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nandana Sep 17, 2006 12:48

Friday Fever

1. When I'm angry, I ______am very verbal about it. If for some reason I cannot, I turn cold.______

2. The first time I ______got my ears pierced______I also ______got my nose peirced__

3. I was born in __April.__ [Mom says I should be thankful that they did not name me April mol.]

4. My favorite __color for a sari______ is ______ ( Read more... )

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I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away..

nandana Aug 27, 2006 23:59

My stint in New York is over. I go back to Philly this week. To late nights and sleep ins and movies and reserve desk jobs or whatever is in store on campus this time. I'm excited about my last semester coz I do not think I will be going back to school again. The past year has been tough, challenging and rewarding.

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I watched my first ( Read more... )

Places where we live

nandana Jul 26, 2006 13:47

When I was 14 I wanted to live in an apartment* with large windows.( It just got too long.. )

One lychee=Three torches of fire

nandana Jul 23, 2006 19:01

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The road to Jackson Heights

nandana Jun 25, 2006 22:26

I haven't gone to the Indian grocery store even once after moving to NYC. Well, I don't even know where the closest one is. I need my fix of spices..

I want tamarind, dal, curry leaves, coconut, frozen idli (my occasional indulgence), Kerala paratha (porotta), green grams(cheru payar) to mention the most missed items. I haven't used kariveppila ( ( Read more... )

Did you really say 3.5 miles?

nandana Jun 21, 2006 22:09

I ran a mini marathon today. My team mates asked me yesterday and I just said yes. One among 15,000. The time I took to cover 3.5 miles is a top secret. I wanted to write this down now for I know tomorrow I wont even be able to move my finger tips.

I'll do another marathon soon. And that time I won't be so drop dead tired

Aparna Sen

nandana Jun 18, 2006 16:10

Recently I watched 3 movies of Aparna Sen more or less back to back. She is a sensitive director, a natural actress, very imaginative and original writer and story teller.

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movies

another book tag

nandana May 29, 2006 23:59

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nandana May 22, 2006 00:18

( Outside my window )

Ignorance may be bliss for the ignorant. On others its a bit tough.

nandana May 02, 2006 00:53

I hadn't quite realized how little known my home state is in some ways among the rest of India, especially the northern part.

Here is a sample of some of the questions I am asked (too frequently that is not funny anymore).

"Achcha, you are from Cochin. So is Cochin in Chennai?" [Yes. Since Chennai is a part of Bangalore, you can say I'm from ( Read more... )