tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57786882011-04-21T10:43:31.100-07:00Please leave all expectations at the door.Teyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990308185635486057noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778688.post-1151361263534668192006-06-26T15:21:00.000-07:002006-06-26T15:34:23.600-07:00

Sunil and I have merged blogs. Check us out at http://www.fidgetyfoots.com. (Sorry 'bout the long domain names...all the short ones are taken.)

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A young couple from Berkeley walks through India on a dollar a day. Heart's cockles suitably warmed.

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Other NRI: “Who’re you rooting for this World Cup?” Teju/Sunil: “Well…Brazil and Argentina have always been my favorites…” Other NRI: (nodding eagerly) “…..and…?” Teju/Sunil: “and of course, USA.” Other NRI: (Aghast) “You’re rooting for USA! How can you do that??????” Teju/Sunil: (desperately trying to catch spouse’s eye for help) “Errrmmm….because we live in this country and we like it…….” (

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U.S. Asks Judge to Drop Suit on N.S.A. Spying, since the disclosure of exculpatory evidence will harm the US security interest.Umm.....I remember this ploy. The Bush government used it when asked to supply evidence of WMDs in Iraq before the war. Since that theory has been soundly debunked, shouldn't they take a different tack?

Teyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990308185635486057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778688.post-1149864641340126942006-06-09T07:45:00.000-07:002006-06-09T09:50:03.103-07:00

"It is important to see that effluent section of societies should not be the only benificiaries of the project. The fruits of the project should reach to poor and deprived also," he added.From an article on Rediff - Narmada dam creates imbalance between tribals: Varghese which explains why tribals who have received a rehab package from the govt are now better off and the "upper" class of tribal

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Sheesh, not oyster, they're passe. Hard drive - the world is your hard drive.I signed up for the beta test of Google spreadsheets and turned into a gooshvert (Google Spreadsheet Convert). Having very simple Excel needs, Google Spreadsheets will do for me. The divine part of it is that I can access my sheets anytime and share them with my hubby, my accountant and whomever else I please.More and

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Mucho Macho.Mr. Nice Programmer Guy participates in a brawl every two weeks and goes back to work the next day feelin' great about himself. Apparently, this is what he needs to get over feelings of inadequacy engendered by job, family and life in general.I can't even begin to explain - read it for yourself here.I loved Fight Club, but this is riddikulus!

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Saw hundreds of frogs crossing the trail when we went backpacking in Sunol last weekend.They were making their way to a small green pond about 100 feet away. It must have been a gargantuan journey for them.Sunset on the hills was glorious....a golden creep that turned into smoky haze.More details of the trip will be on the trip blog. I just had to post froggy pix right away.

Teyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990308185635486057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778688.post-1148318966917883792006-05-22T10:20:00.000-07:002006-05-22T12:31:28.636-07:00

Every year since 1912, the bay to breakers race is run in San Fran. It's 12 miles of hilarious madness...sorta like halloween all over again.My personal favorite is the "spawning salmon" group who starts at the finish line and runs backwards. A close second is the guys wearing only camelbacks, sports watches and running shoes :).Check out the photos here.

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This is an open letter to the Eyebrow Underground. You want me to 'do' my eyebrows. I don't want to. Why would I subject myself to the exquisite torture of having hair pulled from my face while I am conscious, hmmm? My latest encounter of the nth kind was with the lovely young woman at the beauty parlor who was giving me a pedicure(mmm...foot massage!). She was oriental perfection, from the tip

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Citizen's justice. http://my-bangalore.blogspot.com/2006/05/oh-well-what-hell_04.html

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog. All old comments were erased - sorry!

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California reacts to Tommy's excesses by banning the purchase of ultrasound machines.:)I guess any publicity is good publicity.

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"More and more, well-heeled Indian parents are pulling kids out of public schools and putting them in private schools where fees range from $12,000 to $15,000 a year. They are driven from a young age — from dance classes to piano lessons to tennis clinics — by feverish parents spurring them to success, sometimes a little too insistently."Check out this excellent article by Chidanand Rajghatta on

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http://polizeros.com/category/uzbekistan-torture/The US government overthrows one dictatorial regime based on intelligence from another. Intelligence which is suspect, howled out by hapless prisoners driven mad by torture. And yet, the media swallowed and regurgitated the WMD+Saddam-friends-with-Osama mantra en masse. When Cheney shoots a man in a hunting accident they sputter with outrage at

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The sun is setting on eve teasing. Check this out.

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I started reading "The World Is Flat" today. India seen through Friedman's eyes is different from India seen through NReyes.Our convivial gatherings are peppered with India-centric conversations. The anecdotes and conclusions all revolve around the same theme - India is kaput. Broken, bogged down, un-fixable. Corruption is rife, poverty rampant and quality of life leaves a lot to be desired. Sure

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Sugar and spice and everything nice.Wait, that's not right. Bad breath, old shoes, piles of refuse....millstone, taker of dowry, giver of misery, someone else's amaanath (take her away, please!). Why bother bringing such a liability into a family?Abortion of girl babies has risen in the last 5 years in Karnataka, with gender determination becoming easier and mobile clinics bringing the equipment

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Need cardio and weight training, must exercise for at least 30 minutes, should achieve heart rate between x and y, should be regular, should start NOW before it's too late and bones crumble to calcium dust.......so many rules, so little time to follow them! My stand (or sit as the case may be) is that exercise should be incidental - a by product of job and hobbies. No running to nowhere on

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Beware, readers. When you pick a book to read in public, steer clear of the current Oprah's book club pick, lest you be accosted by perfectly strange women who want to bond with you on the chance similarity between your taste and Oprah's. I made the mistake of reading Anna Karenina in an ice cream parlor last year. Sad to say, I wasn't accosted by any men.The club irritates me on levels that I

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Don't you hate interviewing? I wish those potential employers would recognize my sterling qualities and just GIVE ME THE JOB for God's sake! :)))

Teyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990308185635486057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778688.post-1142274073480145352006-03-13T10:18:00.000-08:002006-03-13T10:51:27.973-08:00

I met some old friends after many many years this weekend. We'd moved, followed the threads of our lives, forgotten to keep in touch. And yet we still relate to each other, not just on the past, but in the present. We've somehow lived different lives and drawn the same conclusions.How cool - we drifted away, but not apart.

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