It’s a mystery to most Indians that anybody can make that much money from the teaching of a knowledge that is not supposed to be bought or sold like sausages. Should an Indian, in retaliation, patent the Heimlich maneuver, so that he can collect every time a waiter saves a customer from choking on a fishbone?
The Guardian on incredible uses of everyday things
K is for ... ketchupTomato ketchup to make jewellery gleam eh? Ah.
Keeps silver jewellery sparkling. Soak it in a small bowl of ketchup for a few minutes. If it has a tooled or detailed surface, use an old toothbrush to work ketchup into the crevices. To avoid damaging the silver, don't leave the ketchup on longer than necessary. Rinse and dry.
Shobhaa De back with Bollywood Nights
"India is hot right now," she announces. Her books "were among the first few to reflect a contemporary India, rather than be focused on the cliches surrounding India. They were not books about the depression and repression, and they were not about women who were suffering, they were not about poverty. Instead they're about attitude, so perfectly in tune with the zeitgeist that more than a hundred doctorates have been written about them."Enough said.
Been hearing about the Waterstone's 100 list for a while and when I saw it on Reading Matters, I took a close look at what the 100 are. Delighted to see the three Atwoods but disappointed that not a single Banville made it. Ah well, if it were not for the Booker 2005 how many people would have even considered reading The Sea?
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