In the land of Tulu tribes - i

Mangaluru:
1. A huge infrastructure development like road widening, flyovers etc... are going on. The roads are a mess. Where there are no construction work, roads are anyway in a mess.

2. The latest gadget is a mosquito killing racket.

3. Godmen (swami) menace is still strong.

4. An underworld don is starting his own state specific political party.

5. huDugi bhAratIya saMskRtiyannu pAlisabEku(the girl should follow the Indian culture) came a message from the prospective groom. The girl's family was totally at loss. Then they figured it out. Message was sent, nAvu pabbige hOguvavaralla (We are not the types who visit pub).

Kasaragodu:
1. I came to know that virgin coconut oil is extracted from coconut milk directly.Generally, coconut is dried and then oil is extracted. It is becoming popular in Kerala, I was told. Supposedly good for cholesterol.

2. A Hindu boy was under a physical threat from other Hindu boys for befriending Muslim boys. Worried boy's parents took him out of the college.

February 2009.

Notes to manju - 1

Puje Chinggis claims the future is Christian. Buddhism told people they must suffer well and earn a better future life.
He said Mongolians, crushed by economic and social chaos, preferred the Christian acceptance of their inherent badness.

Via BBC

Tch Fetish

[At the counter]
Lady: [with a broad smile] Are you working for Sa-tch-yum?
I: No, I don't work for the company. I happen to have their bag.
Lady: [Nods with another grin]
I: [Thinking] Of all the weird Dravidian sounds we should fetish about 'tch' than 'zh'.

Guest Blogger: SHE

I would like to welcome our new guest blogger, SHE. He doesn't need any introduction.

Going on semi-retirement

I was thinking of taking a break from blogging. But I held on thinking I may miss many exciting genetic studies on India. Broader and deeper in their approach. But I find the same travesty and propaganda repeated in Watkins et al. 2008 and Zhao et al. 2008 studies. I think I can safely take few years break if people are still talking about standard European and East Asian genetic identities or people study Indian muslims as Shia and Sunni groups when in reality one should have been concentrating on Ashraf,Ajlaf and Arzal divisions. I hope I will not miss much.

The English

A gym in Hyderabad.
Days passed.
Weeks passed.
Months passed.
A Year passed.
After one and half year;
She: Bye
He1: Bye...Bye...
She: Bye
He2: Oh..ha...Bye

Next Day:
He1: Hello
He2: Hello

Need Help: Theoretical Anthropology

It would be a great help if somebody writes a blog post(and send me the link) on;
- Anglo-Saxon Literalism
- French Philosophical Anthropology
- Chinese Correlative Thought
approaches to Theoretical Anthropology. I would like to see descriptions and differences clearly explained with a case study.