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Archive for January, 2010

Indian television and women

By amodini Posted in culture and society, features, india, recommended, women | 26 Comments »

I’m watching TV. The husband comes in. He : Why are you watching this crap ? I : What crap ? “This”, he points at the TV. “This is not crap, it’s Perfect Bride.” “Same thing.” He exits. Cut to 2 weeks later. He tells me, eyeing the clock “Your program is coming on” and […]

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Apathy

By amodini Posted in culture and society, dumb things people say and do, india, recommended | 1 Comment »

Watched this news on NDTV, and it is bone-chillingly horrifying. A wounded policeman lies on the side of the road, begging for help. Gangsters have chopped off one of his legs. The ministers and their convoy pass by, stop, but dither around and then call for an ambulance, which does not come. It takes them […]

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2009 : Good reads

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, books, must read, recommended, review, south-asian | 4 Comments »

There were a lot of lovely books in 2009, and here are three of my favorites : – The help by Kathryn Stockett Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a young girl who has just finished her degree  and returned to her small, conservative town of Jackson, Mississippi. Unlike other girls her age, she does not subscribe […]

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