https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/07/cnnibn-pats-itself-repeatedly-on-its.html?showComment=1152675120000
Blogpourri: CNN/IBN Pats Itself Repeatedly on Its Back
CNN/IBN cannot get over itself. In the middle of the coverage of the Mumbai blasts, Rajdeep Sardesai could not prevent himself from repeated...
cnnibnpatsrepeatedlyback
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/03/footloose-friday-vi.html?showComment=1237131240000
Blogpourri: Footloose Friday - VI
Anoop Desai's rather disastrous performance of Michael Jackson's Beat It! on American Idol transported me to the living rooms of my growing...
footloosefridayvi
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/07/home-schooling-in-bangalore.html
Blogpourri: Homeschooling in Bangalore
Su, in response to a query regarding homeschooling via the comments on one of my posts on schools in Bangalore, has this to say: There are ...
homeschoolingbangalore
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/09/bloggers-choice-awards-desigirls-random.html?showComment=1190614620000
Blogpourri: Blogger's Choice Awards: DesiGirl's Random Acts of Kindness
DesiGirl has been busy committing random acts of kindness again. She's nominated Blogpourri under not one (Best Blog About Stuff), not two ...
choice awardsrandom actsbloggerdesigirlkindness
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/10/crying-at-movies.html
Blogpourri: Crying at the Movies
It was pitch dark in the small Odeon Theater in Washington, DC. The movie had ended, the screen had gone black, but there was none of the cr...
at thecryingmovies
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/08/power-of-education.html?showComment=1250737363709
Blogpourri: The Power of Education
I know it's not as simple. Education does not necessarily bring empowerment. But when you read Tererai's story, it's difficult not to think ...
the power ofeducation
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/09/chacha.html?showComment=1127066160000
Blogpourri: Chacha
My memories of Pedda Chacha (a combination of Telugu and Hindi, literally meaning "big uncle"), my father's oldest brother, range from extre...
chacha
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/10/icse-or-cbse-which-is-better-or-more.html
Blogpourri: ICSE or CBSE? Which is better or more desirable?
I've received quite a few queries wanting to know the answer to that question. I asked Google aunty and one of her answers was this 2004 Dec...
which is bettericsecbsedesirable
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/03/meeting-with-anil-kumble.html
Blogpourri: A Meeting With Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble announced his retirement from One Day Internationals and newspapers are replete with details of his achievements on the field. H...
a meetinganilkumble
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/08/rolands-hp-207-digital-piano.html
Blogpourri: Roland's HP-207 Digital Piano
I don't know a lot about all the cool stuff digital pianos enable you to do (and it is a lot), but I know enough to say that we are mighty ...
rolandhpdigitalpiano
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/07/bangalore-bloggers-in-news.html?showComment=1154137200000
Blogpourri: Bangalore Bloggers in the News
Deccan Herald carries a news item today about the work a group of us bloggers did with Akshara's Reading Movement Project. Here's a snippet....
in thebangalorebloggersnews
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/02/would-you-be-worried-if.html?showComment=1139200560000
Blogpourri: Would you be worried if...
your dentist had bad breath?
would youworried
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/09/maine-ly-delights.html?showComment=1252951604204
Blogpourri: Maine-ly Delights!
If there is one thing that is all uniquely Maine that I adore, it's got to be lush lawns edged with natural stone containers brimming with c...
mainelydelights
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/02/would-you-be-worried-if.html?showComment=1139295000000
Blogpourri: Would you be worried if...
your dentist had bad breath?
would youworried
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/06/lessons-in-parenting-chapter-145676.html?showComment=1182795660000
Blogpourri: Lessons in Parenting: Chapter 145,676 - Infants Can't Blow Their Noses
Infants can't blow their noses. This, of course, you realize only after you've had a baby, and only in the middle of the night when you've a...
lessons in parenting
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/11/prague-little-city-with-big-heart.html?showComment=1176313860000
Blogpourri: Prague: A Little City With a Big Heart
The taxi sped past nondescript buildings and wide expanses of green grass on either side of the highway from Ruznye Aiport to the City of Pr...
a littlepraguecitybigheart
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/09/hello-im-sujatha.html?showComment=1254244503039
Blogpourri: Hello, I'm Sujatha ...
... and you are? Please, would you introduce yourselves? If you read Blogpourri occasionally or often or regularly, but have never commented...
i mhellosujatha
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-memories-haunt-you.html
Blogpourri: Some Memories Haunt You
Growing up, our radio occupied the pride of place in the family rooms of the various houses in which we lived. The radio was a wide, rectang...
memorieshaunt
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/07/just-let-zidane-be.html?showComment=1165354800766
Blogpourri: Just Let Zidane Be
The Richard Cohen article, Camus and Zidane , comes closest to expressing what I feel about Zidane head butting Materazzi during the dying...
letzidane
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/03/snippets.html?showComment=1237990140000
Blogpourri: Snippets
Memories of conversations or snippets of conversations come randomly, when I'm going about my day. I replay them in my mind, laughing, smili...
snippets
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/02/darwin-and-lincoln.html?showComment=1235092860000
Blogpourri: Darwin and Lincoln
Two men. Born on the same day. In the same year. " Each, in his own way, fought vigorously against slavery ." With growing horror, he [Darwi...
darwinlincoln
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-world-arlington-national-cemetery.html?showComment=1243360467254
Blogpourri: My World: Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is one of the most visited tourist sites in the Washington, D.C. area, with around four million visitors every y...
my worldarlingtonnationalcemetery
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/11/what-is-sad-dream.html?showComment=1162794660000
Blogpourri: What is a sad dream?
Big N woke up this morning and said he had a really tough time falling asleep last night. Finally, he fell asleep around midnight (a bit of ...
what issaddream
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-and-yearning-for-normal.html?showComment=1247369006073
Blogpourri: Michael Jackson and The Yearning for Normal
When I was in middle school and high school back in India, Sundays were welcomed with great anticipation for a couple of different reasons. ...
michael jacksonand theyearningnormal
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/05/whats-to-love-about-being-mom.html?showComment=1242669360000
Blogpourri: What's to love about being a mom?
It was during one of those innumerable calls I made to my mother and my mother-in-law when I was pregnant that I distinctly remember noticin...
to lovemom
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/01/john-updike-passes-away.html?showComment=1233234360000
Blogpourri: John Updike passes away
From the New York Times obit: John Updike, the kaleidoscopically gifted writer whose quartet of Rabbit Angstrom novels highlighted so vast ...
john updikepassesaway
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/09/hello-im-sujatha.html?showComment=1254423999880
Blogpourri: Hello, I'm Sujatha ...
... and you are? Please, would you introduce yourselves? If you read Blogpourri occasionally or often or regularly, but have never commented...
i mhellosujatha
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/05/whats-to-love-about-being-mom.html?showComment=1242753720000
Blogpourri: What's to love about being a mom?
It was during one of those innumerable calls I made to my mother and my mother-in-law when I was pregnant that I distinctly remember noticin...
to lovemom
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/03/sick-of-getting-harassed-on-streets.html?showComment=1141431420000
Blogpourri: Sick of Getting Harassed on the Streets? Blog About It!
Street harassment, eve teasing, sexual harassement - whatever name this social phenomenon goes by, it is a monster in our midst. No matter h...
on the streetsblog aboutsickgettingharassed
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/11/prague-little-city-with-big-heart.html?showComment=1195251060000
Blogpourri: Prague: A Little City With a Big Heart
The taxi sped past nondescript buildings and wide expanses of green grass on either side of the highway from Ruznye Aiport to the City of Pr...
a littlepraguecitybigheart
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/10/oct-29-30-washington-dc-fundraiser-for.html?showComment=1257357136898
Blogpourri: Oct 29-30: Washington, D.C. Fundraiser for India Floods
From Mallika, Event: Halloween and Fundraising Event for India Floods What: Fundraiser Start Time: Thursday, October 29 at 5:30pm End Time: ...
washington d cfor indiaoct
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/08/salsa-new-in-thing-in-bangalore.html?showComment=1166835780000
Blogpourri: Salsa: The New "In" Thing in Bangalore
"Four one, cha cha cha, two three cha cha cha," went my instructor. We, twelve of us students, tried to follow her steps as she sashayed her...
the newsalsathingbangalore
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2006/11/what-is-sad-dream.html?showComment=1162535520000
Blogpourri: What is a sad dream?
Big N woke up this morning and said he had a really tough time falling asleep last night. Finally, he fell asleep around midnight (a bit of ...
what issaddream
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/09/is-anyone-else-afraid.html
Blogpourri: Is Anyone Else Afraid...
that one day you will wake up and find that you cannot access your blog and that everything you've written on your blog is lost forever? Or ...
anyoneelseafraid
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2007/05/review-lulucoms-self-published.html?showComment=1179454260000
Blogpourri: Review: Lulu.com's Self-Published Children's Literature
Once upon a time, there was a baby polar bear who was a very picky eater; there were two girls, Orelda and Corelda, who went on a cruise abo...
self publishedreviewluluchildrenliterature
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/09/what-makes-you-happy.html?showComment=1127304960000
Blogpourri: What Makes You Happy?
Jacob Stein, who has a column called Legal Spectator in the Washington Lawyer magazine, wrote a piece on happiness a few months ago. In it, ...
makeshappy
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/11/life-is-beautiful.html
Blogpourri: Life is Beautiful
There was a wedding (the fourth in my generation on my mom's side) in my family a couple of weeks ago. So my son and I pretty much camped ou...
life isbeautiful
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/05/whats-to-love-about-being-mom.html?showComment=1242658140000
Blogpourri: What's to love about being a mom?
It was during one of those innumerable calls I made to my mother and my mother-in-law when I was pregnant that I distinctly remember noticin...
to lovemom
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/10/mumbai-terrorist-attacks-anatomy-of.html?showComment=1254944838200
Blogpourri: Mumbai Terrorist Attacks: Anatomy of a Siege
Nearly a year ago now, we went on a road trip to Asheville , North Carolina, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We had about an hour left on the ...
terrorist attacksmumbaianatomysiege
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging.html?showComment=1243642513519
Blogpourri: Blogging
I will be offline for a couple of weeks. I'll post links to interesting stuff as and when I can, but in the meantime I hope you will find so...
blogging
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2005/11/of-gods-and-demons.html?showComment=1133319900000
Blogpourri: Of Gods and Demons
Over the past couple of months N has been fascinated with tales of Indian mythology, of the fight between good and evil and of the various I...
godsdemons
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/09/hello-im-sujatha.html?showComment=1254253283109
Blogpourri: Hello, I'm Sujatha ...
... and you are? Please, would you introduce yourselves? If you read Blogpourri occasionally or often or regularly, but have never commented...
i mhellosujatha
https://blogpourri.blogspot.com/2009/09/memories-of-911.html?showComment=1252682738000
Blogpourri: Memories of 9/11
We have two pictures* of the Twin Towers around the house. One was taken from a boat as it sped away from the city toward the Statue of Libe...
memories