tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post8118494810418601460..comments2023-07-10T00:22:11.785-07:00Comments on Yossarian Lives: Booker shortlist, Bill's defense, Onasadya, Films to watch, New Project (No Pics)Veenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064708986711901612noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-59616336341954363622008-09-19T11:56:00.000-07:002008-09-19T11:56:00.000-07:00Congrats to Dr. Bill. Defense is lot of fun. Acc t...Congrats to Dr. Bill. Defense is lot of fun. Acc to people present in mine I was acting all goofy and my adviser clearly was more nervous than me. But when it was all over, I felt.."Oh that's it? Why was I so nervous?"<BR/><BR/>I had my first taste of Onam sadya last week.. courtesy my Mallu bf's cooking and the Mallu restaurants and grocery store in my new city. I am a strict non-vegetarian but still I think Avial is good :DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17600166917889802165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-4670311264706813612008-09-15T11:12:00.000-07:002008-09-15T11:12:00.000-07:00Luddo: Allergy only it is I think. And good luck o...Luddo: Allergy only it is I think. And good luck on the interrogation. Might turn out to be quite boring actually. <BR/><BR/>??!: No need for drama. First of all, I don't bitch about Bill. I tell you facts as they are and bemoan my sad fate. Second, how does a title change anything? Not like he has a real job and making any money or anything.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974629715070715564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-26473405959510743012008-09-14T23:57:00.000-07:002008-09-14T23:57:00.000-07:00So now that he's got the title, does this mean no ...So now that he's got the title, does this mean no more Bill-bitch posts?.....dramatic pause....Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-56866196834488581122008-09-14T21:56:00.000-07:002008-09-14T21:56:00.000-07:00> Btw, if you haven't read > the post, p...> Btw, if you haven't read <BR/>> the post, please do. <BR/><BR/>Oh, the link luuhhhvv, mmm. Thank you. Abandoned wagons are surely a metaphor or similie or allergy or something like that. We will figure out some day.<BR/><BR/>Adding my name to the congrats list for Dr. Bill.<BR/><BR/>I will interrogate SB about this <I>omerta</I>fied thing.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03710107146505111876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-67010017247401060692008-09-14T08:25:00.000-07:002008-09-14T08:25:00.000-07:00Bamse: If it makes you feel any better, the "India...Bamse: If it makes you feel any better, the "Indian intellectuals" reading this blog aren't familiar with those words either. They aren't Hindi or Sanskrit - its the palindromic language of well, your own country.<BR/><BR/>One day when you have made your billions and taken over the world (thus making Bill a millionaire), we shall sit by the backwaters and translate Bamse into Malayalam. Then you will learn about the story of King Mahabali who visits his people once a year which is celebrated in Kerala as the festival of Onam. The subjects prepare a feast called Onasadya. Avial and payasam are two of the 64 things you have in this feast. Avial is a mishmash of different veggies in some coconut type sauce - its sort of like your herring. You can't have a meal in Kerala without it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974629715070715564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-74406443638202109362008-09-14T07:19:00.000-07:002008-09-14T07:19:00.000-07:00Falsie, Space, TR, Cat, BM, Bamse, BG: Thank ye, t...Falsie, Space, TR, Cat, BM, Bamse, BG: Thank ye, thank ye! The hangover is finally passing over now. I have only hazy memories, but it all seems good.<BR/><BR/>TR: Bhery pleased to be inbhited to the club. Do I get a secret keyring?<BR/><BR/>Cat: You mean a blazer and trousers for the defense wasn't enough? There's more?<BR/><BR/>BM: That is assuming I hand out business cards. Doesn't happen that often.<BR/><BR/>BG: That depends entirely on the financierBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899792368494965898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-75891995869903726112008-09-13T17:30:00.000-07:002008-09-13T17:30:00.000-07:00kangaroo Bill!and now you must be busy with the 2n...kangaroo Bill!<BR/><BR/>and now you must be busy with the 2nd most imp thing....doing all the <I>collections</I> for the Don family :-) from this part of the world <BR/><BR/>I'm happy that you don't have to play violin at tube stations and paste those Ads for math tutions at the local Tesco :-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-62920173307130592982008-09-13T15:40:00.000-07:002008-09-13T15:40:00.000-07:00Well, mera nam Bamse heh and all that. But I think...Well, <I>mera nam Bamse heh</I> and all that. But I think you need recognize that this blog now transcends the indian intellectual hegemony that is spreading across the world, and therefore you cannot assume that all your loyal readers speak Hindi or understand Sanskrit phrases.<BR/><BR/>So. The hell is <I>Onasadya</I> and <I>avial</I> and <I>payasam</I>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-36660949294979262008-09-13T15:09:00.000-07:002008-09-13T15:09:00.000-07:00I wonder if it was anything like my defense, where...I wonder if it was anything like my defense, where my advisor was deeply determined to fail me and the rest of the committee had to intercede on my behalf. What really saved me was that my proud parents had plans to be in town for my convocation, and it seemed wrong somehow to have the sins of the son visited upon the father...<BR/><BR/>I do hope Bill plans to join the fancy dress parade. Swanning about in those robes gives one an illusion of importance - I think once in a lifetime is about the appropriate frequency for that.Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-49691088454897862602008-09-13T11:40:00.000-07:002008-09-13T11:40:00.000-07:00Dr. Bill! yippy! Congrats!Will he now get business...Dr. Bill! yippy! Congrats!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Will he now get business cards that say, <BR/><BR/>Dr. Bill<BR/>(not medical, but the other kind).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-75442530261101765492008-09-13T11:08:00.000-07:002008-09-13T11:08:00.000-07:00oh ya...congrats bill! falsie: ashes of time redux...oh ya...congrats bill! <BR/><BR/>falsie: ashes of time redux, four nights with anna, lola montes, summer hours (if you haven't seen any oliver assayas you totally should), the last command (sternberg. you lucky thing), and totally envy you the oshima retro.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-80381547317402574462008-09-13T10:41:00.000-07:002008-09-13T10:41:00.000-07:00woo hoo. congchulesun to the doctorbway, and walcu...woo hoo. congchulesun to the doctorbway, and walcums to the club.Tabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-9012109519089277282008-09-13T10:24:00.000-07:002008-09-13T10:24:00.000-07:00SB: Thank Ye. Shall make my schedule now and see w...SB: Thank Ye. Shall make my schedule now and see which ones I can fit in.<BR/><BR/>Falsie: Go get your own movie advisor. Don't steal mine.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974629715070715564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-16538037217526467402008-09-13T09:39:00.000-07:002008-09-13T09:39:00.000-07:00SB: So would you mind doing this for the NYFF as w...SB: So would you mind doing this for the <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.html" REL="nofollow">NYFF</A> as well? As of now I'm primarily focusing on the Oshima retrospective, but I'm open to suggestions.<BR/><BR/>P.S.: Oh, and now that we've got the important stuff (films) out of the way - congratulations to Bill.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-31938548818709509402008-09-13T08:23:00.000-07:002008-09-13T08:23:00.000-07:00Damn. There's a Raoul Ruiz I missed, which you tot...Damn. There's a <A HREF="http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/nucingen_haus" REL="nofollow">Raoul Ruiz</A> I missed, which you totally have to watch.<BR/><BR/>And did you know <A HREF="http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/possibility_island" REL="nofollow">Michel Houellebecq</A> has directed a film?! Should be interesting.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/hooked" REL="nofollow">Romanian cinema</A> needs to be watched, though I'm not sure how evenly good they are.<BR/><BR/>And from <A HREF="http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/under_tree" REL="nofollow">the guy who directed</A> Opera Jawa (which I didn't see, but which had stunning visuals).<BR/><BR/>And I will mail you about this dude A<A HREF="http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/wonderful_town" REL="nofollow">Aditya Assarat</A>, but watch.<BR/><BR/>There's a Nani Moretti somewhere, if you like his films.<BR/><BR/>How did I leave out so much?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-48949821967730985352008-09-13T07:13:00.000-07:002008-09-13T07:13:00.000-07:00SB beat me to it - I was going to say - how can yo...SB beat me to it - I was going to say - how can you not watch the Varda? <BR/><BR/>Also, they're screening The Silence Before Bach. Am very envious. <BR/><BR/>The Archive stuff looks fairly dull, actually. I would watch Night and Day and Louise-Michael instead.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-59574407689814151342008-09-13T05:53:00.000-07:002008-09-13T05:53:00.000-07:00I forgot the Agnes Varda. Please watch.And Omerta....I forgot the <A HREF="http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/beaches_agn%C3%A8s" REL="nofollow">Agnes Varda</A>. Please watch.<BR/><BR/>And Omerta. :DSpace Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com