I can’t spell that. Anyway my children’s story was aired on a public radio station in New Mexico this morning! The proof is in the playlist: http://kunm.org/programs/program.php?progid=EEEEFVuFkkvOsixyds I must say that listening to it I was embarrassed by the levels being off in sections…
All posts for the month July, 2010
Rock, Paper, Scissors study
When I was little Vivek and I would play rock, paper, scissors. We quickly got really bored and made it rock, paper, scissors, *anything you can make up with your hands and then justify why it beats the other person*. Vivek had a pretty big advantage being 4 years older…his justification was usually better than [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 30, 2010
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Shubha Fiance Killer (it’s the new theme of my blog)
If you google “Shubha fiance killer” my blog now comes up first or second. So I figure I should deliver something better to my potential readers. Basically, Shubha (in Bangalore) arranged for the guy she was forced to get engaged to, to be killed. She had a boyfriend (see…passion exists everywhere sometimes!) The best part [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 23, 2010
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Microfinance for kids
I made this to accompany my Kiva gift certificate for my 10 year old cousin.
Posted by Shubha on July 23, 2010
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Skin lighteners hit Facebook
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/07/15/skin_lightening Apparently the Vaseline company has a Facebook app where it will lighten your skin in your photos! So you’ll look…more beautiful. Apparently they’re going to release a skin-lightening product for men and this is part of the marketing. It reminded me of my skin-lightening experience at the spa in India (http://londonshubha.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html) I’m just repasting [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 16, 2010
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fiancee killer shubha and ,her life story
I amuse myself every morning with reading google analytics for this website and seeing who is visiting my site. My favorite part is seeing the people that came to my site by googling, and what search terms they used. Todays: fiancee killer shubha and ,her life story indian racist article about edison reply to article [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 16, 2010
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Google phone (Android)
I think I’m the newest convert to the Android phone. I lost my iphone in December, and had a crappy first version Google phone (that I hated!) for a few months, and then bought an iPhone (just before 4.0 came out). But now I want the google phone again…not that crappy first version one, but [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 15, 2010
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NYTimes articles on doctors and abortions
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18abortion-t.html?pagewanted=1 This really long magazine article is amazing. Worth reading. Some highlights: In 1973, hospitals made up 80 percent of the country’s abortion facilities. By 1981, however, clinics outnumbered hospitals, and 15 years later, 90 percent of the abortions in the U.S. were performed at clinics. The American Medical Association did not maintain standards of [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 15, 2010
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Finished the quilt top – Jungle Waters
So the last steps were to make strips And put them together and here is a blurry picture of my final quilt!! I need a less blurry photo. Next steps are borders and quilting! I’m nervous about those parts and haven’t decided what I’m going to do… I don’t know how to do those parts [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 15, 2010
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Fake brown people in politics
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/us/10religion.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y This article’s a few days old but I shared it with Deepa. It’s about 2 prominent South Asian politicians in the US and how they “shed” their Indian identity (whether for politics or not we aren’t sure) – and how some Indians find this worse, and some are just glad there’s brown people making [...]
Posted by Shubha on July 14, 2010
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