tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post7245558964392670393..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: A Celebration of Blogs and Life, which is a Woman Breaking Eggs : 300th blog entryNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-25549058276112458692014-09-25T19:03:37.345+05:302014-09-25T19:03:37.345+05:30Entirely my pleasure, Riki :) agree that the posit...Entirely my pleasure, Riki :) agree that the positive bits are for keeps and the negativity is for the garbage dump. <br /><br />Sadly, I find that language skills erode with disuse and age, I knew some Hausa as a child, which I now have lost (except that I can still count to 10!) So I can count in 6 languages now. Yeah! Dil ke behlane ke liye Ghalib yahi khayal accha hai. (loosely paraphrasedNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63051688978564295772014-09-25T18:55:44.252+05:302014-09-25T18:55:44.252+05:30How to include/assimilate those who think only the...How to include/assimilate those who think only their way is right and everything else is wrong, and all differences must be settled by violence? <br /><br />That is the toughest issue for all of us, whether individually or as societies.<br /><br />This discussion is branching into so many endlessly interesting directions. Thanks for your inputs, ladies. So very pleased to have you both here.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-82402335676934029292014-09-25T17:10:53.708+05:302014-09-25T17:10:53.708+05:30Hi Riki,
It is interesting to hear your take on t...Hi Riki,<br /><br />It is interesting to hear your take on this, having experienced the diversity of cultures. Local vocab differences can lead to funny or awkward situations at times. Like you, I find it more productive to focus on the positive aspects of the cultures I'm exposed to rather than dwell on problems. Though this can sometimes be a long or painful/traumatic process depending onAdura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-66455511495529336612014-09-25T17:03:05.538+05:302014-09-25T17:03:05.538+05:30Hey Denise,
I hear you on Australia. Australia is ...Hey Denise,<br />I hear you on Australia. Australia is a beautiful country with so much potential. Sadly it is beginning to deal with issues that Britain and the US have been dealing with for decades and still do not have a handle on. One can only hope it would not take Australia as long. Self pub takes time to yield like you said. I'm enjoying the learning process though it's hard work. Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-5256256996137076772014-09-25T16:54:25.925+05:302014-09-25T16:54:25.925+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-75521771353668476342014-09-24T09:29:26.570+05:302014-09-24T09:29:26.570+05:30Thank you for connecting the dots Nila :). Adura I...Thank you for connecting the dots Nila :). Adura I can truly empathize with you. Have lived in many countries including 3 in east africa - uganda, kenya and tanzania. Now I am based in canada...name is one subject but just local vocab can be a challenge e.g bonnet & boot in one country and hood & trunk..in the other..I can never remember which is which and people always laugh at me and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12064367185282017250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-86647600102420038402014-09-24T07:32:18.945+05:302014-09-24T07:32:18.945+05:30Hi lovely ladies! Such an interesting post, Adura....Hi lovely ladies! Such an interesting post, Adura. Easy to see why there are so many disenfranchised people in our world today. The mainstream just never get it. Not that everyone is at fault, but the institutions just love to exclude people because of their ethnicity. It breaks my heart to see the way Australia treats desperate refugees. I'm afraid we're going to pay for it big time. <brDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-46598809926962010042014-09-24T03:03:48.952+05:302014-09-24T03:03:48.952+05:30Hi Mamta, It's a pleasure to meet you. I too h...Hi Mamta, It's a pleasure to meet you. I too have admired Nila's writing for a few years. At some point during our acquaintance, she told me she'd spent some of her childhood in Nigeria. I was speechless. I'm encouraged by your kind words, Mamta. Glad the title has intrigued you and hope you get the book and enjoy reading. All the best to you. Lets keep in touch. Adura xoAdura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-56410515046984910272014-09-24T02:56:38.196+05:302014-09-24T02:56:38.196+05:30Awww...I would love to read your Sanskrit quotes. ...Awww...I would love to read your Sanskrit quotes. I do know what you mean, Nila:)Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-86398225065636375992014-09-24T02:54:42.235+05:302014-09-24T02:54:42.235+05:30I know what you mean about non-native speakers, Ni...I know what you mean about non-native speakers, Nilanjana. I have observed them on social media.Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-40771462382437392462014-09-23T23:01:45.759+05:302014-09-23T23:01:45.759+05:30Thank you Adura for the wishes. Very happy to hav...Thank you Adura for the wishes. Very happy to have you here. I was going to quote some (Sanskrit!!) verses to elaborate, but then thought better of it ;) You know what I mean anyways.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33593529233001571232014-09-23T22:57:44.277+05:302014-09-23T22:57:44.277+05:30Hi both,
As Sir Edmund Hillary's name is spel...Hi both,<br /><br />As Sir Edmund Hillary's name is spelled with a double L I had this weird impression that the male version was double L and feminine usage was single, till quite late in life, probably my late teens or maybe twenties :)) I don't really know how or when it got corrected.<br /><br />As you say, Adura the internet helps a lot. Many people are open minded about cultural Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-401121089786315922014-09-23T22:49:25.834+05:302014-09-23T22:49:25.834+05:30Hello Adura,
Happy to connect with you,thanks to N...Hello Adura,<br />Happy to connect with you,thanks to Nilanjana Bose,she and I were together for about 2 years of our senior school.I arrived from another school and we barely interacted and it is only thanks to facebook that I connected with her through her blog and poetry.She writes beautifully. And today when I read your post,I could completely connect to her reason of becoming extremely fond Mamtaa Guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16262746966328679692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-9004595523304715542014-09-23T20:00:13.585+05:302014-09-23T20:00:13.585+05:30Hi Nilanjana! Thank you so much for your kindness ...Hi Nilanjana! Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. So honoured to be here. Happy 'blogoversary!' Here's to another 300 posts. Cheers, dear!Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-87106277546198838712014-09-23T19:52:56.606+05:302014-09-23T19:52:56.606+05:30Hi Hilary,
Nice to see you here. I think it helps...Hi Hilary, <br />Nice to see you here. I think it helps to travel and learn about other cultures. We all would be able to this in an ideal world but the internet also helps a great deal these days. It's often the case that human beings are fearful about what they don't know much about, hence the bigotry. Like you said people don't want to learn though it's so easy to. What I find Adura Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787703060107491771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-44628543176797386922014-09-23T15:35:09.202+05:302014-09-23T15:35:09.202+05:30Hi Adura - I so relate to what you're saying ....Hi Adura - I so relate to what you're saying .. despite being English and obviously so. I see what's going on in our country ... sadly some people are bigoted, and uneducated, selfish and unaware ... <br /><br />I worked with East European countries back in the 1970s .. so was able to pronounce names; and when I went to South Africa to travel ... then learning more names - helped Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com