"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it". George Moore.

I watched a full episode of Boondocks on the Cartoon Channel today.  It is interesting seeing how a guy who did comic strips deals with moving characters. It is fun seeing them in full colour on a large TV screen.  Their voices don't freak me out.   Anyways, at one point in the episode, Huey is called on to come up with a deep thought for his ( Read more... )

“Homeless: It’s No Game” is the brainchild of Terry Lavender, SFU Surrey’s communications manager and a West End resident who also studies in SFU’s school of interactive arts and technology.

"The goal is for the homeless woman to survive 24 hours in Vancouver’s West End, scrounging for food, clothing and shelter, while dodging hazards like the ( Read more... )

It was about a week ago that I was visiting a Delhi household doing an interview and then staying over for dinner with so-and-so’s cousins who made a very late appearance. Dinner was had around 10pm. I had the option of sleeping over since I was far from home or getting a ride home after Brasil-Croatia football (ahem…soccer) match.

I was surprised ( Read more... )

  We live in a world that we are much more intimate with and yet, at the same time, also much more intolerant of

I find these lines to be the most compelling points in this article. I must admit to being pleasantly surprised at the Ruth Benedict reference in an Indian newspaper. Maybe The Hindu will save my life.

(Have also been finding the ( Read more... )

i am learning english in hindi. i have acquired a very fun 2-way english-hindi dictionary (from the 'teach yourself' series. it's quite unique because it provides the romanised reading of the hindi word next to the hindi script which is totally amazing for lazy people such as myself ( Read more... )

I came across this yesterday in the Times of India newspaper.  Very worrisome interventions on professors are being encouraged.  Here's how Professor Vinay Lal at UCLA is a threat to the USA.

Much like comic book superheroes, Vinay Lal leads a double life.  During the day he is a mild-mannered Southeast Asian history professor, but in his office ( Read more... )

I seem to pass most of my leisure time reading newspapers and magazines in my first month of delhi. magazine stands, there are tonnes. there has been an issue of Cosmopolitan (Indian edition) wrapped in plastic with a little gift roughly the size of a pocket size tissue packet. Makes sense that tissues could be included as a little gift: India's ( Read more... )

i will be on a plane on monday ( Read more... )

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NEW DELHI: Surprise? Bangalore is blunt-rollin' on ( Read more... )