Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Hindi, India, movie on October 22, 2007 | 11 Comments »
This weekend went by in a flurry and in between finding time to do laundry and grocery and visiting the Durga Pujo Sammelan at Queens, I squeezed in time to watch the latest Mumbai Flicker ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’.
I am one of those people who watch horrors and thrillers during evenings (not gory ones like Groundhog but [...]
Posted in India on October 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Glancing through the home page for Hansdehar, a self proclaiming ‘first knowledge village of India’ (http://www.smartvillages.org/hansdehar/index.htm) filled me with a curiosity to learn more about what had led the village authorities to open a website for the same. This curiosity was then replaced by an iota of pride that at last, internet has reached my [...]
Posted in India on September 13, 2007 | No Comments »
IBN-live today has reported that some fake doctors with no medical or falsified medical degrees are practicing in India. This doesn’t really come as a surprise. Normally we all visit clinics with a signboard containing name of the doctor with his/her degrees. That is enough identification for us. But how many of us really [...]
Posted in India on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Some days ago I was listening to Paula Deen’s biography and it made me wonder what it takes for a person to fight against adversity and keep working hard passionately for what they believe in and one day to win against all odds. She had started a cooking and delivery business for 200$ and is [...]
Posted in India on September 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Ever looked hard at the sewage tank shields in streets of USA?
Yes….. they are all made in India. Well makes me wonder if the shields are all exported, there must be a shortage back home. Could this be a possible reason for uncovered tanks(pot holes) in the streets of Kolkata?
Posted in India on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Pujo be it in West Bengal or anywhere else is a time to come together. Come together with friends and family, come together with ones own thoughts, come together with ones sense of belonging, of having a root. I have been fortunate enough to experience probasi pujo all my life. I have never missed a [...]
Posted in India on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
On August 21, eight teachers in Bishnupur’s Bakhrahat high school were held hostage by students, their parents and colleagues for breaking a verbal dress code. Although the central and state government has given the teachers freedom to dress appropriately, the school has a verbal dress code of namely the traditional Sari. Now as a woman [...]
