Comments on: Calcutta! http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/ An academic juggles knitting, sewing, and other crafts in Kolkata Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:02:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: polly http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-859 polly Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:01:22 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-859 oh i'm so jealous. After attending an indian wedding recently, I'm really feeling the urge to see this beautiful country and to learn more about the culture and history oh i’m so jealous. After attending an indian wedding recently, I’m really feeling the urge to see this beautiful country and to learn more about the culture and history

]]> By: pamela wynne http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-858 pamela wynne Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:21:37 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-858 Oh, what a lovely post to wake up to! I'm in Hawai'i for a conference, wrestling daily about how to 'do' (and not do?) tourism -- nothing could be more welcome than your smart, thoughtful, witty travelogues. Take care, and stay cool in Delhi! Oh, what a lovely post to wake up to! I’m in Hawai’i for a conference, wrestling daily about how to ‘do’ (and not do?) tourism — nothing could be more welcome than your smart, thoughtful, witty travelogues. Take care, and stay cool in Delhi!

]]> By: Mary http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Mary Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:25:45 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-857 Small world. I was just reading about Bengali Hilsa fish and mustard sauce last night, back here in wilds of "firangistan." Surprised to see it out on my daily knitting foray today in full detail -- and I am thinking that this is pretty cool. Thanks for the connections. You rock! Small world. I was just reading about Bengali Hilsa fish and mustard sauce last night, back here in wilds of “firangistan.” Surprised to see it out on my daily knitting foray today in full detail — and I am thinking that this is pretty cool. Thanks for the connections. You rock!

]]> By: Anjali http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Anjali Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:36:26 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-856 Whether with or without Bengal, I want to take your history classes if this is how you teach history. Lovely narrative, makes me want to visit these places you document. I felt the same way, by the way, also of the Pune streets when you pointed out the small historic details of the wadas, etc-- and this from a person who hails from that same place. :)) Waiting for the Delhi narratives and photos--I am not sure which one (fotu or ishtory) I would rate higher. Whether with or without Bengal, I want to take your history classes if this is how you teach history. Lovely narrative, makes me want to visit these places you document. I felt the same way, by the way, also of the Pune streets when you pointed out the small historic details of the wadas, etc– and this from a person who hails from that same place. :) )

Waiting for the Delhi narratives and photos–I am not sure which one (fotu or ishtory) I would rate higher.

]]> By: sepoy http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-855 sepoy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:36:10 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-855 "what would a modern South Asia syllabus without Bengal look like?" - would look like Kate Moss on a bender from Pete Doherty is what it would look like. Looking forward to seeing you back in firangistan. “what would a modern South Asia syllabus without Bengal look like?” – would look like Kate Moss on a bender from Pete Doherty is what it would look like.

Looking forward to seeing you back in firangistan.

]]> By: NSG http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-854 NSG Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:20:31 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-854 Ahh, so here hides the shorshe ileesh. so, now you are in the know! loved the pics (kadamba et al) and the narrative. delhi photos now, please! Ahh, so here hides the shorshe ileesh. so, now you are in the know! loved the pics (kadamba et al) and the narrative. delhi photos now, please!

]]> By: mazhalai http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-853 mazhalai Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:51:32 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-853 fish curry and carom.. nice combo.. :) fish curry and carom.. nice combo.. :)

]]> By: spudsayshi http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-852 spudsayshi Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:17:40 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-852 Not for the faint of heart because... fishy? or spicy? I think I remember reading that fish was a big part of Bengali cuisine in A Suitable Boy. Could that be right? Wasn't one of the possible suitable boys, the poet, from Calcutta? Also, great people pictures. I'm always a bit too shy to take those. Not for the faint of heart because… fishy? or spicy? I think I remember reading that fish was a big part of Bengali cuisine in A Suitable Boy. Could that be right? Wasn’t one of the possible suitable boys, the poet, from Calcutta?

Also, great people pictures. I’m always a bit too shy to take those.

]]> By: dak http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-851 dak Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:08:33 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-851 who knit that lovely umbrella? who knit that lovely umbrella?

]]> By: Mel http://desiknitter.com/2007/07/calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Mel Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:33:06 +0000 http://desiknitter.com/?p=125#comment-850 Looks like a good time, but I'd pass on the fish. I was listening to a story on Bangladeshi diaspora rappers on NPR this afternoon and for some reason my mind drifted to fish curries. What I'd really love to be able to find around these parts is some South Indian food. There was a good South Indian restaurant near the Hindu temple when I lived in Pittsburgh (the ex and I were not uncommonly the only goras in the place), but they're so hard to come by in most of the States. Looks like a good time, but I’d pass on the fish. I was listening to a story on Bangladeshi diaspora rappers on NPR this afternoon and for some reason my mind drifted to fish curries.

What I’d really love to be able to find around these parts is some South Indian food. There was a good South Indian restaurant near the Hindu temple when I lived in Pittsburgh (the ex and I were not uncommonly the only goras in the place), but they’re so hard to come by in most of the States.

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