Anglos in the wind: The dance of a beautiful people
Filed in Anthropology,General Interest, February 18, 2010, 8:16 pm by Abdul FakhriTweetIt was a pleasant surprise when my friend from school days Richard invited my family and myself to ‘The Grand Hockey Dinner Dance’ at the St. Bede’s School Grounds on Saturday, the 9th January 2010. This dance was the culmination of a 2-day long hockey tournament of Anglo-Indian teams from all over the country. I […]
No Training Wheels
Filed in General Interest, February 10, 2010, 11:23 am by MDTweetWe’re pleased to introduce another writer, MD Ramesh to this Blog. He’s a former colleague & a good friend of mine for the past 15 years. In his spare time, MD moon-lights as the editor of a local Newsletter in Iowa. Please encourage him with your comments. – Sukumar. This summer, I was teaching my […]
Paris Travelog #7 – A Melange
Filed in Travel, February 4, 2010, 10:00 am by Priya RajuTweetPlease checkout Sukumar’s most previous serving of Paris here. Say “Paris” and images of the French Revolution, the excesses of King Louis XIV and Napoleon Bonaparte spring to mind. Visitors to Paris will find “Haussmannian Paris” stickier still. Baron Haussmann was a town planner in Emperor Napoleon III’s reign. He almost single-handedly modernized Paris, changing it […]
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