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Dilettante: February 2007
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007. How Do You Smile In Kannada? Now that I've found the bluetooth dongle that was hiding behind the ATX cabinet, here are a few pictures from many moons ago. Many more to come in later posts. Saturday, February 03, 2007. Maya/illusion) Art is a new "art house" promoting Indian art and all that. Check out their website. Sent it to me to pimp it, it has just the right number of adjectives important to selling art even. Do check it out, they. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Momentary Muse: Turtle walking
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I meander. She muses. And then we trade places. Monday, July 25, 2005. Perhaps this qualifies as recylcing old bits of writing. But the memory is still strong and I insist. When I first heard that the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles nested right here, bang smack in one of the busiest beaches in Chennai, I was confused. There was no way sea turtles could safely nest on any beach in Chennai. But they do. They still do clamber across the sand- now peppered with plastic- to lay hundreds of eggs at a ...
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Momentary Muse: Dilli ki sardi
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I meander. She muses. And then we trade places. Friday, December 01, 2006. While in Delhi, a place I have declared my love for already, I met Sou one evening. We laughed with our eyes and drank through our laughter, dipping deep fried goodness into mayonnaise as we played fill-in-the-blanks with news and gossip. E-group catfights from fellow journalists, Delhi weddings and what the rest of our tribe was up to. And then,. Woman, how come you didn’t include Delhi in your post about your. Then there was an ...
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Momentary Muse: Greasy choices
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I meander. She muses. And then we trade places. Friday, October 06, 2006. Last weekend Angana was in town and being the media celebrity that she is (she actually has people stop her on the streets and ask. Don’t you anchor for such-and-such news channel everyday? A conversation with her is like a personally delivered, live scoop on the fourth estate. The producer took one look at her and barked, ‘What the hell is she wearing? So, did she do it? Angana gave us a look of pity reserved for stray dogs. At th...
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Momentary Muse: Home stretch
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I meander. She muses. And then we trade places. Wednesday, August 31, 2005. These men love their machines. Incense burning in front of the mandatory God sticker- a Lakshmi, Ganesha, Hanuman or Shiva. Small change handed out to the regular. Who makes his way from rickshaw to rickshaw at each auto stand every evening. A marigold dipped into a brass container, drops of sacred water sprinkled on the single front wheel. The driver waves his coins in the air, urging the aged priest to finish the auto-. Posted ...
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Culture Czar: Fraudian Slip
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Where I talk about cricket, and the books I love, and cricket, and music, and cricket, and movies, and cabbages, maybe, and kings. Bangalore, Karnataka, India. See above and below! View my complete profile. The Songs I Have Loved (And Lost). Brevity Is The Soul Of. Twinge For Alien Game (7). Stan, Ollie and Alice. Thursday, September 07, 2006. I was speaking with someone. To the Trinididian Marxist historian C. L. R. James. From the Must-Own Vladimir Nabokov. To the Own-It-Or-You're-A-Loser Tom Wolfe.
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Momentary Muse: Ananya
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I meander. She muses. And then we trade places. Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Ananya the six-year-old smiles with her eyes before the corners of her mouth begin to dance. One of the first times I met her was when she came to the office with her backpack stuffed with entertainment for the day. Her parents were both at the office and she didn’t have school, so she was instructed to busy herself and not disturb anyone else. Ohfo,’ she turned around impatiently, ‘Can’t you. I told my Project Coordinator - h...
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Dilettante: Food In Delhi.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006. In Delhi last week and the inescapable conclusion is that the food there is far more varied than that in Bangalore. It's also far better and far more expensive but then I'm not so concerned with the latter. Over the course of a week, I tried Alkauser, Laidbackwaters, Azzuro, Swagat and Flavours. They were all outstanding bar one. You bet. 12K for the five of us. Small little Eye-Talian place in Saket. But this belies the price (gah! Or Herbs and Spice. We had a good salad an...
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Culture Czar: December 2006
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Where I talk about cricket, and the books I love, and cricket, and music, and cricket, and movies, and cabbages, maybe, and kings. Bangalore, Karnataka, India. See above and below! View my complete profile. A Lifetime of Work, One Moment In Time. The Sad Tale of a County Cricketer. The Songs I Have Loved (And Lost). Sunday, December 17, 2006. A Lifetime of Work, One Moment In Time. When I opened the Time website. Page, and found that I had won. A feat that clinched the 9th Standard Spelling Bee at school?
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Momentary Muse: Delhi love
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I meander. She muses. And then we trade places. Wednesday, August 02, 2006. The one thing Delhi-ites take for granted is being able to bump into little bits of history every time they step out into their city. Being able to see ancient Mughal architecture from their car windows, exposed brick from another era as they walk the wide, wide roads and elegant. Peeking out at them from street corners. While I was there, I stayed in the breathtaking Sanskriti Kendra. I swear I felt like a princess. Walking ...
