I really don’t think I’m designed to catch chickens.
I was at my friend JP’s house the other day and, as I do on most days I’m there, I try to catch their newly-acquired hen, Clementina.
I arrive at their house, take off my shoes in the front, eat something in the kitchen (usually a full meal [...]
I just saw part of a documentary on PBS called No More Tears Sister: Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal about Sri Lankan Human Rights Activist Dr. Rajani Thirangama.
I didn’t see the whole thing, and I wish I had. Dr. Thirangama, who was a member of the Tamil Tigers, was the head of the [...]
Someone I met a long time ago only once and saw again this weekend at a Dallas wedding – Robert – said something quite revealing: that all our friends our rich.
He was referring to his particular set of friends, who are mostly medical students/doctors based in Texas or were once in TX for school. [...]
Deciding on a name for this blog hasn’t been that hard.
I’ve decided to keep its name as Your Good Name. The reason has a
lot to do with inertia.
Sometimes, when I am thinking about something to blog, I sit on the net and research it. At times, I am on the net for hours (not so much lately thanks to a bunch of new tutoring gigs). But my mom used to call my laptop opening in the morning ritual my daily pooja. Poojas [...]
There are a lot of reasons people like the music they like. Here are my most recent ones.
The music I’ve liked and like has changed over the years, which is to be expected. But this year, my music tastes have become more meaningful, deeper. A new significance permeates my aural fixations.
A lot of the bands [...]
I really like the song ‘Friend of the Night’ by Mogwai. Here’s a link to the YouTube video.
There’s been a lively discussion happening with a friend that started when I said the word ‘desi’ one day. You can track some of it here and, more recently, here.
My stance is that the d-word indicates a shared experience, and is particular to the diaspora. It doesn’t indicate a homogeneity of people coming [...]
I am reading John Perkins’ book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which reads a little like a history book/tabloid/memoir. What prompted me to read it has to do with a theory I had some time ago.
I thought that power and empire work purely to create more power and more empire. If not actual power [...]
I was browsing through electronic intifada when I found the following letter written to the Black Eyed Peas (a group that has blown up commercially of late but were much better back in the day) regarding their recent performance in Tel Aviv.
Apparently, BEP thought Israel is “one of the most fun places on the planet” [...]
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