Thursday, April 10, 2008

Jungle Book


Who doesn't remember Disney's jungle book. Based on Rudyard Kipling's classic novel, it is the story of the little boy Mowgli stranded in a jungle and brought up by Bhageera as a human cub.

Now being in India, the characters' names make so much more sense. Baloo the bear comes from the Hindi word Bhalu (bear). Akela means alone (the wolf). Shere Khan (sher means tiger). Hathi the elephant ... and I guess there are many other ones I do not know about yet.
"the simple bare necessities"

Monday, April 7, 2008

Wood work


Found some picture of me wood working. For the ones who never believed me.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Rain

It rains in Delhi.
Delhi doesn't smell like Delhi, it smells like rain with a small dash of Delhi.
People are happy.
Dust is gone.
Little flooding here and there.
It smells like rain.
In Delhi.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Leaners

Went to the movies today and had to come across this Indian phenomenon what I would like to call "leaners". It happens when a white girl sits in the movie theatre and the guy she does not know next to her finds it necessary to lean towards her side instead of his friends' side during the whole movie. The girl is not able to sit comfortably without touching the guy's arm with her arm. Not really much she can do, when she leans back, he leans even more towards her. When she tries not to touch him, she has to sit in an uncomfortable position, and the guy leans towards her side even more. She thinks talking wouldn't make sense as the "leaner" would never admit "leaning". She also doesn't want to create any fuss as she just wants to watch the movie.
So to all "leaners" out there, take a white inflatable doll with you, put her next to you in the movie theatre, and LEAN as much as you want.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Carrot

Get rid of your prejudices. Not all carrots are orange.
The Indian carrot is tasty, juicy and RED!

Friday, March 28, 2008

Hand Luggage

A couple of days ago I was browsing through the net, looking for some well written information on what to bring or not to bring in your hand luggage when flying. I found a Yahoo Question with loads of Yahoo Answers. The question was "What can and cant go in my hand luggage?". In between all the serious answers mentioning: no knifes, 3 oz, no weapons, 100 ml, ... one guy wrote this answer
"just hands..... nothing else... just hands"