Hello all, just chilling after another bout of yoga. Man that's hard work!
Yesterday was such a lazy day, we were supposed to move into the new offices but Adi, And.Dsign's web designer was unavailable all day so we couldn't do it as he had the keys! Doing it today, so looking forward to a hard days work today and not slouching all day watching bad Indian telly.
The Indian cabs were on strike yesterday, missed it as was stuck inside hiding from the heat but later on in the evening we experience driving in Mumbai without cabs, what a thrill. The streets were empty (well rush hour in Cork but empty by Mumbai standards!)
Damn internet, won't let me upload images, but here's a linked one of traffic in india. This picture was taken at off peak times and in the distant suburbs
. Crazy, nah?
Ooooh just saw a cool thing to show you all. Here is a sample of scripts of some of the principle Indian languages. They all say: "India is Great!"
इंडिया इस ग्रेट Hindi
ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಇಸ್ ಗ್ರೇಟ್ Kannada
ഇന്ത്യ ഇസ് ഗ്രേറ്റ് Malayalam
இந்திய இஸ் கிரேட் Tamil
ఇండియా ఇస్ గ్రేట్ Telugu
And that's only the basic ones. Hindu is basically a north indian language, Tamil is south indian.
The rest are from other states in India.
In a more somber tone, have any of you heard of orissa? Sure you haven't it's just a random little area in a huge country, I hadn't. Well at the moment there are riots happening all over there against christians. Not that it's worse cause they are christians but a huge number of people have been killed up there due to poltical & religious tension. And believe you me that last thing anyone wants is an angry mob of radical hindus marching on you! Here's a link to the newsweek article on what's happening there if your interested. Click here
Anyway that's my little piece on Indian affairs. In other news I'm this close to sorting out accomodation here, was very lucky and will hopefully get a place nearby to Gayle's office. (within 15 mins walking distance)
Anyhow, I shall say goodbye till another time.
See you later!
. Crazy, nah?Ooooh just saw a cool thing to show you all. Here is a sample of scripts of some of the principle Indian languages. They all say: "India is Great!"
इंडिया इस ग्रेट Hindi
ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಇಸ್ ಗ್ರೇಟ್ Kannada
ഇന്ത്യ ഇസ് ഗ്രേറ്റ് Malayalam
இந்திய இஸ் கிரேட் Tamil
ఇండియా ఇస్ గ్రేట్ Telugu
And that's only the basic ones. Hindu is basically a north indian language, Tamil is south indian.
The rest are from other states in India.
In a more somber tone, have any of you heard of orissa? Sure you haven't it's just a random little area in a huge country, I hadn't. Well at the moment there are riots happening all over there against christians. Not that it's worse cause they are christians but a huge number of people have been killed up there due to poltical & religious tension. And believe you me that last thing anyone wants is an angry mob of radical hindus marching on you! Here's a link to the newsweek article on what's happening there if your interested. Click here
Anyway that's my little piece on Indian affairs. In other news I'm this close to sorting out accomodation here, was very lucky and will hopefully get a place nearby to Gayle's office. (within 15 mins walking distance)
Anyhow, I shall say goodbye till another time.
See you later!
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