall between the universes cannot be breached.
But, the world’s largest selling English language quality broadstreet has another feather in its [...]
Posted by gargi on 22 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: India, Politics
the CPI(M) said in a statement:
“Nuclear energy has very little to do with oil—it cannot be used as a substitute for oil; unless the government experts have found a new way to burn uranium directly in cars and buses! On the other hand, natural gas from Iran would insulate India substantively from the oil [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., Web
Stuff that made me - in no particular order - think, chortle, smirk, snigger , slurp, nod my head wisely. I shan’t identify which is what …coz it will be fun a year later to figure:
Three army men detained with 170 kg of ganja I had this vision of army men in these floral camouflage [...]
Posted by gargi on 09 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: India, Photographs
The last time i went to the beach in Chennai was when I was in the 5th standard. That was seriously a long time ago.. It was a time when television was black and white, holidays meant native place, and a good film meant tickets in black
My chitti and chitappa - mother’s younger sister [...]
Posted by gargi on 31 May 2008 | Tagged as: Media, Print
One of the most difficult parts of teaching is making sure that students get it into their heads that plagiarism is wrong.I am known to have thrown bitch fits when i have discovered chunks of projects from the net. ‘you will lose your job’ i tell them, ‘no one will hire you’, ‘it is [...]
Posted by gargi on 17 May 2008 | Tagged as: Politics, Uncategorized
“The rest of India will feel what Assam has been feeling about Bangladesh. If something isn’t done, it won’t be long before Assam is overcome by Bangladesh” said my friend ,who is from Assam. She said there were parts of Assam in which people say this in a very matter of fact way.
This is [...]
Posted by gargi on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: Culture, India, Society
About a year ago we decided not to buy any food or toiletries at the mall.
My folks were fairly clear that the reason to stop was
a) the quality - especially on dal and rice, my mom kept cribbing.
b) the cost - while the goods themselves may have been cheaper, the tendency to buy [...]
Posted by gargi on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: India, Media, Print, TV
The day after news channels and politicians got their combined knickers in a twist about George Bush’s comments on India’s food consumption contributing to rising prices some interesting stats :
Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture for 2007 say each Indian eats only 178 kg of grain in a year, while a [...]
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