Posted by: Aadisht on: June 28, 2007
William Dalrymple, I believe, would especially be suited to the following projects: A book which examined the silk supply chain in Roman times, during the reign of Genghis Khan, and today. So you compare the trade route through the Red and Mediterranean seas, on the overland Silk Route through Afghanistan and the Gobi desert, and [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 22, 2007
Some arbit googling led to this wonderful page: a history of organized crime in the Indo-Canadian community. Please note, that Indo-Canadian is somewhat misleading. It is very much Sardar-Canadian. And not just any Sardars but only Jatts. Even in Kaneda the Jatts have refused to let the Paapes join in the fun. I read on [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 22, 2007
When the Jagadguru’s Biggest Disciple tags you, you have no choice but to respond. So here goes. The vast majority of Indian writing in English is self-indulgent wankery. But a few gems come to mind. A Suitable Boy. I started reading this almost two weeks after my parents bought it. Considering I was in Class [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 22, 2007
A month ago, Garuda’s mall escalators were advertising Levi’s straight jeans (they’ve switched to advertising Miss Lee Slim Jeans now). Anyhow the ads show a gay/ lesbian couple (must… resist… temptation… to… say… ‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that.’) with the tagline ‘Not Everything is as Straight’. The trouble is that when it came [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 22, 2007
Shock! Horror! As if controlling the US government, Hollywood, and drinking the blood of Muslim babies wasn’t bad enough, the Zionists have now infiltrated the last bastion of culture: comics! (From Fables #50) Someone expressed an opinion that doesn’t sympathise with the poor, picked-upon Palestinians? He must be under the control of the Israelis.
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 20, 2007
India Today has become so pathetic that I don’t even have to read what’s inside the magazine. The cover’s enough to make me puke. From manicures to hair styling, laser surgery and even breast implants, today
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 20, 2007
(That’s what her name sounds like on the Radio Indigo promos for The Big Couch. I have no idea how it’s actually spelt.) I realised today that her enthusiasm for happy happy songs and Justin Timberlake and Ronan Keating is quite alarming. She projects a sort of bubbly and gurgling enthusiasm that is fine when [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 19, 2007
Starting this week, I’m putting in five kilorupees a month on a Nifty index fund, and five kilorupees a month in a growth mutual fund. This is over and above the ten kilorupees a month of ELSS I’m already doing. That’s for my PhD fund. For my Thailand vacation fund, I’ll be starting a recurring [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 19, 2007
Aishwarya has discovered the video for March of the Sinister Ducks, and asks if these ducks are left-wing. She doesn’t know the half of it. Left-wingers at least pretend to be all about the compassion. When Naxals kill people, they do it in the name of class war. But ducks are openly criminal and vile. [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 19, 2007
I’m not thrilled about this. Over the next few weeks I will suffer withdrawal pangs for a number of things: pretty girls, being flirted at, having my laundry done by professionals, and laksa and sushi. In the past couple of weeks, I have asked myself uncomfortable questions, been out drinking with a bunch of foreign [...]