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[ A talk to the incoming international students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, August 11, 2009 ]
Five years ago one of your deans at the journalism school, Elizabeth Fishman, asked me if I would be interested in tutoring international students who might need some extra help with their writing. She knew I had done a lot of traveling in Asia and Africa and other parts of the world where many of you come from.
I can’t imagine how hard it must be to learn to write comfortably in a second—or third or fourth—language. I don’t think I could do it, and I admire your grace in taking on that difficult task. Much of the anxiety that I see in foreign students could be avoided if certain principles of writing good English—which nobody ever told them—were explained in advance. So I asked if I could talk to all of you during orientation week and tell you some of the things my students have found helpful.
So that’s why we’re here today.
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BLOGS
After thought;how Sachin ruled the minds of millions?
Posted by ravivarma on February 5, 2010 at 3:07am — 3 Comments
ARE WE LOST CLOWNS? SAD,MAD,AND LOVABLE.......
bursts of laughter are coming out of that make shift tent,full of blazing colors.a clown is performing.his actions and broad grin made people laugh more.the back stroke reaches a crescendo and stops abruptly.After performance the clown turned towards greenroom,lifting his mask,and there was tears in his eyes.Becaus… Continue
Posted by ravivarma on February 4, 2010 at 7:18am — 2 Comments
1st DRINK ..phew
Posted by sa kr pa on February 2, 2010 at 7:49pm — 14 Comments
Flirting with individualism
Posted by Athresh on February 2, 2010 at 11:42am — 4 Comments
celebration of youth
Posted by ravivarma on February 2, 2010 at 6:38am — 5 Comments
WHAT MAKES CHETAN BHAGAT HIGHEST SELLING AUTHOR OF INDIA?
I would say he is not disappointing at all if you look at his works as stuff for time pass. In his writing, he has acquired the trick of taking the story ahead in a manner that not lets the reader to quit. Sense of humor… Continue
Posted by SUNIL NAIR on January 30, 2010 at 12:28pm — 5 Comments
RITU : A CLIP
RITU : Directed by Shyamaprasad | Written by Joshua Newtonn. Music by Rahul Raj. Camera by Shamdutt. Produced by Vachan Shetty. | Starring ~ Nishan, Rima, Asif Ali.
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Short Film by Jubith Namradath 3 Replies
Democracy:To each his own is a short film made by Jubith and crew. The movie depicts the pros and cons of democracy....go to the link pasted below and do post ur valuable feed back http://namradat…
Started by maya leela in Sample Title. Last reply by maya leela 23 hours ago.
Coffee Revolution 8 Replies
Whenever you meet an acquaintance, the next word would be, Shall we have a coffee ?? Yeah, it was not recently things started to happen over coffee. That is a story half a century old, the story of…
Started by shahid in Sample Title. Last reply by shahid Jan 28.
Para-number activity 10 Replies
At 10.38 pm, I got a call from 3056031801. A dead call. No voice. No message. You'd be told the number is not in use. An internet search told me the same number reaches a lot around the world. There:…
Tagged: spying, mobile, mystery, tele-marketing, crank
Started by Josh in Uncategorized. Last reply by Athresh Feb 2.
India Today Guest Column 5 Replies
A tiny column of mine on living and journeying in Kerala : India Today Malayalam. Hope you'll enjoy it.. Cheers!
Started by Josh in Uncategorized. Last reply by SUNIL NAIR Feb 4.
2009
This year has been a pretty ruff year for some or most of us. But as we come to the end of the year. We start to think of all the things and people that we have meet or affected us in some way. So as…
Started by Keema Osborne in Uncategorized Dec. 30, 2009.
Ritu_Amazing story, dialogues and presentation 4 Replies
Just watched Ritu on Kairali. Being in Delhi, I didn't get a chance to watch when the movie appeared in theatres. The story was contemporary, dialouges quite natural and presentation was so good wit…
Started by Asish Menon in Uncategorized. Last reply by Asish Menon Jan 26.
Josh is writing.... 12 Replies
Friends, Josh is in a secluded farmhouse somewhere in the suburbs of Bangalore, completing his first non-fiction book. A word of prayer, a thought of good wishes, a wade of good hope, and tonz of go…
Tagged: farmhouse, Bangalore, non-fiction, books, Newtonn
Started by shalini George in Uncategorized. Last reply by Athresh Feb 2.
RITU SCREENING TODAY@ VALLADOLID @ 16:00 hrs 2 Replies
" RITU " Screening today… As one of Europe's oldest festivals, Valladolid has always been characterized by its willingness to take risks and to innovate in its programming ...With a genuine concern f…
Started by shalini George in Uncategorized. Last reply by Ben Oct. 30, 2009.
Vayalar Rama Varma movie award for RITU 8 Replies
Congratulations Josh and for the ritu team! Special congrats to Rahul for his recognition in his maiden effort!
Started by Neelu in Uncategorized. Last reply by Josh Oct. 29, 2009.
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FOR THE EXILED } O, how much of a snake is in the wayfarer? How much of a song is in a memory? How valid are smells of our longing? The raga that you fall into has a fabric that has doors. Through which you could step out into the river of cold remembrances, and nothing is [...]
Such a long journey
MEMORIES OF A BLACK, PORTABLE TYPEWRITER } We were living at Mamangalam in a single-bedroom rented floor studio-house on a two-floor building. Bini said her colleague at the advertising agency had a portable typewriter which her husband wanted to sell. We were living without even a dining table in those days. We had no chairs [...]
Sex, if that’s what you mean
A LULLING NOON } The curves are what that sway for the rigid plateaux, the stern importance is what that seeks its opposite, the jelly. Perhaps, a lulling afternoon is good enough, in the silent house to die in the moans, through a vision of deeper longings. It’s not one that you merge with, but [...]
CINEMA
Michael Mann- Stylish, Visually Arresting
To me style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style, like the outside and the inside of the human body. Both go together, they can’t be separated.- Jean Luc Goddard If i had to pick one movie that was completely representative of Michael Mann’s style of direction, for me it [...]
Hotaru no haka (Grave of the fireflies)
“Whom the Gods love die young” — Old Saying When was the last time a movie hit you in stomach and knocked the wind out of your breath, wrenched your heart open and seared your spirit. Now compound that effect a hundred times and you have this, animation that transcends it’s two dimensional life and comes [...]Lahore : First Look
Lahore has been directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and produced by Vivek Khatkar. It Stars debutants Aanaahad and Shraddha Das in the leading roles and has actors like Farouque Shaikh, Nafisa Ali, Sushant Singh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kelly Dorji, Mukesh Rishi, K Jeeva, Nirmal Pandey, Shraddha Nigam [...]BOOKS
`Susan Boyle' bio is redundant recap of her story (AP)
AP - "Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True" (The Overlook Press, 246 pages, $21.95) by Alice Montgomery: This unauthorized biography recaps what most fans already know about Susan Boyle, the shy, 48-year-old Scottish singer who became an Internet sensation after a clip of her auditioning for a TV talent show was posted online.
Publisher Penton Media to file for Chap. 11 (AP)
AP - Trade magazine publisher Penton Media said Tuesday that it's planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within the next few days.Nook E-Reader Heads to Barnes & Noble Stores (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Barnes & Noble said Monday that its popular nook e-book reader is back in stock online and will be rolling out in the majority of the bookseller's U.S. stores this week. Customers also will be able to enjoy exclusive Valentine's Day-themed online content this month, the company said.Compelling `Shadow Tag' a departure for Erdrich (AP)
AP - "Shadow Tag" (HarperCollins, 272 pages, $25.99), by Louise Erdrich: Irene and Gil have the sort of life that outsiders might covet. He's a semifamous artist dubbed the "native Edward Hopper," his success great enough to put their family in a three-story house in a fashionable Minneapolis neighborhood and enroll their three children in an exclusive private school.
Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book (AP)
AP - The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist.Todd named publisher of Los Alamos Monitor (AP)
AP - Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc., has named Keven Todd publisher of the Los Alamos Monitor.Bausch taps into menace of U.S. home life for new book (Reuters)
Reuters - Following his award-winning war novel "Peace", author Richard Bausch is back writing short stories, fixing his gaze again on small-town American home life. Only now, there's more violence.
Gora book must-have for fans of '80s teen flicks (AP)
AP - "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation" (Crown, 384 pages, $26), by Susannah Gora:
Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader to hit stores (Reuters)
Reuters - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. said on Monday that its Nook electronic reader would be available in most of its physical stores as of Wednesday, ahead of Valentine's Day, ending weeks of delays.Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books (Reuters)
Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.
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LITERARY CAFE ( Desi )
Pachauri's racy novel raises eyebrows
The Indian head of the UN climate change panel, Rajendra Pachauri who is already under fire over errors in a key 2007 report, is raising eyebrows again. This time at a raunchy novel.Want to gift your partner a book this V-Day?
With Valentine's Day less than a week away, the world of fine print is once again waking up to good old romance! So, if you want to buy a gift for your Valentine, here're some options.Jhumpa Lahiri in Obama's arts committee
Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has been appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, along with five others.Footnotes by page turner
You want $50,000? write in...Half-a-million dollars is good money. It’s even better if you have plans of chucking your day job to write, write, write.
Business cycles
A lucid book on how consumers are helping small businesses to make their fortunes, writes Vijay Jung Thapa.About
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