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Friday, my weekend started with a visit to the Atma Darshan Yoga Ashram in Kumaraswamy Layout in Bangalore. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go, because I recently visited an apartment with guests singing bhajans held in my housing complex. After the … Continue reading
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I’ve eaten at Pizza Hut a couple times since I’ve been here. I have to admit I did not experience the fast-food restaurants or hardly any restaurants in India before 2004. At that time I was traveling with my friend, Leena, another Indian-American, her husband … Continue reading
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I screened Crossing Lines with all 69 students today. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew the students would have different perspectives than the South Asian audiences in the U.S. After the screening, we had a class discussion about the … Continue reading
Taking the city bus is a new experience for me. After the faculty van drops me off, I usually take an auto rickshaw home, because I’m still about two km away. But there’s another faculty member, Girish, who gets off … Continue reading
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Perhaps the secret to living in India is to let go of your fears. I tried to be more independent this weekend and it really helped, thanks to my new friend, Anjali. I have two friends in Bangalore with the name … Continue reading
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My first week of teaching included workshops on both Tuesday and Thursday. I met with students in the auditorium to discuss how we were planning to create the broadcast website. This site is supposed to be a venue where students can post their broadcast stories, because … Continue reading
Ten years ago today, I was a producer with CNBC. I lived in Manhattan and had just finished the overnight shift. I took the network transport back to the city from Ft. Lee, NJ (where CNBC was based at the … Continue reading
I was out two nights ago buying a tripod and light-kit for my camera. We were in Gandhi Nagar, a shopping district in Bangalore, but not close to my apartment complex. The faculty van dropped us (me and another faculty … Continue reading
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I traveled to Ulsoor Lake yesterday near Mahatma Gandhi Rd., also known as M.G. Rd., in Bangalore to witness the public immersion of many Lord Ganesha idols, both small and large. Ulsoor Lake is in the northeast part of the city, approximately 1.5 square kilometers. … Continue reading
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I spent Wednesday (Aug. 31) and Thursday (Sept. 1) shooting (filming) Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Bangalore. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as Lord Ganesha’s birthday. Ganesha, the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is widely worshipped as the supreme god of wisdom, … Continue reading
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