Saturday, August 23, 2008

India Chronicles Episode IX

Street names change at Mohd Ali Rd: A chronicle of muslims in India The Fatterpaker sisters The best $20 you can spend (headset) Cheap animations (in the news, the ship stuck example) Subway: The Anti-Jared way The Mall experience: Guards, escalators, crowd Al Jazeera Overzealous parents in video arcades Caste & Reservations:: It is hard to not address an issue that has been looming on most American peoples mind and is almost synonymous with India. The 'caste system'. I dont claim to be a pundit on this issue, but, am decently read on this topic and have discussed it with an array of people to get their point of view and form an opinion. 60 mintues had aired a very disturbing documentary on this aspect of Indian culture a few years ago and that made me do some soul searching into the percieved realities that surround this issue. - Education BBC vs CNN quiz time and being direct about loss Comic book biases: Twinkle stereotypes Bollywood Migrating from WIndows to Linux and the Atheism analogy Millitancy in India Types of corruption Toothless measures (dry day)Character profile: Yesu chi aai The Alphonso
Status of Women Divine Intervention (Pictures of God everywhere) Happiness from within (Lonely America) Credit history (word of mouth) six degrees of separation Character profile: Pheroz Rudest people in the world Political posters (Its always who you know) Speeches (members of the dias) The 3 R's (Reading Running and Recreation)
Living with technology (misplaced priorities) Arranged marriage