Chilligavva

Src: Screen Capture from thelinguists.com Did you know that half the languages in the world are dying? Two linguists have set about documenting the same in film, for the Sundance film festival. Being a linguist myself (MA in Applied Linguistics,

On The Edge: Cola Can Trick

Here is wishing my readers a Happy Indian Republic Day..

An ode to Blue, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandOriginally uploaded by McF_photo This is a beautiful shot, taken by my professional photographer friend Mike Mc Farlane. I of course remember a lot of Wordsworth, when I come across the word Hebrides.And now I have a picture to go with the words..HOW richly glows the water's ...

I thought I had seen it all on the net.  I came across this site promoting a  different concept.  The website is not live yet, but is in alpha and soliciting beta testers via e-mails.  Of course I signed up, how could I not be a part of the process?SRC: a screen capture from  the website http://www.ourmemoryof.com/On a different note not related to the above, this concept got me ...

Picture Courtesy:My newest contact in flickr, Stuck In CustomsI stumbled onto this photo this morning.  The haunting  quality of this photo struck a chord in me for more reasons than just looking at it.  you see, two years ago, I had a dream about this place.  I for some reason, remember it very vivdly, but didnt know where or what it was.  Today, as I pressed the "Stumble it" button in my ...

Most wordpress themes (nearly all of them) display comments in an ascending order. That is the first comment is on top and the latest at the bottom of the page. If you are anything like me and want to dig into the latest comment right away, you would prefer a reverse ordering of comments. This is a preferred approach in popular blogs, as otherwise you have to literally scroll down zillions of comments, to finally reach the latest..

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A local Hindu organisation in Chennai has lodged a police complaint against actress Shriya, who starred opposite Rajnikanth [Images] in the Tamil blockbuster, Sivaji-The Boss, objecting to the outfit (in the picture) worn by her during the 175th day celebration of the film.In a complaint, the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) alleged that Shriya's outfit had 'offended Hindu culture,' police said. If there was one phrase about India that I would ban, it would be the use ...