Archive for 2006

a bad hospital experience for my baby


2006
02.08

Has anyone gone to a bad hospital for your baby?
It could be a real bad experience.

My 5 month old baby was running a fever and was recommended to Krishna Children’s Hospital, one of the famous children’s hospital in Hyderabad. By the time we reached there, probably because of the crocin drops she had, her fever had come down, but was anyway asked to be checked again. The duty doctor there asked us to be admitted and we were surprised. We asked if there is anything serious and got the reply that everything appeared normal, but only an x-ray can rule out the suspicion of broncho-pneumonia. So can we leave if the x-ray comes out clean?
“Yes, you can”.
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India through blogs


2006
02.07

“Indian bloggers today contribute significantly in determining the way India is perceived tomorrow…. If Brand India emerges more as an intellectual superpower tomorrow, we Bloggers can claim our two cents of contribution to it”.

This was found in Interim Thoughts. It is reminiscent of the enthusiasm blogs have generated among the netizens.
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Region


2006
02.07

There is this seminar about Region in our university: Theorizing Region.
I should have worked out a paper for that, but could not because I was too busy with my pregnancy. [and yesterday in a symbolic act Nisa chew up the invitation to the seminar as well, poor thing! she is too young to understand symbolism.]

But jokes apart, If I were there……how could I have theorized region?
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Indian……….


2006
01.24

Being an Indian………South Indian……..Keralite………
What do all these means?
This is not just a research question……….though one day I might take it up as one. But just thinking about being associated with a region.
Lollakutty in Channel V, the foolish Madrasi in Hindi movies, the teashop vendor Neil Armstrong met in moon, the tech savvy professional, the cricket lover and movie buff, the beaf eater…………descriptions are endless!
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