It reflects its European influences to this day (and I don’t mean just in the high number of Europeans that tend to flock here).
My favorite sight from Kochi, though, was that of goats who would go out of their way (and squeeze as tightly as possible underneath small roof edges) to avoid being soaked by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Humor’
Fort Kochi
Posted in Tourism, tagged Humor on 23 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The “relaxed people of South India”?
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Tourism, tagged Humor, Two worlds on 22 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Guidebooks always write that South India, and Kerala in particular, is full of relaxed and laid back people; that it seems to be on a different schedule than the rest of India. That hasn’t exactly been Sapna and my experience, however. It is true that you spend a lot of time not doing very much [...]
Autorickshaws and haggling over 50 cents
Posted in Malayalam, Travel logistics, tagged Books, Humor, Malayalam, Trivandrum on 14 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Depending on the types of interactions I’ve had all day, I either feel that everyone here is out to rob/screw me, or is trying to just make an honest living.
For example, I’m sometimes overcharged 30 rupees for an autorickshaw ride of under 4 kilometers. I never know when and how much to haggle, and [...]
Disgrasian’s excellent analysis on the Sunjay Gupta controversy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Humor on 9 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yup I said Sunjay.
Disgrasian’s analysis on the “hateration.”
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 [...]
A sitcom: Malayalees in America
Posted in Malayalam, Malayalees in America, TV and film, tagged Humor, Malayalam on 12 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My cousin just sent me a link to a sitcom about Malayalees in America (in Malayalam).
Here’s the promotional video:
Here’s the you tube site with every episode.
(I just may watch all of these to brush up on my Malayalam…although I wonder if it may be worth all the cringing…lots of caricatures from [...]
