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Photo theft and how to prevent it

Posted in India, Opinion, blogging on Oct 5th, 2008

Sometime in the past, I stopped reading most Indian newspapers and started skimming them.   I was tired of reading the same headlines about politicians’ speeches, about accidents and murders, and irrelevant details about celebrities, complete with pictures of their semi-drunk state.
Where is the analysis?  Where is the investigative journalism?  Where is the substance?
It wasn’t always [...]

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Masala pasta

Posted in India, food on Aug 28th, 2008

“What’s for lunch?” my Mom asked me on Skype.  No doubt, she was wondering why I was chatting with her on a weekend instead of feeding her son-in-law.
“Masala pasta”, I said brightly.  My brother V, who was visiting India, grimaced beside her.
“How did you make it?” my Mom asked.
“Well, I boiled the pasta”, I began, [...]

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Learning Indian tradition from the New York Times

Posted in Humor, India on Aug 20th, 2008

How many times have we heard people say things like “This younger generation just does not know Indian tradition.”
I just realized they are right.  There is so much I don’t know about Indian traditions.  For instance, I was just reading this New York Times article on how people are photoshopping their vacation and wedding photos.  [...]

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Of I-day pride and I-days past

Posted in India on Aug 15th, 2008

Happy Independence Day to all of you!
As I sit in a faraway land and sip my Indian tea, I think about past Independence Days of my childhood.  They all dissolve in a blur of hoisting flags, collecting sweets and returning home early from school.
My parents’ generation must have actually seen the first Independence Day.  It [...]

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Sad miscarriage, but not of justice

Posted in India, women on Aug 14th, 2008

The Niketa Mehta saga ended sadly with a miscarriage, according to HT news reports. Perhaps it was all the emotional stress of the relentless publicity, or perhaps the physical stress of going to the courts, meeting with lawyers and traveling on bumpy roads.
Or perhaps, it’s the body’s own way of rejecting a foetus that was [...]

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Abortion and the Niketa Mehta case

Posted in India, Opinion, women on Aug 6th, 2008

Like everyone else, I have been reading about the Niketa Mehta case and feeling quite disturbed about it. I also read a few blogs with different opinions on the topic (Mad Momma, Soumya, Maami, Prerna).
The background - Niketa Mehta approached an Indian court for permission to abort her 26 week old foetus which [...]

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