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Category Archives: Culture
Review: Never Say Goodbye
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
Posted in Culture, India
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Salaam Bombay
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
Posted in Culture, Economics, India
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Namaste America
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
Posted in Culture, India
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Indian-Americans and the Spelling Bee conundrum
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
Posted in Culture, India
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The Competitive Indian
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
Posted in Culture, Economics, India
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Another TTDMSTM
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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