Sohum Sutras

Few days back I had written a post on Life in India vs Life in US. Here is a link to that. Today morning, I got this fabulous email from a reader who has just made my day. Here is what it says. Kiran, Greetings! This is my first email to you although I must admit I have been quietly reading your blog for a while now. The reason I am writing to you today is because of your blog entry comparing life in US and India struck a close note with me. I have been born and raised in Delhi where I was until I got married 5 yrs ago and came to US. I completely agree with your comments and lack of responsibility on the part of people of Indian origin who have settled in not just US but other countries of the 'developed west'. But I wanted to make sure that you know that there is another league of Indians in US - I being one of them and many many more, I am sure - this are the group of people who will NEVER EVER put their homeland in a bad light. I hold a professional job h...

This weekend, I attended a 3 day workshop with Marcos Fonseca and Emily for Zouk. Following are some of their web links. http://www.marcosfon seca.info http://www.riozouk.c om/ http://www.scotfitor g.co.uk http://www.riozouk.c o.cc Here is their video teaching us.  And this is what I learnt Here are few pictures of the teachers. This is what we learnt towards the end

These days there is this cute TV serial coming on Sony. It is called Kuch to log Kahenge. Yesterday, the main lead of the serial, Dr. Nidhi, was wearing the similar tunic that I am wearing below. I have posted it before in this blog post  and this. The tunic is by Anita Dongre.

People these days are ashamed to accept/voice out their feelings. They cannot say "I love you" if they are not too sure that the other person will also reciprocate or respond. They will rather hold back their feelings for the fear of being mocked at. Simple expressions as follows are not given tongue. "I am hurt" "I want to be with you, spend time with you" "I dislike you" "you smell bad" "I miss you" "I dreamt of you" "I can't stand you" "I do not want to see you again" "I can't live without you" "I need you" "You are bugging me/irritating me" Why hold back? Is it fear of rejection? What will the other person think? You don't want to portray yourself as too weak. Or maybe you do not want to hurt the other person. You want to show that you are too strong, independent, etc. You are a girl and hence, not expected to make the first move. You...

Happy Diwali to all of you. We had a family Puja. This is how I decorated the house with candles and Diyas. After such a long gap, the whole family was together on the dinner table. It felt so good. Best experience that words cannot describe. 

It has always appalled me whenever tarnished image of India is presented to the world. Switch on a channel like BBC. Whenever, they have to show images of India, they will show naked sadhus, cows and bullocks on the roads, children defecating out in open. You talk to NRI's (I usually call them non reliable Indians), they seem so apologetic about their own country. They harp about pollution, corruption, crime, etc. Indians love to hate themselves for almost everything. Whenever a resident Indian meets a foreigner or even a non-resident Indian, the resident is apologetic about potholes on roads, about cattle on streets, about stray dogs, about corruption, about uncouth politicians, about this and about that. If an Indian is proud of anything, it is generally about the past - history, religion, spirituality etc. Regarding today's India, Indians show pride on the achievements of software industry. Once that has been discussed, it is back to the usual routine of being apologetic. ...