Here are some of the best Indian blog entries for this week.
smorgasbord in his post My Hinduism, Your Hinduism says "My Hinduism has nothing in common with the narrow views defined by Ashok Singhal or Bal Thackeray, who are undemocratic, ignorant and self-serving demagogues". He also has another nomination The Star Spangled Indian connection which brings out the connection between the American national anthem and India.
Indian Ink has two nominations as well. Fruit Labels solves the mystery of identifying conventional, organic and genetically modified food. There is also a recipe to prepare Badam Laddu.
Sandeep takes off from where I left and dissects Pritish Nandy's racist article against the NRIs in this entry titled Pritish Nandy's Jokes
Niraj explains why Israel should not snub the BBC "I personally believe Israel should maintain relations with the BBC because it is better to get your views across, no matter how the BBC may spin it, then not saying anything at all. Why cede the argument to the other side?"
Shanti writes about Multiculti hypocrisy and says "It is extremely irritating for me to hear how proud someone else is of my culture and heritage, to the point that they won?t condemn or worse, let me condemn even the bad things about my own culture or about other cultures I see around me."
Lazy Geek has a review of film music and movies
That's it for this week. If you wish to host the next Blog Mela, please drop a comment. We need volunteers. If no one volunteers, I threaten to host again.
Comments (9)
Thanks for posting my entry. Very interesting post from smorgasbord about the "The Star Spangled Indian connection."
Posted by ind | July 2, 2003 6:27 AM
Posted on July 2, 2003 06:27
Great job, JK - thanks :)
Posted by Shanti | July 2, 2003 7:48 AM
Posted on July 2, 2003 07:48
Heya JK. Don't make these threats. We'll call your bluff. ;-)
And nice job!
Posted by Yazad | July 2, 2003 8:19 AM
Posted on July 2, 2003 08:19
JK, Shashank, Thanks a ton for nominating and selecting my entries. Much appreciated.
Posted by Quizfan | July 2, 2003 10:11 AM
Posted on July 2, 2003 10:11
Hey - maybe me and Razib at Gene Expression could host the next Blog Mela. We are technically South Asians after all, albeit the deracinated/Americanized versions...
Posted by godlesscapitalist | July 3, 2003 1:22 AM
Posted on July 3, 2003 01:22
godless, sounds like an idea. Email me at madhoo.1atemaildotcom if you need any help.
Posted by Shanti | July 3, 2003 7:49 AM
Posted on July 3, 2003 07:49
who the hell are you calling de-racinated devil worshipper????
allah wakbar! allah wakbar!
Posted by razib | July 3, 2003 8:49 AM
Posted on July 3, 2003 08:49
godless, please go ahead and make the announcement on your blog. Thanks for hosting.
Posted by JK | July 3, 2003 9:15 AM
Posted on July 3, 2003 09:15
Ahh, Razib! As I suspected all along - closet fundamentalist ;) How is that for a conspiracy theory?
Posted by Shanti | July 3, 2003 11:46 AM
Posted on July 3, 2003 11:46