Comments for Grandma's Tales http://grandmastales.wordpress.com By Geeta Padmanabhan Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on I’m not watching Bourne Ultimatum by indiblogger http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-8115 indiblogger Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:32:32 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-8115 Hi Geeta, please add your blog to our new directory of Indian Blogs, thanks! <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in" rel="nofollow">http://www.indiblogger.in</a> And you really should go watch the Bourne Ultimatum. :-) Hi Geeta, please add your blog to our new directory of Indian Blogs, thanks!

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]]> Comment on New info on Kalam by srilakshmi http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/new-info-on-kalam/#comment-7983 srilakshmi Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:53:57 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/new-info-on-kalam/#comment-7983 let god bless us with another kalam. let god bless us with another kalam.

]]> Comment on I’m not watching Bourne Ultimatum by Navaneethan Santhanam http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7690 Navaneethan Santhanam Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:09:02 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7690 I have seen the plan, but I wasn't aware of the creek's fragile ecosystem. Damn, I thought this would've been a good thing for Chennai, but I guess not. I suppose it's a good thing that the court stopped the Govt. from doing anything harmful. I have seen the plan, but I wasn’t aware of the creek’s fragile ecosystem. Damn, I thought this would’ve been a good thing for Chennai, but I guess not. I suppose it’s a good thing that the court stopped the Govt. from doing anything harmful.

]]> Comment on I’m not watching Bourne Ultimatum by Geeta Padmanabhan http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7506 Geeta Padmanabhan Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:40:27 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7506 [2] NS, I have been away from Chennai for a while now, so I don't know the latest buzz. Before I left, this is what I heard. The proposed park would certainly be an environmental disaster for the Adyar bio-diversity. The creek has a fragile eco-system. It will collapse with people walking in and out and throwing more rubbish into the river. In the name of "Poonga" what you will get is a lot of civil construction like pathways, open air theatres, lights and gazebos. This is what they proposed for the "beautification" of the Elliot's beach till the Civil society Group and Friends of the Beach - Exnora demanded they stop it. They had to call the Commissioner and prove that it would be a disastrous move. (Read about it in my previous posts). After the people's initiative at the Elliot's beach, all those who supported the original plan quietly withdrew. Have you seen the proposed Adyar Eco-Park plan? [2] NS, I have been away from Chennai for a while now, so I don’t know the latest buzz. Before I left, this is what I heard. The proposed park would certainly be an environmental disaster for the Adyar bio-diversity. The creek has a fragile eco-system. It will collapse with people walking in and out and throwing more rubbish into the river. In the name of “Poonga” what you will get is a lot of civil construction like pathways, open air theatres, lights and gazebos. This is what they proposed for the “beautification” of the Elliot’s beach till the Civil society Group and Friends of the Beach - Exnora demanded they stop it. They had to call the Commissioner and prove that it would be a disastrous move. (Read about it in my previous posts). After the people’s initiative at the Elliot’s beach, all those who supported the original plan quietly withdrew. Have you seen the proposed Adyar Eco-Park plan?

]]> Comment on I’m not watching Bourne Ultimatum by Geeta Padmanabhan http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7505 Geeta Padmanabhan Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:31:08 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7505 [1] Good point, NS. For these guys who can buy and sell public land with impunity, these are minor matters. Besides, most of their work is done silently, behind doors, right? [1] Good point, NS. For these guys who can buy and sell public land with impunity, these are minor matters. Besides, most of their work is done silently, behind doors, right?

]]> Comment on Grammar 10 - If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a 100 times! by Geeta Padmanabhan http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/grammar-10-if-ive-said-it-once-ive-said-it-a-100-times/#comment-7504 Geeta Padmanabhan Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:20:38 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/grammar-10-if-ive-said-it-once-ive-said-it-a-100-times/#comment-7504 Hi NS, the word "cliche" is of French origin. Here it is. [Origin: 1825–35; < F: stereotype plate, stencil, cliché, n. use of ptp. of clicher to make such a plate, said to be imitative of the sound of the metal pressed against the matrix] Hi NS, the word “cliche” is of French origin. Here it is. [Origin: 1825–35; < F: stereotype plate, stencil, cliché, n. use of ptp. of clicher to make such a plate, said to be imitative of the sound of the metal pressed against the matrix]

]]> Comment on Grammar 10 - If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a 100 times! by Navaneethan Santhanam http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/grammar-10-if-ive-said-it-once-ive-said-it-a-100-times/#comment-7491 Navaneethan Santhanam Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:30:54 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/grammar-10-if-ive-said-it-once-ive-said-it-a-100-times/#comment-7491 Damn, 'cliché' should have been in quotes. Damn, ‘cliché’ should have been in quotes.

]]> Comment on Grammar 10 - If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a 100 times! by Navaneethan Santhanam http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/grammar-10-if-ive-said-it-once-ive-said-it-a-100-times/#comment-7490 Navaneethan Santhanam Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:30:18 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/grammar-10-if-ive-said-it-once-ive-said-it-a-100-times/#comment-7490 I wonder if they have a French word for cliché. I wonder if they have a French word for cliché.

]]> Comment on I’m not watching Bourne Ultimatum by Navaneethan Santhanam http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7488 Navaneethan Santhanam Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:53:53 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7488 This is off-topic, sorry - What are your thoughts on the proposed Adyar Eco Park (Adyar Poonga) that MK inaugurated about 2 weeks ago? It sounded like a fantastic conservation project to me, something to compete with the likes of Lal Bagh in Bangalore. However, recently, I read somewhere that the plan for the part was environmentally unsustainable and that the court had ordered the Govt. to freeze all plans for further construction. This strikes me as being rather strange considering that the park is supposed to protect the Adyar Creek ecosystem. I hope something is worked out and they do go through with the park's (for want of a better word) 'construction.' This is off-topic, sorry - What are your thoughts on the proposed Adyar Eco Park (Adyar Poonga) that MK inaugurated about 2 weeks ago? It sounded like a fantastic conservation project to me, something to compete with the likes of Lal Bagh in Bangalore. However, recently, I read somewhere that the plan for the part was environmentally unsustainable and that the court had ordered the Govt. to freeze all plans for further construction. This strikes me as being rather strange considering that the park is supposed to protect the Adyar Creek ecosystem. I hope something is worked out and they do go through with the park’s (for want of a better word) ‘construction.’

]]> Comment on I’m not watching Bourne Ultimatum by Navaneethan Santhanam http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7487 Navaneethan Santhanam Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:46:33 +0000 http://grandmastales.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/im-not-watching-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-7487 You don't have any of these chaps shooting each other or crashing through glass - perhaps, soon, but not yet. That's one reason to watch The Bourne Ultimatum, I guess. You don’t have any of these chaps shooting each other or crashing through glass - perhaps, soon, but not yet. That’s one reason to watch The Bourne Ultimatum, I guess.

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