What a perfect start a dreary Monday morning – this post from Uma where she says there is hope for her yet. Ho to the wide open spaces of Bhopal. I had blogged about this a long time ago – here it is for your Monday morning amusement – I cannot find the original link… Continue reading Schooled to be ideal wives
Author: charukesi
Now bigger and better…
Er, not quite bigger. Indsight was down for a few days for “maintenance activities”. Now we are back in action – in a new and improved version. Or so says my blog host Madhu Menon. Thanks, Madhu for all the time and effort. The research on age cohorts is still on. Please take some time… Continue reading Now bigger and better…
Father / husband’s name
I bought a new mobile phone from the Reliance outlet (upgradation – so I can take pics from my mobile phone and so on – ahem). And had to fill out a longish form before they handed over the new handset to me. Among the interesting personal details they (reliance ? government?) wanted to know… Continue reading Father / husband’s name
Research on age cohorts
I had initiated a small research on my blog a long time ago. On understanding my generation. It was then trigerred by my loss of faith in the “younger generation” after they voted for Smriti Malhotra (of kyunki keta kapoor pays my salary fame) as a potential youth icon on MTV. Someone recently wrote to… Continue reading Research on age cohorts
The page 3ization of television news?
Do we really need 24/7 rolling news? asks Hasan Suroor in the Hindu. (Link via India Uncut) : this is Amit Varma’s take on this – Who is “we”, and what is meant by “need”? If there is a market for 24/7 news, then it’ll exist, as it should. If not, it won’t. I don’t… Continue reading The page 3ization of television news?
Kyunki celebrities face trauma too
If you live around the western suburbs in Bombay and have been wondering about that strange smell in the air, here it is the puzzle solved for you. It is because Mr. Big Bacchan has not had a bath for three days Big B didn’t bathe for 3 days – says an authoritative source, viz.… Continue reading Kyunki celebrities face trauma too
Bombay reeling under the newspaper deluge
Were you one of those stuck in the Bombay rains without a ToI? Lucky you. Or one of those even luckier ones to receive helpful hints from Airtel on finding where the nearest coffee shop was…? Rashmi Bansal says stop selling for once – SMS from Airtel: Stuck in the rain? (half of Bombay is… Continue reading Bombay reeling under the newspaper deluge
Musing on language…
Kaps from Sambharmafia has this poem which he has sent for a contest – this post is triggered by the discussion on that on his blog. The gist of his poem is ‘Tamilians have progressed far, while Tamil has been left behind’… I responded to this on his blog with a question – if the… Continue reading Musing on language…
The third pillar of development
In response to my recent post ‘the long ride to freedom‘, Michael Higgins says that he would be more comfortable if such work were to be done by an NGO. I have always been uncomfortable with the government versus non governmental debate – in fact, I do not think of it as a ‘versus‘ issue… Continue reading The third pillar of development
Another airport update
But this time, as I said, airport – not airport coach. So relax, breathe easy, all…. I had an early morning flight to Bombay back from Delhi – after waiting for a few hours, watching the crowds pushing and shoving (very reminiscent of Dadar station at peak time) and seeing no possibility of a flight… Continue reading Another airport update