I recently complained about an Indian restaurant review I had read in the San Francisco Chronicle –I had found it uncreative and even insensitive.*
Entitled, Dosa grows up – second restaurant is bigger, bolder, the article began like this (pay attention to the words that are in bold):
Walking into the new Dosa feels like entering an [...]
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Indian restaurant reviews
Posted in Food, Orientalism, We All Live Downstream on 20 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
On LCDs and Plasma TVs, from India to California
Posted in Environment, Resources, We All Live Downstream, tagged Books, the Times of India on 6 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no secret that neither LCDs nor Plasmas are very energy efficient, yet they are coveted by many people.
I found the following articles from the past two days to be very interesting.
From the Times of India: Durables: Staying alive, staying strong
Yearning for a LCD or plasma TV on your living room wall? Go right ahead. [...]
California white women + India
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Orientalism, Race, Tourism, We All Live Downstream on 5 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
come together in an Incredible !ndia campaign!
I’ve blogged briefly about Incredible !ndia before.
In light of recent discussions on this and my other blog, I found an ad that appeared in last month’s Economist to be very timely:
The caption reads:
“Country of Birth *sideways heart* USA
Motherland *sideways heart* India
Julie Martin was born near Hollywood in L.A. [...]
Not cool, Air India
Posted in Gender and sexuality, News clippings, We All Live Downstream, Women and feminism, tagged the Times of India on 5 January 2009 | 1 Comment »
Air India sacks 10 air hostesses for being overweight
As the Times of India reports:
“For an 18-year-old air hostess with a height of 152 cm, the maximum weight permissible is 50 kg, while for air hostesses in the age group of 26 to 30 and a height of 152 cm, the weight limit is 56 kg.”
So, [...]
Fetishizing India
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, We All Live Downstream, tagged Humor on 22 December 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Cross-posted on my other blog, We All Live Downstream.)
You’ve Got to be Kidding Me.
Didn’t I just complain about this?
From The Huffington Post:
Mother India
by Tabby Biddle
I am packing for my trip to India! I am leaving in a few days. This is not just any ordinary trip. This is a trip to get married!
My fiancé [...]
