tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78941290888311226902011-04-29T18:27:42.499-04:00Rituparnanoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894129088831122690.post-87225803295109307172008-07-21T20:28:00.005-04:002008-07-21T21:29:00.448-04:00

As a person growing up in sub-continental India, I hated politics. To me it epitomized everything that was evil, dishonest,full of unfulfilled promises - a world of depravity and selfish motives that resulted in corrupt governments and inefficient administrations.This all seems a little harsh now but this was Marxist Kolkata in the hey days of the Indian "Communist" party and things were pretty

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Today (well for the last 4 days really) Bengalis all over the world are celebrating Sharodotsav - the biggest religious and socio-cultural festival Hindu Bengalis celebrate. These four days usually are the special days in the calender set aside for food, fun, festivities with a pinch of worship thrown in !!! I love this festival - everything from the weather (it is called 'sharadotsav' as it is

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I was in meetings all morning today. When I finally manged to get out , I met a visibly excited Indian colleague. And once I heard the news I was happy too. India had just defeated arch rivals Pakistan in a limited overs cricket match to win the world championship (beware that 'world' in cricketing circles is ~ 20 nations , but hey its better than baseball where 'world' refers to one country, eh

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Now before you jump to the wrong conclusion let me tell you that the 'Paris' in the title is Paris,Illinois not 'romantic Paris' ! In fact there is very little that is romantic in the traditional sense about this Paris.But more on that later. A couple of weeks ago I was visiting Paris a small town in the heart of the American midwest located on the border of the states of Indiana and

Rituparnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894129088831122690.post-84989758909072746992007-08-15T20:31:00.000-04:002007-08-15T20:31:45.112-04:00

Ghare Baire - The Home and the World: Namastay India

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Today India (yes that's where I come from, if you haven't guessed already) celebrates its 60th independence day. Sixty years ago from this day, the Indian subcontinent comprising of present day India, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan were freed from imperial British rule and became part of the British Commonwealth and a member of the free world and thus began the saga of modern India. Most of

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This is my first foray into the now ubiquitious world of bloggers and blogging. I have been planning to start a blog for a while now , after being inspired by all the interesting views , opinions, ideas and delicious recipes I have found on the various blogspots. While not being a big fan of virtual worlds, I must say that the hundreds of cool writing on the internet helped me feel connected and

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