Events 
Pongal-O-Pongal
Jan 15 
Healthy Woman
Jan 16
Tsunami Relief
Indogram has created a web page listing the charity organizations you can contribute to. The page also lists ongoing Tsunami fundraisers in Portland.
Indogram has requested each organization to hold at least one Tsunami fundraiser during 2005. Indogram will give free publicity, and sell online tickets free to such events. See Tsunami Appeal.
Quotes
"The faint, far murmur of the breaking flood.
We hear the sea. The Sea? It is the blood
In our own veins, impetuous and near."
--EL Hamilton
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The Anger of Shiva?
Tsunamis are not a well researched subject in India and we're not prepared to tackle them. In 1993, Gujarat's Dhandhuka district was hit by a minor tsunami. Rahul Bharatan examines India's response to the greatest national tragedy in decades.
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Towards the Turning of the Tide
"Nature needs no visas...the tsunami provides a wonderful teaching moment... a moment for South Asians to reflect on three inescapable realities of our lives that must shape our attitudes and our policy priorities".
Swarna Rajagopalan
suggests things that we can learn even in the middle of this monumental tragedy. More...
Old Merchant and the Tsunami
There is much hand-wringing over what might have been done to prevent deaths in the 2 hour window of warning.
We need not feel so badly. After all, there are tragedies to which we have had far longer notice that we sat out without
much trouble. We can, though, look to the late cricket legend Vijay Merchant for some answers. His favorite comment especially. More...
Shankaracharya - Some Reminiscences
"I got my first intimation of the importance of the Kanchi Shankaracharya when I went to meet a senior BJP/RSS leader who also became an important minister for a
time in the Vajpayee government". Mohan Guruswamy recalls his encounters with the holy man. And a rather secular interaction it was. More...
Remembering A Forgotten PM
Debates may rage on about who was India's best Prime Minister, but there's no question who is the most unjustly forgotten:
Lal Bahadur Shastri, barely remembered as a seat-warmer between the Nehru and Indira administrations. It is
Shastri's Centenary Year, and Ramachandra Guha looks at the life and accomplishments of an extaordinary man. More...
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Movies
Shwaas (Marathi w/ Subtitles) 
Anand (Telugu w/Subtitles)
Swades (Hindi w/Subtitles)
Deewar (Hindi w/Subtitiles)
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