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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