Oct22

Trueroots - Buy One, Get One Free promotion is back!

As you may have seen on the trueroots homepage, trueroots International Calling Service is offering its best promotion: the Buy One, Get One Free.
It’s their way to wish you and your family a bright and colorful Diwali.
For the occasion, trueroots is offering a Buy One, Get One Free promotion until October 30, 2008. For those […]

Sep26

English babu, desi mem

 
One of my favourite novels is Mary Margaret Kaye’s The Far Pavilions. An epic romance set in 19thcentury British India, the novel is, despite its unabashedly orientalistic tone, a heart-warming story of forbidden love against all odds. The aristocratic British army officer, Ashton Pelham-Martyn falls in love with the beautiful princess Anjuli and rescues her from […]

Sep7

Is that a phone in your pocket…?

The next time someone feeds you a tired line about India or Indians being “conservative” or “backward”, here’s a rejoinder to leave them tongue-tied. One of the most popular Indian ringtones worldwide is the “condom a capella” (see report)! An imaginative composition produced by the BBC World Service Trust, this ringtone features the […]