Manjula translates the poem, SotPatro by Sukumar Roy into English. It is basically about a very nice groom someone has found for his daughter:
Academics next…… Oh! Par excellence!
No,no,not his degree,but perseverance!
Nineteen attempts at a stretch……..
Matriculation degree is yet to fetch!
Yep… Sukumar Roy is the father of Satyajit Roy. For those who want to see the [...]
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Feeding the world, some grains of rice at a time
Published by May 9th, 2008 in Economy, Food and Recommended Links. 0 CommentsSwitchblade has found this awesome website called Freerice which promises to donate 20 grains of rice for every vocabulary question you answer correctly.
All you have to do is guess a few synonyms, and for each correct answer you give, 10 grains of rice are donated through the United Nations World Food Program (WPF) to feed [...]
The Golden Mount at Bangkok
Published by May 8th, 2008 in Photoblog, South Asia and Travel. 0 CommentsNaveen just visited the tallest non-modern structure of Bangkok, and has come back with some lovely pics!
Go and vist the Picasaweb gallery for more!
Stuff girls do
Published by May 6th, 2008 in Blogging, Feminism, Recommended Links and Women. 0 CommentsTania, Nancy and Sherlyn have started a new blog, which they describe as “a blog about stuff girls do, stuff girls do but never come out”. Their intro holds a lot of promise:
What to expect?
1. Some of the dirtiest secret of women!
2. A candid description of female thinking.
3. We will talk about our attitude [...]
The free market shall fix everything
Published by May 6th, 2008 in Capitalism, Development, Economy, Energy, Geopolitics and Government. 0 CommentsPatang on the blog by the same name disagrees. And in view of the recent hullaballoo about food prices and how more people eat more food, take a look at what he has to say:
Is money a store of value? Let me ask you - is a lakh of rupees a lot of money? Can [...]
Sandipan is about to graduate from IIT Kharagpur. He writes about five movies that have helped shape his life and career so far. Sample this:
A Beautiful Mind: The movie wants me to give up everything in life and lose myself in the pursuit of an innovative idea. Everyone must’ve seen and loved the movie. But [...]
Old Gangajal in a new bottle
Published by May 3rd, 2008 in Art, Books, Culture, Fiction, India and Religion. 0 CommentsNayan has discovered the newer version of the Ramayana, set in 3392 A.D. and has his opinions:
I wonder what Swami Valmiki thought while writing down this legend. I pray to God to give his soul peace, I am quite sure he would have not been happy to see Rama and Dashratha talking in fundax English, [...]
Kiran at Desicritics writes about a fictional chat conversation between an Engineer-MBA in the US and a girl in India who have entered the arranged marriage arena:
He: Isn’t this chat a wee bit uncomfortable? It would have been better if we had met face to face.
She: Didn’t know what to say and didn’t want to [...]
Sita sings the Blues
Published by May 1st, 2008 in Cinema, Culture, Recommended Links and South Asia. 0 Comments Accro du thé watched the film, Sita sings the Blues by Nina Paley and is very impressed.
The film is, believe it or not, an animated, blues version of the Indian epic tale of Ramayana, this time with Sita as the main character. As an Indian who grew up watching the Ramayana on television [...]
Kiran gets caught with a newly-wed couple and is subjected to a lot of information apparently unknown:
They: And he really seems to know things about dresses - I mean, his selection of my sarees, and other dresses exactly matched my preferences!
Me: (Holy crap! Where is my dessert?!) Ohh, that’s fantastic! You guys are just made [...]
Fellow Blogbhartian Shruthi on why she decided to become a Stay-At-Home-Mother (SAHM) and quit her work, at least temporarily:
People ask me all the time why I chose to be with home with my baby after being so vociferous about women standing up for their rights. Please understand - working out of home does not imply [...]
King Vishy traveled recently to Yelagiri, and has posted a great set of photos!
I really loved the pic of the campfire, though… it is tough capturing the flames in their glory. Go check ‘em out!
What destiny a daughter fulfilled
Published by April 28th, 2008 in Development, Feminism, Fiction, Prejudice, Women and sexuality. 0 CommentsDr. Motion pens a beautiful story that ends thus:
You are lucky that times have changed, your mother was not fortunate enough to follow her heart.
Don’t worry, I haven’t really given the ending away. Please read it.
Rahul is about to graduate. And his mind is on auto-pilot:
I don’t want to leave college. I miss home terribly. I wish I could give didi a hug this very moment. I want to scream, real loud, really really loud. Pull my hair, break a glass. I have an uncanny love for family dramas. It [...]
Who cares if its a girl?
Published by April 21st, 2008 in India, Patriarchy, Prejudice, Society, Women and sexuality. 0 CommentsIn a really heartbreaking account, Roop Rai chronicles the unfortunate state at the RSRM hospital at Royapuram, Chennai where two families who have had children born the day before laying claim to male child, while nobody wants the female one.
“We paid them money at every stage. A ward boy took Rs 300 saying it was [...]
‘Brand’-new in Bangkok
Published by April 21st, 2008 in Culture, Indiaspora, South Asia and Travel. 0 CommentsVamsee is visiting Bangkok for his summer internship and describes his experiences as a new visitor to Thai territory:
1. People here are shockingly polite. Am yet to see a heated conversation anywhere in the office or the road. One is always welcomed with smiles everywhere.
2. Traffic is excruciatingly devoid of horns. Drivers have a lot [...]
MAC Attack
Published by April 16th, 2008 in Appeal, Community, Feminism, Personal, Prejudice, Society, Women, sexual harrassment and sexuality. 0 CommentsEllie posted about her encounter with one creep on her blog:
Only last week, the Sunday evening was beautiful and at around 6:30 in the evening, in broad daylight, I decided to walk down to Dodo’s place, less than a km away from my flat. I put my really wasted jeans and a very un-flattering kurta [...]
The Gradwolf outlines five stages of blogging:
Phase 3:
The 0 comments becomes 1,2,3 and then 4. The guy is simply overwhelmed. Here begins the change in attitude and so in his writing. He starts writing for an audience. He doesn’t write for himself anymore. He has readers, he has sent out the feeds and he [...]
Prajakta shares her experiences and a FAQ of sorts about her twin sister and their growing up together:
“When is your birthday?” And then turning to my sister “And when is yours?”
heehee…that’s dumb! Nevermind…happens! :D
Well, Both of us share the same birth date…and obviously the same birthplace…
I think some people are so thrilled to have our [...]
The sands of time
Published by April 11th, 2008 in Culture, Development, Globalisation, Indiaspora, Photoblog, Society and Travel. 0 CommentsMala visited Kolkata recently, for her vacation. In a very detailed post, she sketches the changes she perceived in the city, and also portrays how she (and her own life) might have changed in the perception of those at home:
Its always a treat catching up with everyones lives. There is one thing in common between [...]
Indic Twitter
Published by April 6th, 2008 in Blogging, Community, Personal, Society and public space. 1 CommentThe joys of Twitter are many. As Kiruba Shankar finds out,
Another reason why I like Twitter because its a place where I can write down things that I think are too frivolous for a blog post. “Crap! The crow just shat on me!”.
Sometimes, it can be a place for me to type my thoughts down [...]
Praveen at the NeoAlchemist has a set of lovely cartoons that make you ponder as well as laugh. Go take a look!
Why did they fight, Ma?
Published by April 2nd, 2008 in Geopolitics, History, India, Society and South Asia. 1 CommentManpreet’s little daughter Rasan tries to understand the partition of India and Pakistan:
“I hate England.”
“Why?”
“Because they divided India.”
“Well, they didn’t. Partly it was our own fault. We allowed them, so they could.”
“But they ruled over us. Why did they have to rule over us?”
“You like to mind your class, right? You like to be the [...]
Silverine’s brother M decides to masquerade as his grandfather and slaughters a teenager’s Easter:
M (continuing mercilessly): And will you be drinking?
Roshan: No achchacha! I am not yet 18!
M: Ha!! I know you will drink!! Rascal!!
Roshan (hurt): I swear achchacha I won’t.
M: Remember the old saying when Satan tempts you, “Do not drink and park, [...]
The Black King decides to end his blog:
After some time, the need to confess anonymously and to find faceless help ends. When realization dawns in, you don’t really bother whether someone approves or disapproves of your actions: you don’t need anyone else’s judgement to justify your own existence.
Wonder what purpose our own blogs serve, and [...]
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