Category Archives: Culture

Water, No Ice

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Indians are known to waiters in restaurants as the “Water, No Ice” people. Most Indians that I know don’t like to order a drink at lunch since the water is free. And no one likes their water with ice cubes … Continue reading →

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Review: Never Say Goodbye

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

So you can’t say you never saw a Bollywood movie reviewed on this blog, here’s one.Last night my wife and I went and saw Kabhi Alvida Na Kahna (Never Say Goodbye). We got a baby-sitter for the kids and went … Continue reading →

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Salaam Bombay

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

Last week the dastardly terrorist bombing of Bombay’s suburban trains brought global terrorism another step closer to the largest democracy in the world – India. Bombay is a city very dear to me and my wife. We started our working … Continue reading →

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Namaste America

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

Last week Al Gore was a guest on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show. He was there of course to talk about the Climate Crisis and his new movie the Inconvenient Truth. Since the audience at the Daily Show is fairly liberal, … Continue reading →

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Indian-Americans and the Spelling Bee conundrum

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

In the US there is a closely watched annual contest for school kids called the Spelling Bee. Over the years, whenever I have seen the results of a Spelling Bee contest I have always noticed that there were quite a … Continue reading →

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The Competitive Indian

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

Last week I did some travel within India while on my trip here. On the Mumbai to Bangalore trip I saw something really fascinating. The flight was more or less on time. When it landed in Bangalore, the airplane had … Continue reading →

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Another TTDMSTM

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

Here’s another one for Things That Don’t Make Sense To Me. In Indian restaurants, why is the quarter plate kept on the left of the plate? Think about it. We’ve been brought up eating with one hand – the right … Continue reading →

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