From the lesson LOVE ACROSS THE SALT DESERT
Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:53:32 -0000
hi Tiffany you can check out Sword & Abyss: Short Stories by Keki N Daruwalla
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From the lesson Roommate Rules from the sitcom Friends
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:35:03 -0000
awesome articles! me and my ex-roomies are great fans of Friends and we actually used to take notes of dos and donts from the series ;) Oh i miss those college years :|
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From the lesson Writing: Shorter is Better
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:20:29 -0000
when the Philip of Macedonia was storming the gates of Sparta, he sent a message to the besieged king “If we capture your city we will burn it to the ground”, and came the one- word reply from the King of Sparta – “If”. A single word can sometimes weigh more than 1000s words put together!!
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From the lesson LOVE ACROSS THE SALT DESERT know more
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:37:18 -0000
thanx tiffany. If u liked the work of Daruwalla, you will also find works of another noted Indian/Pakistani writer Khushwant Singh, interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khushwant_Singh
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From the lesson LOVE ACROSS THE SALT DESERT know more
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:53:27 -0000
I really like how vividly the writer has described not only the human emotions but also the inanimate things like the Rann, the scorching Sun of dessert sky, beautiful village huts etc. The use of words of local language, words like bawal, tendu gives a kind of unpolished, rustic touch. Character sketches given in the story actually creates an image of that person in your head as you read it. I like the way the author has used a mixture of dialogue and passive voice. Well, these are just few of the things I personally like about the story. Do tell me how you feel about it, from the literary style to reader appeal anything ..……….
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From the lesson The History of Tie-Dye
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:20:49 -0000
In India, Tie-&-Dye is native to my state of Gujarat and neighboring Rajasthan. I have got tons of tie-dye outfits both traditional and contemporary. I just love it :)
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From the lesson Cabuliwallah (The Fruitseller from Kabul)
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:05:26 -0000
I share such a special relationship with my Dad that whenever I see this movie “Kabuliwala” I cry. I cried again reading this story. Its one of my all time favs!
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lucyinthesky said – Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:29:31 -0000
Aw, I am so glad to hear that you like this story. I’m glad there are stories and songs such as these to hold bonds with loved ones. Sometimes it takes stories like these to remind us of what is truly important – beyond any superficial connections there is something much deeper that connects us.
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From the lesson World's Best Rails Hiring Process
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:36:03 -0000
Great that you mentioned TDD.In ThoughtWorks we practice it every project, every day, every dev :). I haven’t seen many companies that do take it that seriously though. http://www.workwiththegeeks.com
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From the lesson Mistaken Words Beginning with "F"
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:35:18 -0000
Faint v Feint – “Faint” means “dizzy and weak” “felt faint for a moment” or “lacking brightness or clarity” “faint light” “a faint recollection”. “Feint” means “to deceive by mock action” “the midfielder feinted to shoot”
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From the lesson Commonly Mistaken "E" Words
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:52:52 -0000
“Endemic” v “Epidemic”. “Endemic” means ” prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people” “diseases endemic to the tropics”. “Epidemic” means “an outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely” “an epidemic outbreak of influenza”. “An epidemic outbreak of red flu endemic to the Martians” ;)
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From the lesson Commonly Mistaken "D" Words
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:41:10 -0000
one more guys! “Desperate” v “Disparate”. “Desperate” as we all know means “having lost all hope, despairing” as in “a desperate victim crying for help” or ” suffering or driven by great need or distress” as in “desperate for fame”. “Disparate” means “fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar” as in “a disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city”. “In the series ‘Desperate Housewives’ you can see how women although leading disparate lives are desperate for just one common thing – Love”
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From the lesson Commonly Mistaken "D" Words
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:23:41 -0000
okay, here’s another one – “Decry” v “Descry” . Decry means “to speak out strongly against, to disapprove publicly and emphatically”. Descry means “to see, to catch sight of, to discover or discern”. e.g. “The school authority ‘decried’ the use of mobile phones by the high school students.” “Through the fog we could vaguely ‘descry’ the red car.”
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JohnPhilipGreen said – Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:03:53 -0000
Excellent! Thank you.
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From the lesson Commonly Mistaken "D" Words
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:14:13 -0000
another common D word “Disinterested” is often confused with “Uninterested”. “Disinterested” means “impartial” or “not taking sides”, “Uninterested” on the other hand means “not interested”. A good judge should be “disinterested” but not “uninterested” in the hearing of a case.
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From the lesson Techniques in Awara (1951)
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:10:07 -0000
Great lesson !! Indian cinema has given such fantastic movies to the world, yet Academy (Oscar) has always shown prejudice against it. Thats really sad :(
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lucyinthesky said – Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:51:57 -0000
You’re right! I think musicals and a lot of foreign movies are overlooked by the Academy Awards. It’s too bad that there isn’t enough media covering movies from places other than America and Europe – I believe entertainment such as the movies give us insight into other cultures and become less narrow-minded about the world we live in.
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From the lesson My healthy breakfast power bar
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:56:37 -0000
thats very correct. Infact in India, many people, take some jaggery mixed with ghee with every meal. It adds a nice sweetness to your food and is rich in minerals too. I always prefer jaggery or honey to sugar, as our modern processing techniques robs the refined sugar of all its nutrients.
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From the lesson My healthy breakfast power bar
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:55:12 -0000
Hi Tiffany, check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaggery
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From the lesson 100 Simple Ways to Change Your Life for the Better
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:18:39 -0000
ha ha ….....i used to be like that too…..then yoga and ayurveda changed my life…..instead of stuffing myself everytime i open my mouth…....i eat like a Mitaahari and eat many times a day….....i eat about 6-7 times a day (only healthy food, no junk for me) but my metabolism is so efficient now that i still maintain my weight.
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From the lesson 100 Simple Ways to Change Your Life for the Better
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:10:23 -0000
one more tip : Ayurveda says you should be Mitaahari, that is every time you eat, fill half of your stomach with food, one fourth with water and the other one fourth with air (keep it empty). Don’t be a glutton ;)
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lucyinthesky said – Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:11:58 -0000
Very smart…I always eat too much at lunch time and can barely function afterwards…;)
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lucyinthesky said – Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:45:44 -0000
Really? That’s hilarious!