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What 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...
Read MoreThe Young Indian Scientist’s Dilemma (1966)
(From an old essay of R.K.Narayan's -- from 1966. Not sure where it was published. I find some of the word choices strange. Hard to believe he could be so tone deaf.) A young scientist from Madras, who arrived in New York only a...
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