&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Culture on Hi from Dwipal</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/tags/culture/</link><description>Recent content in Culture on Hi from Dwipal</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:47:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dwipal.com/blog/tags/culture/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Survival Guide to Indian (Gujju) &lt;--&gt; US English</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-06-09-survival-guide-to-indian-gujju-us-english/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-06-09-survival-guide-to-indian-gujju-us-english/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;These is a short list of some words that are useful from Indians travelling to US (and vice-versa). Words in brackets are Indian versions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apartment ( Flat )
House / Studio / Condo (Bungalow / Flat)
Job ( Office )
Office (Cabin)
Soda ( Any Cold Drink )
Gas (Petrol)
Gas Station (Petrol Pump)
Last Name (Surname)
Photocopy (Xerox)
Cop (Police)
School ( School / College!! )
Grade (Standard) [ &lt;i&gt; for school, like he is in 4th grade &lt;/i&gt; ]
Kids (Children)
Comforter (Blanket)
Shower ( Bath )
To Go (Packed)
Candy (Chocolate)
Check (Bill)
Rest Room (Toilet)
Yogurt (Curd)
Couch (Sofa)
Hood (Bonnet)
Elevator (Lift)&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;These is a short list of some words that are useful from Indians travelling to US (and vice-versa). Words in brackets are Indian versions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apartment ( Flat )
House / Studio / Condo (Bungalow / Flat)
Job ( Office )
Office (Cabin)
Soda ( Any Cold Drink )
Gas (Petrol)
Gas Station (Petrol Pump)
Last Name (Surname)
Photocopy (Xerox)
Cop (Police)
School ( School / College!! )
Grade (Standard) [ &lt;i&gt; for school, like he is in 4th grade &lt;/i&gt; ]
Kids (Children)
Comforter (Blanket)
Shower ( Bath )
To Go (Packed)
Candy (Chocolate)
Check (Bill)
Rest Room (Toilet)
Yogurt (Curd)
Couch (Sofa)
Hood (Bonnet)
Elevator (Lift)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you know of any more words, add a comment to this blog :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!-- Grocery Laundry Weather (Long) Weekend Roaches (Cockroach) Hot / Cold (bau hot che) Store (Shop) Yaa Ped Xing - on the road () Garbage / Trash 'Sup ( Whats up!) How u doin (How are u doing) --&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 12, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bungalow ~ house doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound right. Check this: &lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand"&gt;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand&lt;/a&gt; you will know why?May be you want to correct the title of your post to &amp;ldquo;Survival Guide to Gujju &amp;lt;&amp;ndash;&amp;gt; US English&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 20, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Highway - Freeway&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (August 16, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trunk(of a car) - Dickky&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 12, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bungalow ~ house doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound right. Check this: &lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand"&gt;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand&lt;/a&gt; you will know why?May be you want to correct the title of your post to &amp;ldquo;Survival Guide to Gujju &amp;lt;&amp;ndash;&amp;gt; US English&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 20, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Highway - Freeway&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (August 16, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trunk(of a car) - Dickky&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>USC Association of Indian Students Diwali 2002 Videos</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-04-27-usc-association-of-indian-students-diwali-2002-videos/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-04-27-usc-association-of-indian-students-diwali-2002-videos/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Here are some clips from the 2002 AIS Diwali Function at USC.
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&lt;embed height="370" src="https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/usc-association-of-indian-students-diwali-2002-videos/D6C1CB8BDD478E96" style="padding: 0px; border: 0px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530"/&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (October 01, 2009):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice Video, though a bit dated. You can get some more information about diwali and also download Diwali 2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;themed wallpapers at this link below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diwali Gift Hampers&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (October 01, 2009):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice Video, though a bit dated. You can get some more information about diwali and also download Diwali 2009&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Here are some clips from the 2002 AIS Diwali Function at USC.
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&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/p/D6C1CB8BDD478E96"/&gt;
&lt;embed height="370" src="https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/usc-association-of-indian-students-diwali-2002-videos/D6C1CB8BDD478E96" style="padding: 0px; border: 0px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530"/&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (October 01, 2009):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice Video, though a bit dated. You can get some more information about diwali and also download Diwali 2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;themed wallpapers at this link below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diwali Gift Hampers&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 id="comments-1"&gt;Comments&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (October 01, 2009):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice Video, though a bit dated. You can get some more information about diwali and also download Diwali 2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;themed wallpapers at this link below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diwali Gift Hampers&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Tea, Coffee and Starbucks</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-01-18-tea-coffee-and-starbucks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-01-18-tea-coffee-and-starbucks/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;America is all about capitalism. Its about the big corporations. There are various good and bad things about capitalism, which is not a part of this blog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, what I want to write is what Starbucks has done to people who start their day with these beverages. Starbucks has bought a whole lot of smaller/better/competetor (Seattle&amp;rsquo;s Best, Torrefazione Italia, etc.) coffee chains and replaced them with their own franchise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A result of this is, a lot of people have gotten used to drink really crappy coffee and tea. I am not a coffee connoisour, and am mostly a tea drinker. I have tried all the different varieties of tea available at these places, and its so bad that I actually had to throw it away. Whats even more amusing that starbucks advertise themselves as selling the best tea/coffee. They call the Indian tea as &amp;ldquo;Chai Tea&amp;rdquo; made from some &amp;ldquo;powder&amp;rdquo; mixed in milk, which simply shows how shallow they are. (Chai actually means &amp;ldquo;tea&amp;rdquo;, specifically from &amp;ldquo;CTC Tea&amp;rdquo;, which is boiled with (optional) spices and milk.).&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;America is all about capitalism. Its about the big corporations. There are various good and bad things about capitalism, which is not a part of this blog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, what I want to write is what Starbucks has done to people who start their day with these beverages. Starbucks has bought a whole lot of smaller/better/competetor (Seattle&amp;rsquo;s Best, Torrefazione Italia, etc.) coffee chains and replaced them with their own franchise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A result of this is, a lot of people have gotten used to drink really crappy coffee and tea. I am not a coffee connoisour, and am mostly a tea drinker. I have tried all the different varieties of tea available at these places, and its so bad that I actually had to throw it away. Whats even more amusing that starbucks advertise themselves as selling the best tea/coffee. They call the Indian tea as &amp;ldquo;Chai Tea&amp;rdquo; made from some &amp;ldquo;powder&amp;rdquo; mixed in milk, which simply shows how shallow they are. (Chai actually means &amp;ldquo;tea&amp;rdquo;, specifically from &amp;ldquo;CTC Tea&amp;rdquo;, which is boiled with (optional) spices and milk.).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, the bottomline is that places like these are corrupting the minds of people in making them believe that the special &amp;ldquo;burnt&amp;rdquo; roasted coffee they sell is actually good, and the &amp;ldquo;chai tea&amp;rdquo; in a plastic cup with a small hole on the top (which may be designed to hide the foul smell of the beverage) is an exquisite beverage to drink. The only way that we can stop these places from prospering at the cost of good coffee is to not buy beverages from there. Because of their scale, they will probably never be able to sell the best beverages around, but atleast they will stop shutting down the smaller chains who actually care about the quality rather than fancy names and wireless internet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Friends don&amp;rsquo;t let friends go to starbucks&amp;rdquo; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(A quote from Dana Street Roasting Company, Mountain View)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Empress of Blandings&lt;/strong&gt; (January 24, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I&amp;rsquo;m sick of all these big corporate chains and their penchant for gobbling up smaller/better players.. only to replace their products with something that tastes foul&amp;hellip;n shove them down consumers&amp;rsquo; throats with aggressive, monopolistic marketing gimmicks and ploys.&amp;ldquo;Chai-tea in a plastic cup with a hole on top&amp;rdquo;?? One shudders.Gawddd!! I still miss Gokul bhaiyya&amp;rsquo;s chai n Bakshi&amp;rsquo;s chai n cream-rolls&amp;hellip;. :-)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (February 16, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi #NAME#. Just found your site via contacts. Although I was looking for contacts I was glad i came upon your site. Thanks for the read!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Empress of Blandings&lt;/strong&gt; (January 24, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I&amp;rsquo;m sick of all these big corporate chains and their penchant for gobbling up smaller/better players.. only to replace their products with something that tastes foul&amp;hellip;n shove them down consumers&amp;rsquo; throats with aggressive, monopolistic marketing gimmicks and ploys.&amp;ldquo;Chai-tea in a plastic cup with a hole on top&amp;rdquo;?? One shudders.Gawddd!! I still miss Gokul bhaiyya&amp;rsquo;s chai n Bakshi&amp;rsquo;s chai n cream-rolls&amp;hellip;. :-)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (February 16, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi #NAME#. Just found your site via contacts. Although I was looking for contacts I was glad i came upon your site. Thanks for the read!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Ladki Badi Anjani Hai.... in chinese!!</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-01-05-ladki-badi-anjani-hai-in-chinese/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-01-05-ladki-badi-anjani-hai-in-chinese/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ADcyynNyvQs"/&gt;&lt;embed height="350" src="https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/ladki-badi-anjani-hai-in-chinese/ADcyynNyvQs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"/&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Update: Its actually probably in Malaysia or Indonesia.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terence Monteiro&lt;/strong&gt; (January 17, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi, where was this performed? The language is Hindi for sure, but the cast may not be Indians. Anyway, interesting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (March 06, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hi there..is there any way you could email this video to me? or any place i could download it from please?my email address is &lt;a href="mailto:rima@nyu.eduthank"&gt;rima@nyu.eduthank&lt;/a&gt; you so much!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dwipal&lt;/strong&gt; (March 06, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ADcyynNyvQs"/&gt;&lt;embed height="350" src="https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/ladki-badi-anjani-hai-in-chinese/ADcyynNyvQs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"/&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Update: Its actually probably in Malaysia or Indonesia.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terence Monteiro&lt;/strong&gt; (January 17, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi, where was this performed? The language is Hindi for sure, but the cast may not be Indians. Anyway, interesting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (March 06, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hi there..is there any way you could email this video to me? or any place i could download it from please?my email address is &lt;a href="mailto:rima@nyu.eduthank"&gt;rima@nyu.eduthank&lt;/a&gt; you so much!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dwipal&lt;/strong&gt; (March 06, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am sorry, i don&amp;rsquo;t have the original video.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (September 24, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;too gud&amp;hellip;&amp;hellip;..&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terence Monteiro&lt;/strong&gt; (January 17, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi, where was this performed? The language is Hindi for sure, but the cast may not be Indians. Anyway, interesting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (March 06, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hi there..is there any way you could email this video to me? or any place i could download it from please?my email address is &lt;a href="mailto:rima@nyu.eduthank"&gt;rima@nyu.eduthank&lt;/a&gt; you so much!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dwipal&lt;/strong&gt; (March 06, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am sorry, i don&amp;rsquo;t have the original video.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (September 24, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;too gud&amp;hellip;&amp;hellip;..&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Edison Rocks!</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2005-12-31-edison-rocks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2005-12-31-edison-rocks/</guid><description>&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/edison-rocks/KBC2%20Ad.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;"/&gt;
Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 ads everywhere at Metro Park Station, New Jersey. Talk about India going Global (or globalization going to India..).</description><content:encoded>&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/edison-rocks/KBC2%20Ad.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;"/&gt;
Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 ads everywhere at Metro Park Station, New Jersey. Talk about India going Global (or globalization going to India..).</content:encoded></item></channel></rss>