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On Saturday, when I heard about the bomb blasts in Delhi, memories of 1997 ran crazy in my head. Looking under the bus seats became a habit. The collective memory of Delhi includes accounts of violence, terrorism and accidental fires.
But what do you expect of a city that has its lanes filled with political refugees, [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Bomb blasts in Delhi. Fortunately the family is safe. This has been a turbulent year for the sub-continent. I cannot imagine the grief of those who have lost loved ones or witnessed this act of terror. The festival of lights feels shadowed. Our prayers for everyone and the city.
MainStreamMedia News reports at The Hindu, The [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Madras has been coming under heavy rains. There’s also a cyclone on it’s way – Ongole.
Chennai Help has been started by a team of bloggers to provide updates on the situation. This year has had more than it’s fair share of tragedies… Our prayers for those affected.
Posted on October 28th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Today is Blog Quake Day. As DesiPundit puts it – We request each of you to make a small post about the earthquake, and direct your readers to a suitable avenue for donating to the relief efforts.
Please keep in mind that if you already donate to some worthy cause, you should continue to donate to [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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Nirmal Verma (1929 – 2005)
The way kids grow up in Delhi, my exposure to Hindi Literature was limited. Except for the occasional good story in our Hindi NCERT textbooks, I didn’t know much. My introduction to Hindi Literature was through Nirmal Verma. In the school library at the age of 13, I had randomly picked [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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I am planning to do a feature at Global Voices on women and feminists from South Asia. The women don’t necessarily have to be feminists and the feminists don’t need to be women. (You get the idea!) While I know of a lot of them, I don’t want to miss out on any good ones. [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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There are many fences in the world. Fences that alienate, isolate and insult. We spend most of our indifferent to these fences, because it’s mostly just too hard to challenge, and continue challenging. Some of us are even fence sitters. But one woman who sat on a seat and refused to budge was Rosa Parks. [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2005 by Neha Viswanathan
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