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Jhumpa Lahiri certainly deserved her Pulitzer. I recently read the assortment of short stories in her literary debut book,
Posts for August, 2004
August 31st, 2004
Interpreter of Maladies
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August 30th, 2004
Jai Hind, too late?
In all the Olympic brouhaha, I totally skipped mentioning India’s Independence Day. Not that, I am expected to do so to prove my patriotism but sometimes attending the I-Day parade at your school is the closest we ever come to reminding ourselves that we are Indian. The fact that I am even mentioning this day [...]
Patrix | Society Culture | 11 Comments »
August 30th, 2004
What’s The Use of Rankings: Maybe Not Too Much!
The leading 2004 Olympic medal winners by country are:
Source: BBC Sports
Yet, adjusting for population size, the medals table looks different! By all medals won per million people, Australia is the best performer, followed by Cuba and Estonia and other mostly smaller countries by population. By this measure, the US ranks 37th and China 58th!
Patrix | Science | 9 Comments »
August 27th, 2004
Google Adsense
After the latest addition on the left, there is a new entry on the right as well to balance out the act. Google Adsense makes a quiet (yeah, right!) entry on my blog. Of course, if you think that I have sold out and succumbed to the dangers of commercialization, you are right. Typepad expects [...]
Patrix | Personal, Recommended | 24 Comments »
August 27th, 2004
Photo album added
If you haven’t observed, I have put up my first of the photo album on the left. This series is just part of a collection taken during my North India study tour (10 cities in 21 gruelling days). All the pictures were taken by my Minolta and the quality of the pictures can be blamed [...]
Patrix | Personal | 12 Comments »
August 26th, 2004
And, now another Olympic Moment
I swear this is the last of the Olympics post but thankfully most of it is not even my writing. If you wonder what goes on behind the scenes at Olympic Moments, heres’ a partial glimpse: [via NY Times]
The scene is a conference room at NBC Olympic broadcasting headquarters in Athens. Three people sit at [...]
Patrix | Media, Sports | 10 Comments »
August 25th, 2004
Olympic Commercials
Do I already hear groans about another Olympics post but if you know me now, you will understand I am unlikely to relent until after the Olympics. If you have are in the habit of grabbing your meals or checking your email the instant a commercial break hits, you are unlikely to understand what I [...]
Patrix | Ads, Sports, Television | 15 Comments »
August 24th, 2004
How to win more medals at the Olympics
The secret to winning more medals is actually very simple. The rise of China up the medal tally is enough to know that such a strategy is indeed possible. Consider this for a second, if you want to emerge as a serious contender for the medals at the Olympics, you better be good in either [...]
Patrix | Recommended, Sports | 38 Comments »
August 23rd, 2004
Just Dodge it!
No Olympics have been further from controversy ever since its inception. The dam that separated politics and the Olympic finally burst when 11 athletes were massacred at the Munich Games and were followed later by tit-for-tat boycotts in 1980 and 1984. This Olympics haven’t been any different. Iraq and Afghanistan marched in the opening ceremony [...]
Patrix | Sports | 14 Comments »
August 22nd, 2004
You know that it is Olympics time
… when you start sporting greenery on your head to avoid looking like a loser.
…when you start running around with a matchstick held above your head and expect applause each time you light the kitchen burner.
… when you attempt to set the WR for the 100m on the treadmill.
… when you, in fact, set it [...]
Patrix | Recommended, Sports | 21 Comments »
August 19th, 2004
Olympics Blogging here to stay
Someone Orange was complaining that I am going overboard with the Olympic reporting. It almost seems as if I am blogging from Athens but as luck would have it, I am stuck in American Georgia, 50 miles away from Athens whose only claim to fame is the Sanford Stadium at University of Georgia. Although my [...]
Patrix | Sports | 5 Comments »
August 18th, 2004
A New Favorite
I have totally fallen in love with synchronized diving, in spite of all that toned muscle on display disguised as women’s beach volleyball. Strangely, I don’t remember seeing this diving spectacle debut at Sydney (blame NBC’s selective schedule). Although not as graceful as its pool version, it does remind you of sheer poetry in motion.
The [...]
Patrix | Sports | 13 Comments »
August 17th, 2004
Chilao aur chilao…yahan koi nahee hai tumhe sunne wala (actually there are…billions)
Everyone is screaming at the Olympics. The Japanese swimmer, Kitajima narrowly beat American Hansen and promptly burst out into sporadic bouts of screams. Hansen later said that the ignominy of his defeat was elevated by Kitajima’s screaming but then those are merely cries of victory. Thailand’s Polsak used similar screaming to pump her up before [...]
Patrix | Sports | 9 Comments »
August 16th, 2004
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Olympics are finally underway in spite of early Greek jitters of not quite completing it and after an apology to the McDonald’s marketing team, I’m lovin it. The opening ceremony however put all doubts to rest as we saw some wonderful pyrotechnics and skillful use of the string suspension since the Matrix. To the [...]
Patrix | Recommended, Sports | 19 Comments »
August 15th, 2004
Is same community business a good thing?
I talked about Mallu junction on Friday making an economic impact on the sidelines of a national highway. But not always, does the phenomenon of people from the similar background sticking out together be so explicit. Completely heterogeneous business communities have never existed especially more so in India. Palanpuri Jains dominate the diamond industry, Shettys [...]
Patrix | Society Culture | 7 Comments »
August 13th, 2004
Clutter of the week
Stamps.com has launched Photo.Stamps.com where you can upload your own images and print real stamps. Being on a postage stamp is no longer considered prestigious? Damn.
The Olympics are here at last. Yay! Check out Scott’s blog as he enjoys being in Phelps’ shadow at Athens; an insider look at being at the Olympics.
Patrix | Asides | 11 Comments »
August 11th, 2004
Mallu Junction
As you drive from Bombay to Pune, you pass the expressway entry point at Kalamboli and head towards Panvel on the old NH-4 highway. After passing through the town’s outskirts, you approach the Palaspe junction and on your left, there is largish Udipi restaurant called Cosmo. If you happen to stop by and are observant [...]
Patrix | Society Culture | 38 Comments »
August 10th, 2004
Control Everything
The creators of Dolly, the cloned sheep, moved base to Singapore, after spurning other lucrative offers from United States and Europe. Freedom to pursue his bio-research without letting ethical or moral restrictions might have proved to be the tiebreaker. But the Singaporean government is not foolish enough to grant ample freedom without extracting its pound [...]
Patrix | Society Culture | 11 Comments »
August 9th, 2004
Living in Glasshouses
The sun streams right into your bedroom scattering the misty morning air. As you shake off your slumber grudgingly, your eyes take you right towards the mountains backlit by a glorious sun. The lethargy vanishes almost instantly; you are torn between running wildly over the water and snuggling back in your covers, enjoying the sunrise. [...]
Patrix | Personal, Recommended | 21 Comments »
August 8th, 2004
Photographic Tastes
Strangely I have never mentioned or blogged about my love for photography. Partly the reasons are that I just didn’t want to launch into a self-aggrandizing mode and I didn’t have enough scanned evidences to reinforce my claims. My dad refused to let me take a camera (even a crappy cheap Hot Shot one) on [...]
Patrix | Personal | 18 Comments »
Movies I've Watched...
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2008-09-20 16:55
Delightful comedy laced with dry Brit humor. A bit sappy though.
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2008-09-02 21:00
Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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2008-09-01 21:00
Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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2008-08-09 23:00
Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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