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Archive for December, 2008
Different kind of problems
Dec 22nd
A few minutes of telly watching in canada and one would get to see multiple adds on debt counselling, bankruptcy help, help with bad credit history and cash for jewellery! I mean I know there’s a global meltdown and people across the world are adversely affected… but this?!
Apparently this is ever quite so normal here…. People going bankrupt all the time, not being able to control their credit spend. From what I understand, medical costs can often spiral and cost people their livelihood. It’s quite the experience listening to cash man’ Joe go on about being able to give More >
A Tour of La Tour CN!
Dec 21st
So when we are finally settled in and ready for our first solo expedition into the city, we decided to go see the pride of the city, the CN tower.
The CN tower (CN being Canadian National) was built in 1974, and at 553.33 m (1,815 ft, 5 inches), it is the World’s Tallest Building. Besides being a broad casting tower and catering to 40 radio & TV networks, it is a huge tourist attraction with over 2 million people visiting it every year.
Our trip to the tower began one cold winter morning with us as usual takng a More >
Bonjour Toronto!
Dec 20th
Okie.. so it’s been a bit since I posted anything… between the Jet lag of getting to Toronto, meeting sis after 2 1/2 half years and seeing my princess Rhea for the first time… you really can’t blame me for being a little lax on the posting front!
Its a beautiful time here now… the pristine white snow covering eveything is quite a treat for us people from the tropics. Landing in toronto and the arial view of the city bathed in white was was breath taking.
People had warned us of -6 degree temperatures here. Not being one for the More >
Give Peace a Chance
Dec 5th
Thank god the Gateway rally went off without any untoward incidents! I’m always thankful when my psychosis is proved wrong. J
It was quite an emotional moment for Mumbai I hear. People present tell tales of people breaking down and crying at the sight of our beloved Taj in tatters. Watching all the candle lighting, Mashaal holding and Jai hind ka Narabazi on the telly brought tears even to my eyes! I think it was a good cathartic action and really do hope outcomes of relevance can be achieved.
I totally loved some of the posters the people came with. Here More >
Citizen action or Passionate stupidity?
Dec 2nd
It’s been almost a week to the terror attacks and all of India has gone into an overdrive. Political action aside, citizens are so enraged they are planning all kinds of citizen protests, actions etc. We’re all feeling passionately about this whole episode, but there needs to be some level of practical thinking we need to have. For example, there have been these pleas running on radios, SMSs, emails etc for a congregation near Gate way of India tomorrow at 6. (3rd Dec)
Gosh! Can you imagine if we have any of the balance terrorists still loose in the city? The More >
The big Indian Blame game!
Dec 2nd
As usual after anything big that happens, people have to find someone to blame. Post the Mumbai terror attacks, Politicians are going into a tizzy demanding each other’s resignations. They’re so busy blaming each other and asking for our votes in the same breath that they’re really not doing anything about the security situation we have at hand.
I was watching this interesting piece of reporting on CNN IBN yesterday. They were calling it the operation water Rat (you know Indian telly with their inclination to drama!).
Anyways, the piece had a smart looking reporting doing a dry run of More >
Times… they are changing!
Dec 1st
I have lived in cities like Bangalore, Calcutta and Mumbai and have spent considerable time in each of them. I’ve been in Mumbai for over 5 years now and there have been quite a few things that have happened in these years that have made my mum call me in hysteria to ensure I was ok. Here are some of the incidents I remember
- The floods of July 05
- The train bombings of 07
- The multiple bomb blasts of 08
- Three different occasions of unrest when MNS chief was arrested and Mumbai shut down
- The terror attacks of 26/11!
I can’t remember such times in the More >
