Apr
4
The Release of the British
April 4, 2007 | 6 Comments
I was surprised at the tactical move by the Iranians to release all soldiers. They indeed are pretty clever!
In between they have ensured the release of a diplomat who was taken hostage by the occupation in Iraq.
Mar
30
The Captured British Woman
March 30, 2007 | 16 Comments
I don’t like the pictures shown in this and this news report. The British woman, who is not a Muslim, has suddenly started wearing headscarves! I don’t like it. I think she has been forced, or at the least intimidated to do it.
I won’t enter into the debate of whether they were in Iranian waters […]
Mar
10
Why Blame US?
March 10, 2007 | 6 Comments
Why do you pick US to blame all the problems of the world? It is not possible that the US has done all the mischief!
So let us redistribute the blame. Let us start from the times of America’s independence and civil war. We can blame the slave trade on, maybe, Uganda. Had these countries not […]
Mar
4
Children of Heaven
March 4, 2007 | 7 Comments
I had decided not to post the movie only on the front page. On a rethink, I am posting it on the blog too. Enjoy the masterpiece.
Part I
Part II
Mar
4
Apologies and Updates
March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I was not able to answer many questions and comments for the past week or so. I will not be spending much time on the blog for some time from now. The blog will be up; but I will not be able to answer comments. I am sorry about it.
I have uploaded the movie ‘Children […]
Mar
3
The Iranian Identity
March 3, 2007 | 1 Comment
The images that surface from that first visit are fragmentary but vivid: the deep red of the pomegranate juice served to us from a bucket by a street vendor; the fresh laundry smell of the steamed rice and kebabs that we ate pretty well every day, and a truly hallucinatory hotel where, as we were […]
Mar
3
Jews in Iran
March 3, 2007 | 2 Comments
Although Iran and Israel are bitter enemies, few know that Iran is home to the largest number of Jews anywhere in the Middle East outside Israel.
About 25,000 Jews live in Iran and most are determined to remain no matter what the pressures - as proud of their Iranian culture as of their Jewish roots. […]
Feb
22
Walking in Tehran
February 22, 2007 | 20 Comments
I watched the video I referred to yesterday.
I liked Tehran. I saw lanes of south Tehran before, in Children of Heaven. I was surprised to see that Tehran has an underground rail. That too, very slick. Well yeah, I did underestimate Tehran. A quick search told me the metro was built around 1995, and there […]
Feb
21
Carpets of Iran
February 21, 2007 | 8 Comments
An Persian man making a (persian) carpet.
I have added a video to the video page. It’s called Inside Tehran. Check it out.
( peoplesgeography led me to the video)
Feb
19
Closer Fights
February 19, 2007 | 4 Comments
A few days ago I posted an opinion that two cultures, close enough, cause more friction than two far apart. Diganta protested.
I promised I will come back to it.
This is a rethought.
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We saw that in some cases two close cultures cause no friction, two alien ones do.
The determining factor seems to be
1. whether one culture […]