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Names, weird names!

So, these westerners ( yeah, we Indians do not really understand that 'West' actually means a set of 30-40 countries lying somewhere far away and not just a single place, but who cares! ;) ),  they have these very weird names. The first time I ever came to notice that, was when I read Samuel 'Beckett' 's Waiting for Godot . I mean who names their child Bucket?? :-0 And then I went on to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger. And I am like, here is this guy, who is totally against racism that he names himself (Or his parents do) Shwasss - e - nigger  (Shwas means breath). Breath like a nigger! See he wants to show solidarity and breath like the downtrodden of the past(?). Even if that was not right, who put a child through the agony of naming their child such a long and difficult name to spell? I imagine Arnold in LKG. While all the other kids are learning to write "My name is Job Cutt (note the extra T!) or Sam Wise or Aida Morph and here is this poor kid writing Arno...

Chali Machine

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This website lets you create "Chalis" (poor jokes) in Malayalam : http://www.chalimachine.com/, an initiative by a bunch of enthusiastic artists. Here are a few I made (Click on the images for a larger version):- Malayali's English Salt And Imagining what goes through my husband's mind when I ask him to taste stuff I make... Kettathum Kekkathathum! Hope you enjoyed! You can also upload your own images and work on them as well. The possibilities are virtually endless. Go ahead, make some chalis! Cheerz! Durga