THIS JUST IN

Today's Vocabulary Words:

Minister = politician
Pundit = religious leader ("pandit")
Camp = workshop

Mysore has a new evening newspaper, called The Mysore Mail, which competes with the more established Star of Mysore.

The latter's movie listings are more accurate, but the former has headlines like these (all from today, Monday 3 July 2006):

Man Axes Wife to Death [another dowry death]

Snake Bite, Two Hospitalized

Elephant Electrocuted in Nanjangud

Minister's Car Catches Fire, Unhurt

Spoken English Camp

Free Piles Check Up and Screening Camp





It always comes back to the piles, doesn't it?

Speaking of which; my friends Janice and Stephen* have come up with a surefire way to induce an elimination round before class: heat up milk and a double espresso purchased the night before at Cafe Coffee Day. Their coffee so rich and fresh (and grown in nearby Coorg) that it makes Starbucks seem like Nescafe.

I am now a convert.


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*To see an historic photo, taken on the roof of the old shala, go to Janice and Stephen's website and click on "workshops."