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The Spice Scout
Claire Cheney has traveled to close to a dozen countries to bring quality spices and herbs back to Curio Spice Co. A former barista, she saw that people believed in fair trade and were willing pay for good quality, single-origin coffee. She wants to see...
Read MoreWhat Is Desi Mentality – Life of Dr.Desi
What Is Desi Mentality - Life of Dr.Desi by Ramesh Mahadevan Warning : Dr Roy, Please hit 'n' now! WARNING: Any kind of stereotyping is bad and uncivilized, we are told. But most of us have conjured up an abstract concept called the 'desi mentality'...
Read MoreMy Aunt, the Matunga Mami
It is more than a year since Ramesh Mahadevan passed away. I am so afraid some day his writings will vanish too. So I am going to put up the best of his writing on my site unless it violates some law or the other....
Read MoreMen Peeing Inconsiderately
So why don't men just sit down and pee like we women do? This will be especially helpful when they are house guests. A beautiful Lara Vapnyar story "Deaf and Blind" in this week's New Yorker asks this question too, in a hilarious way. A...
Read MoreKannathil Mutthamittal
Another Tamil movie reference (title of a maniratnam movie); another Bharathiyar poem. I wish I had been this kind of daughter to my dad. சின்னஞ்சிறு கிளியே கண்ணம்மா! செல்வக் களஞ்சியமே! என்னைக் கலி தீர்த்தே உலகில் ஏற்றம் புரிய வந்தாய்! Oh juvenile parrot, my Kannamma! You are the repository...
Read MoreAnnaya’s Anthropology
Because I am afraid this story by A.K.R will vanish into the Internet once again, I copy and paste it right here for my ready reference in the future. Annayya's Anthropology by A. K Ramanujan translated from Kannada by Narayan Hegde Annayya...
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