Becky Blab

Today is the 90th day since I submitted my application to receive a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card. And no, this is not cause for celebration. Ninety days is supposedly the maximum limit to wait for a certain police check, but I haven’t heard any word. Am I surprised? No. Am I frustrated? Yes.

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Caught up in the race
of cars, thoughts and rats.
Continuous comparison,
city life of crowds and competition
no space to hear yourself think
others breathing down your neck
the heat grit smoke dust
choking all life around.
The seat of government and diplomacy,
madness and no mercy.
To thrive: a miraculous task;
most just barely survive.
The dream and drive of making it big,
the unbeatable will [...]

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An update on my recent post, courtesy of my mom who provides me a steady stream of articles on India in the New York Times. Somehow I decided to read this one, on the U.S. Treasury secretary’s visit to India:
Mr. Geithner has his work cut out for him, economists and policy analysts in both India [...]

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As the Indian government has announced today the Right to Education Act, Isha Vidhya celebrates the possibility of opening its 7th school! From the director:
Isha Vidhya, with all your patronage and blessings, has, from one school in 2006, grown to six schools presently. Close to about 2000 children (70% under scholarships), have made rapid strides in their [...]

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The TOI has an interesting response to Sarah Palin’s nomination: the examination of political tokenism of women in India.
“A patriarchal ethos dominates both the societies, American and Indian, but they operate in different ways. In India, despite the patriarchal ethos, powerful women leaders have emerged,” says political scientist Imtiaz Ahmed.
The most famous examples are BSP [...]

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