Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets.
The capacity to forget is strange. Souls on exile carelessly forget that they are in fact, on exile. And when they go back to their towns, cities and homes – you struggle to remember the vague oddities that made it home in the first place. Meanings, cuelines, silences and comfort food must be discovered all [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Ta-Da! Blog Day 2005. (Drumroll please!!)
My bloglines list is cluttered and messy. I read a lot. And I realize I read mostly desi blogs, or blogs that talk about my limited interests. But scratching the blog surfaces, I have often found blogs that seem to come from a world very different from mine.
First on my [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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I am the tree on which
your initials from childhood
shine into the night,
And endlessly tease young
lovers.
I am your Malgudi,
and the bittersweetness of this
cartography that comes with
playing truant with raw
mangoes.
Posted on August 30th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Via Haitham who tagged me, here comes Blog Day 2005!
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What started as Nir Ofir’s idea, should ideally turn into a day of discovery for us. The idea in Nir’s words
In one long moment on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post a recommendation of 5 new Blogs, Preferably, Blogs different from their [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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One character that I felt was deeply misunderstood and much maligned in the Ramayana was Surpanakha. Surpanakha is the turning point in the Aranya Kanda (The Book of the Forest). The sister of a powerful King, she isn’t what you call conventionally beautiful. She must transform herself into an object of beauty. Lakshmana who she [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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While this has been articulated time and again, it is heartening to note that even a politician (indeed the Prime Minister!) recognizes that having excellent education at the graduation and postgraduation levels is a bit pointless if children are dropping out of primary school.
In an interview with Rajat Gupta for the McKinsey Quarterly, Manmohan Singh [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Rajnikanth is an inevitable part of life in Tamizh Nadu. As a kid, his giant hoardings, towering over life, trees and advertisement billboards, became indelible in the mental map of Madras and its geographical identity. Words like ‘Super Star’ are rarely prefixed to someone’s name, and Rajnikanth is one of those unlikely characters who has [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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