Comments for Arcade of Thoughts http://www.coolshankin.com/blog A cocktail of views, reviews and a few things more Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:43:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Ruskin Bond by deeksha http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/06/27/ruskin-bond/#comment-630 deeksha Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:55:29 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=50#comment-630 i feel that it,s best in the world i feel that it,s best in the world

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by lostallisiomi http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-629 lostallisiomi Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:09:12 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-629 hi there! I made with photoshop animated myspace pics. take a look at them: http://tinyurl.com/5vbof5 Thanks 4 your website :) xxoxo hi there!
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take a look at them:
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Thanks 4 your website :) xxoxo

]]> Comment on Ruskin Bond by gowri http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/06/27/ruskin-bond/#comment-611 gowri Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:24:47 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=50#comment-611 i luv ruskin bond as a writer ....................wat writin wid simplicity and beautifully potrayed...wish i culd meet him 2 tell him this... i luv ruskin bond as a writer ………………..wat writin wid simplicity and beautifully potrayed…wish i culd meet him 2 tell him this…

]]> Comment on Freakonomics: Orthodox Hindu, Salsa, Bridge and Mafia(Game) by Shweta http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2007/11/11/freakonomics-orthodox-hindu-salsa-bridge-and-mafiagame/#comment-609 Shweta Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:11 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=75#comment-609 oye! Vadas are made in my house dipped in sugar (Yeah thats pretty weird!) on some festivals. Donut and sometimes saucer..whichever..not much thought laid. I'm a gult and havent heard of such traditions here. Besides now being in Chennai..I see there are ALL kinds of vadas all over the place. No occasions needed. Onions and garlic arent used. As usage of and eating anything that is grown below ground is against the Brahmin culture on a good day. But tomato..That is not avoided. oye! Vadas are made in my house dipped in sugar (Yeah thats pretty weird!) on some festivals. Donut and sometimes saucer..whichever..not much thought laid. I’m a gult and havent heard of such traditions here.

Besides now being in Chennai..I see there are ALL kinds of vadas all over the place. No occasions needed.

Onions and garlic arent used. As usage of and eating anything that is grown below ground is against the Brahmin culture on a good day. But tomato..That is not avoided.

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by Shweta http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-608 Shweta Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:04:25 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-608 Hey..this seems like a common plea of all the Indian students out there in USA?? Such little things and the mentalities that I wouldnt give much though to here on Indian grounds. And look at a writer's mind giving it an observing look! (Aww..Shankar! The Tokyo story...quite funny. :D ) Oh! btw..I'm "jobless" this weekend..shall come online. Cya then. :) Hey..this seems like a common plea of all the Indian students out there in USA?? Such little things and the mentalities that I wouldnt give much though to here on Indian grounds. And look at a writer’s mind giving it an observing look!
(Aww..Shankar! The Tokyo story…quite funny. :D )

Oh! btw..I’m “jobless” this weekend..shall come online. Cya then. :)

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by shankin http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-607 shankin Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:16:20 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-607 @nai had it in mind ..... but was too lazy to type it down stereotyping. hmm ... well .. there is a reason why they exist :) ... all the things i described above was personal experience .... except for tipping part .. that is a stereotype ...but i have found three occasions where it was true ...all indians ... everything else is a generic indian "thing" @nai
had it in mind ….. but was too lazy to type it down

stereotyping. hmm … well .. there is a reason why they exist :) … all the things i described above was personal experience …. except for tipping part .. that is a stereotype …but i have found three occasions where it was true …all indians … everything else is a generic indian “thing”

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by The other Mahesh http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-606 The other Mahesh Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:24:03 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-606 (Low voice) I'm wondering, along the (soon-to-be-faced) lines of stereotyping, why this post came along so late :-P (Low voice) I’m wondering, along the (soon-to-be-faced) lines of stereotyping, why this post came along so late :-P

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by shankin http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-605 shankin Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:18:37 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-605 @ manohar lingo is fun. its wrong. but it is fun @amith people call me shankaar when read my name. i dont attempt to correct them. it's close enough. @deepak i guess they are different .. did not think much before writing it. when i was practicing for GRE, i came across a reading comprehension passage in translation and how it is impossible to translate things exactly from one language to another. they are bound to be some differences. I was reminded of that. so i decided to write about it. @ manohar
lingo is fun. its wrong. but it is fun

@amith
people call me shankaar when read my name. i dont attempt to correct them. it’s close enough.

@deepak
i guess they are different .. did not think much before writing it. when i was practicing for GRE, i came across a reading comprehension passage in translation and how it is impossible to translate things exactly from one language to another. they are bound to be some differences. I was reminded of that. so i decided to write about it.

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by Deepak http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-604 Deepak Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:10:36 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-604 Nice article, it takes effort to adjust to different surroundings, but, if one doesn't, he/she risks being treated as an outcaste. P.S I didn't understand how something being "lost in translation" is related to "cultural insensitivity". One thing that I have seen, things like "lost in translation", "multiple interpretation", "coincidence" are used by those who prefer ambiguity to certainty. Maybe it makes them more comfortable, maybe ambiguity leads to a good night's sleep! Nice article, it takes effort to adjust to different surroundings, but, if one doesn’t, he/she risks being treated as an outcaste.

P.S I didn’t understand how something being “lost in translation” is related to “cultural insensitivity”.
One thing that I have seen, things like “lost in translation”, “multiple interpretation”, “coincidence” are used by those who prefer ambiguity to certainty. Maybe it makes them more comfortable, maybe ambiguity leads to a good night’s sleep!

]]> Comment on Cultural Insensitivity by Amith http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2008/05/31/cultural-insensitivity/#comment-603 Amith Sat, 31 May 2008 22:37:15 +0000 http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/?p=78#comment-603 Shankar, There were some interesting observations in your post. On that note, have you ever had people mispronounce your name? I have all but given up on trying to get people to pronounce my name correctly to the point where I don't know the right way myself until I talk to my mother. It really isn't hard, but I think it stems from predefined notions. Everyone's mind is a little colored with preconceived notions. On a more humorous note, I was at a bar yesterday and a little buzzed after a beer tasting escapade at the brewery when I met a guy shooting pool at the table next to mine. After we said 'Hi' to each other, he guessed I was Indian and told be he was a Sherpa. At this point, my ignorant self said something along the lines of "Aayo Gorkhali". The guy simply said that he wasn't a Gorkha and they were very different. I'm sure I offended him greatly because he didn't seem to smile much after that fiasco. Shankar,

There were some interesting observations in your post. On that note, have you ever had people mispronounce your name? I have all but given up on trying to get people to pronounce my name correctly to the point where I don’t know the right way myself until I talk to my mother. It really isn’t hard, but I think it stems from predefined notions. Everyone’s mind is a little colored with preconceived notions.

On a more humorous note, I was at a bar yesterday and a little buzzed after a beer tasting escapade at the brewery when I met a guy shooting pool at the table next to mine. After we said ‘Hi’ to each other, he guessed I was Indian and told be he was a Sherpa. At this point, my ignorant self said something along the lines of “Aayo Gorkhali”. The guy simply said that he wasn’t a Gorkha and they were very different. I’m sure I offended him greatly because he didn’t seem to smile much after that fiasco.

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