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Newly Returned Indian: July 2010
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Readings in history (part 5) - lecture by Dr. Parpola. During my last visit to Chennai, I attended a lecture by Prof. Asko Parpola, a well-known researcher on the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) and the yet to be deciphered Indus script (see my earlier post on Harappans and Aryans. The more elaborate discussion was on the occurrence of a symbol that is taken to be the hind-leg of the wild-ass, an inhabitant of the salt-deserts of...
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Newly Returned Indian: Readings in History Part 6 - Back to Indus (-Sarasvati) valley
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Sunday, September 11, 2011. Readings in History Part 6 - Back to Indus (-Sarasvati) valley. The Indus valley civilization has been a source of great intrigue for me. I had written about it in two previous posts. In my first post. Which was summarizing John Keay's book on Indian History, I had mentioned the common (Western? An engrossing and scholarly work by Michel Danino. Lost River: On the Trail of the Sarasvati. After the first discovered site. Only if...
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Newly Returned Indian: September 2011
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Sunday, September 11, 2011. Readings in History Part 6 - Back to Indus (-Sarasvati) valley. The Indus valley civilization has been a source of great intrigue for me. I had written about it in two previous posts. In my first post. Which was summarizing John Keay's book on Indian History, I had mentioned the common (Western? An engrossing and scholarly work by Michel Danino. Lost River: On the Trail of the Sarasvati. After the first discovered site. Only if...
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Newly Returned Indian: March 2010
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Saturday, March 13, 2010. One of the issues I have continued to follow after I returned from the US is health care. I have also been following how Obama is doing as president. It was a no-brainer to vote for him being on the center-left myself, especially after the Bush years. While I knew expectations on him were wildly unrealistic, I was still hoping for say just a couple of miracles. Looks like there is some hope for them after all. There is a supposed...
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Newly Returned Indian: June 2014
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Seven year itch (or the lack thereof). In US TV. Whatever happened to Headline News? In the Bay Area, we attended the California Tamil Academy's annual day function (many of my friends' kids learn Tamil there). Through all my trips, I am impressed with what this community does to keep in touch with their roots. To Big Bertha,. Anyways, we're back and my wife said she has got the US out of her system (phew! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Newly Returned Indian: Readings in history (part 4 - Harappans and Aryans)
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Monday, January 25, 2010. Readings in history (part 4 - Harappans and Aryans). One of the things that has drawn me to history recently, is really the curiosity about who we (Indians) are as a people and where we came from. Yes, it sounds like a cliched middle-age crisis driven thing, but it is real enough. And Iravadam Mahadevan's more recent theory. That it is indeed linked to the Tamil-Brahmi script. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Readings in histo...
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Newly Returned Indian: CWG Part Deux
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Thursday, November 25, 2010. Still, considering the state of affairs before the start of the games, things had trended up significantly. Not a peep about about the athletes village once the games started, other than the exceptional food. The CWG opening ceremony looked rather nice on HD. So did the stadia - they stood up to the scrutiny of the higher resolution camera quite well. So that was the good part; once the games ended, we started hearing about ho...
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Newly Returned Indian: December 2010
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Friday, December 24, 2010. Getting my car registered - Part one. For newly returned Indians, dealing with the Indian bureaucracy can be a traumatic experience after having been spoilt by the relatively smoother dealings with Uncle Sam. These days however, many government services are being made available online, so encounters with License Raj are far and few in between. It is however unavoidable if you buy yourself a new set of wheels. So I reached the RT...
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Newly Returned Indian: April 2010
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Friday, April 9, 2010. Golt movies ain't half bad. Okay, if "Golt" offends my Telugu brethren, I will invoke the Chetan Bhagat excuse - you only make fun of people who you care for. It is now almost three years in Andhra Pradesh and what better way to get to know a people than to watch their movies? Fast forward 25 years (sheesh, I feel old writing that), and now Chiranjeevi's son Ramcharan is acting in masala movies, arguably much better ones. Magadh...
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Newly Returned Indian: September 2010
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A public diary of a (not so) newly returned desi. Saturday, September 25, 2010. Returning to the country holding the CWG. I returned yesterday from a 2-week long business trip to the US where I was reading and hearing media reports about the CWG debacle in Delhi; must say I had my head down in shame a bit. The Indian media perspective (more like "The Hindu's" perspective) is decidedly more mixed. Clearly it was top of mind for The Hindu with 7 stories on its Saturday's edition. The final verdict will hav...
