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Thursday, August 21, 2003

Hey,

I smelt US today ! (hey NRIs, stop laughing at me. ha!)

okay. where ??
Been to the library inside American Consulate, Chennai today.

The consulate reflected the American psyche. Big and powerful. All the doors were heavy and technology operated. They needed one American or two Indians for a push ! (Thank God, the pull is taken care of technology) It was ordered (nothing spl. considering thatit was an American consulate). But the interesting thing is that Indians working there seem to have imbibed those qualities. There was good greenery. The building was commodius, had good parking facility. It was designed to accomodate physically challenged. The sun-shade funda was interesting, although it is a little difficult to write it down in words.

The library psyched me. I could make out the sections only after a little examination. It had books from Political Science, Economics, trade, Cinema etc. Actually I had been there for a book called "Anti-intellectualism in American life" by Richard Hofstadter. I could find it finally.

Then i turned to the newspaper section. Read "The Washington Post" dated Aug 16-17. They were generous enough to give a little space for India. The news was from New Delhi, PM Vajpayee's declaration of Lunar Mission from India in 2008. (The excitement of reading Indian news was although missing. :) ) Gone thru the magazines of Washington Post. One of them carried Tobey Maguire(Spider-man guy) on its face. The magazine was full of usual papparazzi and media glitteretti. Now I can imagine a typical newspaper from California !! The Literary review section of Washington Post had 3/4ths crap in it. (Just compare with The Hindu's !!) Writing a book in US seemed pretty simple.

and that's it ! Myshort trip to the US ended.and they lived happily ever after

posted by Yy | 2:50:00 AM

Monday, August 18, 2003

Malcolm Muggeridge was a great British journalist. His birth centenary falls this July. Muggeridge is widely regarded as the discoverer of Mother Teresa. He is also popular for his wit and humour.

He once said..."Only dead fish swim with the river."

posted by Yy | 5:47:00 AM