Just discovered that I will may need to go to Bhopal for my research. There’s an archive of old newspapers there (the link, which is only in Hindi).Please, someone, tell me something good about Bhopal so I don’t dread this so much.

Only a handful of articles have been published about this archive. There’s next to nothing online except an offhand mention that they have Hicky’s Bengal Gazette. I discovered this archive at random via Proquest—challenging my assumptions that only two copies of Hicky’s Bengal Gazette existed in the world.

If I can access this archive, I will be the only scholar to my knowledge who has used it for Hicky’s Gazette. Who knows what I will find?

I can only imagine the scenes of fresh hell I am to experience.

Great resource for researchers! Especially given the extreme difficulties of accessing materials at times in South Asia.

From the article,

“Abu Khattab, a 43-year-old Saudi hospital administrator who was pursuing jihad on his holiday breaks,”

At the office water cooler:

“Hey Joe, How Was Your Holiday Break?”

“Oh you know, went to Syria to fight jihad. Killed a few people. Feeling great.”

Wish me luck.

Sheela is also running the 4k, or if she can make it, possibly the 11k also.

I don’t think I’ll be able to beat my 9th place finish as I did in the Colombo 5k (where I won some fairly and lovely skin whitening!)

The race starts at 6am. Here’s the route.

Since the semester ended, I’ve been concentrating on creating a compendium of all my knowledge I learned in class so far.

Hopefully I’ll be able to look back at the last semester and say: Hey! I learned some Bangla and it was useful.

I aim to finish it before the beginning of next semester, on Jan 6, when I’ll begin to take classes half time in January and February.

And, Hambantota sports city?

“”Sports City” was conceived in 2009 and is the heart of the bid’s legacy. The 3D model reveals the development will house two universities specializing in sports, business and media, a Business Enterprise Park, and an IT Park. Hambantota 2018 says it will also help to attract a wide-ranging program of international events.”

http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/commonwealth_games_bids/1216135619.html

Yeah, right.

mindyotis:

when our young adult guests came to visit from Guatamala it was like having my own children around. I realize I become instantaneously maternal-I hope not in a creepy wipe the food off your face with my spit way-but rather: I hope that you grow up to be happy, productive people and let me help…

Sheela informs me that I can “reblog”. So here it is…mindyotis:

My first memories of a political election would be when I was in elementary school. I remember learning all about the Nixon-McGovern presidential race in my DAP class (divergent activities program-a nice way to say talented and gifted so we didn’t feel so elitist) At the time I recall everyone was…