Comments on: Interstate Love Song http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave M http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216972 Dave M Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:01:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216972 <p>I've lived all over India. "It" isn't really as pretty as many of these Picasa'd/Photoshop'd photos suggest. There's a lot more to it than that (of course), but that's prob not what a Western readership wants.</p> <p>I didn't read the full article, but I also found some of the quotes to be decently ignorant, likely from a reporter who isn't sufficiently familiar with the project or its history (nor the nation).</p> <p>(please don't read any of this negativity as being directed towards anna, I in no way mean for that to be the case)</p> I’ve lived all over India. “It” isn’t really as pretty as many of these Picasa’d/Photoshop’d photos suggest. There’s a lot more to it than that (of course), but that’s prob not what a Western readership wants.

I didn’t read the full article, but I also found some of the quotes to be decently ignorant, likely from a reporter who isn’t sufficiently familiar with the project or its history (nor the nation).

(please don’t read any of this negativity as being directed towards anna, I in no way mean for that to be the case)

]]> By: Dr Amonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216804 Dr Amonymous Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:57:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216804 <p>and mad props for the genderqueer mention.</p> and mad props for the genderqueer mention.

]]> By: Dr Amonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216803 Dr Amonymous Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:56:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216803 <p>This is indeed super exciting. I'm wondering whether it will be heavily armed or which parts the Maoists will blow up first.</p> This is indeed super exciting. I’m wondering whether it will be heavily armed or which parts the Maoists will blow up first.

]]> By: Candadai Tirumalai http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216758 Candadai Tirumalai Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:28:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216758 <p>"Our potholes have a few roads" was ingenious. It may be years before the polarity between the Golden Quadrilateral and the old man in Prof. Guha's comment is satisfactorily resolved.</p> “Our potholes have a few roads” was ingenious. It may be years before the polarity between the Golden Quadrilateral and the old man in Prof. Guha’s comment is satisfactorily resolved.

]]> By: Margin Fades http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216726 Margin Fades Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:54:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216726 <p>hir...heer...as precious as diamonds.</p> hir…heer…as precious as diamonds.

]]> By: divyesh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216724 divyesh Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:19:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216724 <p>really love your posts...always something interesting and thought provoking...lol i think uve jus taken over the lead from amardeep in the number of articles from sepia ive fwded to family and friends</p> really love your posts…always something interesting and thought provoking…lol i think uve jus taken over the lead from amardeep in the number of articles from sepia ive fwded to family and friends

]]> By: zuni http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216723 zuni Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:34:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216723 <p>That GQ has changed and saved lives of many Indians. For example, medical emergencies can be addressed in bigger cities in matter of hours now instead of in days. Driving practices are also changing: drivers tend to use the headlight as indicator instead of blaring the horn.</p> That GQ has changed and saved lives of many Indians. For example, medical emergencies can be addressed in bigger cities in matter of hours now instead of in days. Driving practices are also changing: drivers tend to use the headlight as indicator instead of blaring the horn.

]]> By: Amitabh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216694 Amitabh Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216694 <blockquote>the brand-new, 3,633-mile expressway linking the country’s major population centers of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.</blockquote> <p>Just noticed that of these four cities, <b>THREE</b> of them have had their name changed in recent decades. Isn't it time that we rename Delhi as Indraprasth? Or at least "Dilli"? Just kidding...</p> the brand-new, 3,633-mile expressway linking the country’s major population centers of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.

Just noticed that of these four cities, THREE of them have had their name changed in recent decades. Isn’t it time that we rename Delhi as Indraprasth? Or at least “Dilli”? Just kidding…

]]> By: Prabal http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216678 Prabal Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:28:03 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216678 <p>pardon my tangential quirk. The GQ Project provides different symbology for different sets of people.This, for me-</p> <p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Dubey</p> pardon my tangential quirk. The GQ Project provides different symbology for different sets of people.This, for me-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Dubey

]]> By: boat on a rising tide http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/23/interstate_love/comment-page-1/#comment-216677 boat on a rising tide Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:13:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5424#comment-216677 <p><i>17 · <b>rob</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005424.html#comment216676">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>where is Manju</blockquote> <p>setting out his <a href="http://www.buymyshitpile.com/">yardsale</a> for hank.</p> 17 · rob said

where is Manju

setting out his yardsale for hank.

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