Gotcha! [image from Bhupinder Singh’s blog – Why Capitalism is the best possible system]
Is Sulekha really spamming?
So here is the thing that has been puzzling me (for the last five minutes, to be honest) – a portal called Sulekha has been sending emails to a lot of bloggers – whom they have decided are popular – asking if they would like their blog posts to be parallelly posted on Sulekha. Sure,… Continue reading Is Sulekha really spamming?
My phonographic eye!
A great post on NY Times on how language makes everything official – the minute there is a word for it, any action or attitude becomes universally recognised and acceptable. Overly Wired? There’s a Word for It Was there gridlock before there were automobiles? Was there jet lag before there were airplanes? Who was the… Continue reading My phonographic eye!
Educate the girls…
I was recently going through a UNICEF report ‘The state of the world’s children‘ published in 2004 – the report focusses on the millenium develpoment goals, primarily universalisation of education and gender equality – to be achieved by 2015. From the foreword by Kofi Annan, Every boy and girl around the world has a right… Continue reading Educate the girls…
Double couple plan and skewed gender ratio
Lack of women turns tables on suitable boys, says a rather optimistic report on yahoo news. [link through anthropology.net] The report says that young men wanting to get married (and their parents) face a problem in finding girls – not surprising since the gender ratio in many districts is 922 girls for every 1,000 boys,… Continue reading Double couple plan and skewed gender ratio
Personal stories as data
Came across this on Dina's blog – "One thing remains constant about our humanity – that we must never stop trying to tell stories of who we think we are. Equally, we must never stop wanting to listen to each other's stories. If we ever stopped, it would all be over. Everything we are as… Continue reading Personal stories as data
Give me more jargon…
You know you are not suited for corporate life when: – your boss says, we have never faced that problem before. As a company, we have grown organically. And you think, like fungi?… – your colleague emails you on how a certain simple action needs to be a two way process with definite entry and… Continue reading Give me more jargon…
Bottling up your feelings?
AdAge reports on the new to-be-launched Coke campaign – Happiness in a bottle (free registration required to read the article) After trying a dose of reality, Coca-Cola Co. is turning to the effervescent message that drinking a Coke is “happiness in a bottle†for its new advertising campaign. While TV is a major aspect of… Continue reading Bottling up your feelings?
Kumaon memories
I have been researching holiday options for end April and every place I think of is either too hot or too far off for a short break or just plain too expensive to consider. I have decided that Delhi is the place to be for people with itchy feet (and with that, I subtly introduce… Continue reading Kumaon memories
Hitting a high note
My husband and I were listening to My name is Anthony Gonsalves on FM radio the other night. We got to talking about Manmohan Desai movies and then Laxmikant Pyarelal andother music directors. And I realized I had very little to say about LP – or even knew very little. Inheriting the Raj Kapoor legacy… Continue reading Hitting a high note