Tag Archives: india

Off to India

[fr]Départ pour l’Inde. Programme.[en]My bags are packed, all is set, the plane takes off at 8.50am tomorrow morning. Why India? The short answer is that I have lived there, have friends there, enjoy the food and the place. And like … Continue reading

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Vacances annuelles de Noël à mi-février

[en]Annual vacation coming up, from Christmas to mid-February.[fr]Ceux d’entre vous qui me connaissent le savent: je prends depuis quelques années un “gros break” en hiver. Ça me permet de me ressourcer pour être plus productive et créative le reste de … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, Personal | Tagged announcement, holiday, india, vacances | 2 Comments

Here We Go Again

[fr]Des nouvelles du front.[en]Here we go again. My last post dates back to November 19th. This would seem to say the after-effects of the Back to Blogging challenge were short-lived! Not quite, though, because I’m writing today, and nearly wrote … Continue reading

Posted in Animals, Conferences, India, Personal | Tagged india, irctc, leweb, quintus, salem, tounsi, travel, ux | Leave a comment

Amit Gupta Needs You, and Other South Asians Too (Join the Marrow Registry!)

[fr]Amit Gupta, celui qui a démarré Jelly et Photojojo (entre autres), court le risque de mourir de leucémie aiguë s’il ne trouve pas un donneur de cellules souches du sang. La chance de trouver un donneur pour quelqu’un d’Asie du … Continue reading

Posted in Health, India, News and Politics, Social Media and the Web | Tagged amitguptaneedsyou, bone marrow, donate, india, registry, south asia, swabforamit | Leave a comment

10 Years Ago

[fr]Il y a dix ans, le 9 septembre 2011.[en]10 years ago I was in Rishikesh with other Hindi students. The internet connection was really bad, and I saw a post on Dave Linabury’s blog about the attacks. I didn’t know … Continue reading

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Eat, Pray, Love: Damn You, Elizabeth Gilbert

[fr]J’ai aimé Eat, Pray, Love plus que ce à quoi je m’attendais. Le trip “spiritualité indienne sauce occidentale”, je m’en passerais, mais il y a plein de bonnes choses — outre l’écriture, que j’aime beaucoup. Pour plus de détails… lire … Continue reading

Posted in Books, India, Personal, Understanding life and the world | Tagged atheism, belief, eat pray love, elizabeth gilbert, god, india, love, psychology, religion, siddha yoga, spirituality | 2 Comments

Shit, I’m Reading “Eat, Pray, Love”

[fr]Malgré moult réticenses, en train de lire Eat, Pray, Love d’Elizabeth Gilbert, si ce n’est pour pouvoir critiquer en connaissance de cause. Misère: j’ai bien du plaisir à le lire, ce livre. Elle écrit très bien, pour commencer — un … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged book, eat pray love, elizabeth gilbert, india, radiolab | 2 Comments

Time-Melt in Pune

[fr]Encore des nouvelles de Pune, où tout se passe bien. Mes photos sont en ligne (en vrac).[en]I’m losing track of time. When did I get here? A week ago already? It has flown by so fast, but it feels like … Continue reading

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De la dégradation de la langue

[en]About my French spelling being worse than it was 15 years ago (is it the keyboard? is it something else?) and the terrifying experience of “losing my French” while I was in India 10 years ago.[fr]La mienne, en l’occurence. Plus … Continue reading

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged anglais, bilingual, bilingue, clavier, english, français, french, inde, india, language, langue, orthographe, spelling, typing | 6 Comments