Literacy has been growing in India quite fast in the last decade. And literacy or awareness of english has come to be associated with rapid progress. Spoken english courses have sprung up at every corner. What is more interesting is the decline of some aspects of hindi literacy. For example the number scripts in hindi:… Continue reading Mixed Language Type
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Recycled – for comfort
Saw this charpayee, in a dhaba on the Delhi Jaipur highway. The thing which makes it different is that traditionally ropes are used, while in this case stripped pieces of a conveyor belt has been used. The guy there told me that this comes at Rs. 30 per kg which is almost half of the… Continue reading Recycled – for comfort
Tunga Balla Torava
“but inside ….we are all tigers. That is how the MTv ad for the Xbox 360 ends. Totally out of this world, this ad is weird. When i first saw it, and did not see any product coming, i wondered if it was a MTv promo or something. But then it came in the end.… Continue reading Tunga Balla Torava