Category Archives: Bangalore Blog

Feedback

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

I welcome your feedback.  What can I do to improve the class? Please post your thoughts below if you wish. Thanks very much and it was wonderful getting to know you all. Please stay in touch. Shoba

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Website on Indian art

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I came across this interesting website, Chitralakshana, that talks about Indian art.  Perhaps some of you may be interested in it.  Minal?

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Final Presentations

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I request all of you who are doing your presentations next Monday and Tuesday to keep it under 10 minutes. Because there are so many of us, I have no choice but to ensure that people keep within their time limit, … Continue reading →

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Role Playing

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I enjoyed our session today! Thanks to all who had the courage to come up today.  I realize that the later candidates will have the advantage of our feedback and I will factor that in while grading you.  In other … Continue reading →

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Mahabharata Podcast

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

I have been listening to a pretty amazing podcast.  It is on the Mahabharata and it is told by Soota S. Kameshwar.  I purchased it from Charsur for Rs. 500 a year ago.  When I first listened to it a … Continue reading →

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My husband on Youtube

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

In Tamil, there is a saying, “Kakkaiku Than Kunju Pon Kunju,” which means something like “A crow thinks its baby is a golden baby.”  I thought of this proverb before putting up this post.  For me, this proverb plays out … Continue reading →

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Tea

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

My main source for high-quality teas is my friend Kishore Mariwala of Bombay.  Kishore is a connoisseur of many things: Hindustani music, tea, single malts to name three.  Our friendship began when he wrote to Mint two years ago, commenting … Continue reading →

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Favourite line of the day

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

Heard at the start of a meeting, “Ok guys.  Please put your phones on the Manmohan Singh mode.”

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Anna Hazare

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

This morning, a friend who lives in my building called and said, “Let’s mobilize a protest march of our building kids to support Anna Hazare.”  He said that he would help them make banners and the plan is to do … Continue reading →

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Delhi Airport

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Delhi airport’s new terminal has nice bathroom entrances. I always wonder how to make iconic signs both accessible and yet creative. Here in the airport, they have screen printed large size images of Indian women in traditional garb at the … Continue reading →

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