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Friday, September 04, 2009 4:17 PM

On screen India: enough with the stereotypes already?

The television show ' Paul Merton in India ' is quite old, but being a sporadic television viewer at best; I saw it just yesterday on Fox History channel. That days episode was on Delhi, so I suppressed my natural urge to switch channels and decided...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:50 PM

Not the white man's burden nor the Black man's tax

Melissa's extremely thought provoking posts on the experiences of being "coloured" - both White and Black (read them Here and Here ), in Delhi, have led me to look at my own experiences in the city a little differently. My case, I feel is...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:12 PM

Did I steal your Indian job?

Normal 0 The other day I got a message in my inbox from a PR agent hoping I would mention her company in my blog. I almost hit the delete button, but she had attached an AP news article that stopped me in my tracks. It was all about how India is the new...
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Monday, February 16, 2009 6:59 PM

The great Indian songtrack

Sometimes there occurs a stretch of time when the heavier issues just weigh down your soul and you spend all your time thinking about the crushing US deficit and the melting icecaps. That was the past month for me. Luckily, I woke up at four in the morning...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:15 AM

Cheering for Sri Lanka vs India

Noam Chomsky once called sports a "dangerous thing" saying it infused blind and foolish loyalty, be it to your home team, your national team etc. A friend and I were discussing this on the way home yesterday and he opined that it was cricket...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:39 PM

I ♥ the FRRO.

If you had asked me last month how I feel about the lovely Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), I likely would have had a few choice words not publishable even on a random blog. I despised the place. I thought of it as a bureaucratic wasteland...
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Friday, December 05, 2008 5:04 PM

US issues new advisory on India

The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about heightened security concerns in India, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in India to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 PM

The Great Indian Novel

Upon my announcement that I was leaving for India, four people promptly gifted me Holy Cow! by Sarah MacDonald. Now, living with a guilt-ridden concious, I felt obliged to read the book. MacDonald comes across as a cheery, breezy, likable girl, who employs...
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