Fear seems to be the underlying theme of our lives these days.
Parents fear their kids not being smart enough to make it to the good colleges. Worse, they fear their kids being too smart to care for them. Teachers fear students filing FIRs if spoken rudely to. Kids fear getting paralyzed because a reality show host talked rudely to them.
They grow old and then they start fearing bad relationships. Or jilted lovers trying to throw acid on their face, or just kill them. Not being rich enough.
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Filed under: Desi, Happenings, India, Thoughts , acid attacks, Desi, fear, India, mind, nuclear deal, pfizer, society
This guy Matt has traveled over the globe dancing in his own cute little style, involving the local people with him.
If there ever were a world peace or global harmony campaign made, this is probably what it would look like.
Check this out.
Watch out for the colorful indian dancers at 2:35.
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Filed under: SeenAndHeard, Travel, Videos , dance, India, peace, Travel, where the hell is matt, world
India finally made itself known to Pope Benedict.
Italian automaker Piaggio presented a Pope-d version of the ubiquitous Indian autorikshaw to the Pope in the Vatican recently.
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The Rockefeller Center is one of the tallest buildings in Newyork standing tall at 872 feet. A place where you can gain a real perspective of Manhattan.
Here’s some pics taken from the Top of the Rock
Central park – The lifeline of Newyork.
Fun Facts [link]:
- Central Park is larger than two of the world’s smallest nations. It is almost twice as large as Monaco and nearly eight times as large as the Vatican City.
- Central Park constitutes its own United States census tract, number 143. According to Census 2000, the park’s population is eighteen persons, twelve male and six female, with a median age of 38.5 years, and a household size of 2.33, over 3 households.
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“Russell your show was mind blasting. Mmmind Blaasting. Not mind blowing…anything can blow the mind. You just blasted the mind”
Russell Peters, talking about Indians complimenting him after shows.
The venue was the Borgata at Atlantic City, where the Amreekandesi family spent their weekend. We were going to to the Vegas of the East coast as it is, and were pleasantly surprised to find Russell Peters performing this weekend. Me and the missus managed to get prime seats very near the stage.
Close enough, but not too close, if you know what i mean!
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“Eighty heads of state and government will grace the Beijing Olympics in August but PM Manmohan Singh will not be among them.” [link]
Instead, the Chinese people, being as smart as they are, have invited the real ruler of India. The Madam. They did not invite the prime minister or the president, but the mere head of congress party.
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For the non punjabis, this phrase means ‘i know you’. Coming from Steve Carell’s mouth, it doesnt quite sound like punjabi though.
In a blink-your-ears-and-miss-it moment from the super fun movie Get Smart, this is precisely what he says to the Indian Giant in the WWE, popularly known as ‘The Great Khali‘.
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July 4th. The American Independence day. A day for barbeques, picnics, family get-togethers, and fireworks!
The Macy’s ‘spectacular‘ has been a Newyork tradition for the past 32 years. This year we decided to watch it from Roosevelt Island, which supposedly offers the best views of the show.
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You may notice a new logo on amreekandesi.com saying ‘u comment i follow’. Essentially, this is a way of giving back to you readers. If you comment on your site, the link to your blogs will credited by way of search engine/technorati indexing.
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