Kids with Cameras
In Calcutta's red light district, over 7,000 women and girls work as prostitutes. Only one group has a lower standing: their children.
Heathrow gets a taste of 'Dharna'
The dharna down at Heathrow, which fancies itself as "hub of the world",
is instructive at this point of time in Britain's maudlin preoccupation with
multi-culturalism. The strike started after a dharna. There is no other word for it and never
mind that it is manifestly foreign to British working practices. Even though the dharna, may not, at last count, have entered numerous
English language portals, such as the OED, it is an Indian import into
the British capital. It underlines the complex multi-layering of 21st-century Britain's identity as
a "salad bowl" of immigrants and white host community.
from The Times of India
Oxford Speaks Bindaas 'Hinglish'
RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2005 12:00:40 AM
In Calcutta's red light district, over 7,000 women and girls work as prostitutes. Only one group has a lower standing: their children.
Zana Briski became involved in the lives of these children in 1998 when she first began photographing prostitutes in Calcutta.
Living in the brothels for months at a time, she quickly developed
a relationship with many of the kids who, often terrorized and abused, were drawn to the rare human companionship she offered.
Fascinated by her camera, Zana thought it would be great to see
the world through their eyes. It was at that moment that she had the
idea of teaching photography to the children of prostitutes.
http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/calcutta/
Heathrow gets a taste of 'Dharna'
The dharna down at Heathrow, which fancies itself as "hub of the world",
is instructive at this point of time in Britain's maudlin preoccupation with
multi-culturalism. The strike started after a dharna. There is no other word for it and never
mind that it is manifestly foreign to British working practices. Even though the dharna, may not, at last count, have entered numerous
English language portals, such as the OED, it is an Indian import into
the British capital. It underlines the complex multi-layering of 21st-century Britain's identity as
a "salad bowl" of immigrants and white host community.
from The Times of India
Oxford Speaks Bindaas 'Hinglish'
RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
[ THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2005 12:00:40 AM LONDON: Indian English, complete with misused words and made-up
phrases, has made it to the Oxford Dictionary in a an entertaining
revamp-review-renew ritual faultlessly observed by the single volume
that is officially regarded as the linguistic equivalent of the
US President's State of the Union address. On Wednesday, the Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) revealed its
new cache of linguistic treasures, including 'bindaas', 'tamasha',
' mehndi', 'desi' and 'lehnga'. Lollywood, Lahore's fledgling film industry, with pretensions to being
a poor man's Bollywood, finds honorable mention. So does 'kitty party',
the chaat-and-chatter mainstay of bored Indian housewives for decades.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1197175.cms
phrases, has made it to the Oxford Dictionary in a an entertaining
revamp-review-renew ritual faultlessly observed by the single volume
that is officially regarded as the linguistic equivalent of the
US President's State of the Union address. On Wednesday, the Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) revealed its
new cache of linguistic treasures, including 'bindaas', 'tamasha',
' mehndi', 'desi' and 'lehnga'. Lollywood, Lahore's fledgling film industry, with pretensions to being
a poor man's Bollywood, finds honorable mention. So does 'kitty party',
the chaat-and-chatter mainstay of bored Indian housewives for decades.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1197175.cms
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