The rains are here
June 30, 2006Monsoons are here. It has been almost 5 days since it began raining. It is lovely to see the sky in so many different hues and shades. Surprisingly the roads have been not as bad as I thought they would be. But,…
Tag: India
Day 1 – TN May 31st – Mahabalipuram
June 21, 2006From Dakshin Chitra on the first day we proceeded to Mahaballipuram -? I had been there as a child, almost 25 years ago. The first thing that strikes you is that? the roads are brilliant. Not a single bump or pot hole…
She Sells Sea Shells on the Sea Shore
June 21, 2006And she did too. Lovely little necklaces, corals and keychains – by the shore of [tag]Mahaballipuram[/tag]. She gifted me a necklace for taking her photograph and then proceeded to sell me a whole array of junk that i didn’t need. But, she…
Day 1 TN – 31st May
June 14, 2006Visiting [tag]Chennai[/tag] was an impulse. Patti just turned 83 – and I wanted to spend some time with her. Eversince I returned to India in 94, I have been promising her that I would come down and spend a week with her…
Temple Tour of Tamil Nad
June 8, 2006Woman at Dakshin Chitra Originally uploaded by calamur. Just got back yesterday after a 7 day tour of Tamil Nad. Mostly visiting temples. But, on the first day we went to Dakshin Chitra. This is a museum dedicated to preserving South Indian…
Finally, someone takes a stand ….
May 26, 2006….on something and refuses to back down. In a country where backtracking seems to be the norm in public life, it is refreshing to see the occassional exhibition of a spinal cord. I hope that [tag]Aamir Khan[/tag] refusing to apologise to the…
Random Thoughts
May 15, 2006Assume that there are two brothers in the West (UK or US) called Peter & Paul Matthews. Peter is a Politician & Paul is a builder. One bright and chirpy Sunday morning in suberbia – Paul shoots Peter dead. In three days…
Pramod Mahajan and the aftermath
May 7, 2006I would be lying if I said that i admired or respected Pramod Mahajan’s Politics. He represented the worst possible amalgamation of the religious right mixed with corporate smarminess. But, my heart goes out to a family that has to cope with…
Study Maths or else…..
April 21, 2006…..Indians will take your job, warns Uncle Bush. “It’s important to understand if children don’t have those skill sets (in maths and science) needed to compete with a child from India, or a child from China, the new jobs will be going…
Commodification of Women
April 18, 2006Two very different stories in the papers. This from the DNA talks about how the price for restoring the hymen – Hymenoplasty – is Rs.20,000/- and quotes a doctor saying: “Young Gujarati girls turn up with the sole intention of keeping their…