August 29, 2005

The Raj of Wankaner

As Indian states go, Gujarat has a long way to go before becoming tourist friendly. It may be the homeland of many a global Indian (the Patel clan comes from there), but it's lacking in some of the things...

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Posted by Melanie on August 29, 2005 12:57 PM
Category: India

August 19, 2005

Mangal Pandey: The Rising

No matter what the raging controversy is about the new film about Mangal Pandey, whether it was too harshly anti-British or that Pandey, India's first so-called freedom fighter, was blasphemously portrayed as a having a relationship with a nautch...

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Posted by Melanie on August 19, 2005 03:33 AM
Category: India

August 18, 2005

Death of a Hobra

The first thing I thought of when reading this front-page story in the Times of India today was, "Couldn't they have let the poor thing live somewhere in the country?" As I've said before, animal rights have a long way...

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Posted by Melanie on August 18, 2005 04:56 AM
Category: In the News

August 08, 2005

I'm Not Bajirao

I've often mused at the title of "I'm Not Rappaport," the play-then-film about two men from varying backgrounds coming to terms with the ravages of old age. Even though I've never seen the play or the film, I was always...

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Posted by Melanie on August 8, 2005 12:45 PM
Category: India

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