a bengali in TO

The personal, official blog of author Mezbauddin Mahtab

Friday, September 30, 2005

Vatican Flexes Muscle

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On driving to work I heard on the radio that the Catholic bishops will gather in Rome this weekend to consider refusing communion to politic...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Kensington Market

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Toronto is the one of the most multicultural city in the world, and the best way to appreciate diversity of the city is by walking through i...
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Sunday, September 25, 2005

Brampton

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With the remnants of hurricane Rita hitting Toronto, the weekend is shaping up to be a lousy one. Rain, rain and more rain. In the middle of...
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Thursday, September 22, 2005

The Boyfriend Did It - Not

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Recently I have been wondering if society here in Toronto views couples differently if they are married. With recent passing of gay marriage...
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Sunday, September 18, 2005

Pressing The Panic Button

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It was a beautiful Sunday morning, with the sun shining early and the temperature an uncharacteristic (for September in Toronto) 28 degrees ...
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Saturday, September 17, 2005

Sex In The City of ... Dhaka ?!!

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Regarding my post on live-in relationships . It seems the Daily Star of Bangladesh has let the genie out of the bottle and published an art...
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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Product Placement - Top 5

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With great trepidation, and aware of the knowledge that praising an object is the best way to cause it to malfunction, I am going to make a ...
Sunday, September 11, 2005

Of Live-in relationships

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Went to watch Salaam Namaste last night. What a delightful movie! And I have never seen Albion so packed! At first we thought one of the st...
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Thursday, September 08, 2005

Sharia In Canada

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I went for a walk to Queen's Park (Ontario government legislature building) during lunch hour today. There was a rally there, held to pr...
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Sunday, September 04, 2005

Psychotic Cricket?

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Refer to my post about cricket being the true gentleman's sport . This might not entirely be true. There is also a psychotic, vicious el...
Friday, September 02, 2005

Those Poor Americans

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Over the past week I could not tear myself away from the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina . As the scenes of devastation and damage by the...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Blog Day

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Thanks to Rezwan , I found out that 31/08 is officially described as Blog Day . 31/08 = 3 1 o 8 = Blog The idea is simple, promote 5 differ...
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Sunday, August 28, 2005

The 'Immoral' West?

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The BBC article on China banning sexual harassment got me thinking. Gender equality, safe from workplace harassment, etc. are all legislate...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Last Supper At Innis

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Ether cooked (allegedly) for us on his last night at Innis. Ether's Food Kamal and Tong UNO - No! I still have 2 cards! Ha! Is That Cafe...
Saturday, August 20, 2005

Day After Tomorrow ... Yesterday

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Well I had to type yesterday that I liked rain. And boy - did it rain! When I drove out from the underground parking yard beneath our office...
Friday, August 19, 2005

Thoughts On A Rainy Friday

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I love when it rains in the week*. The rain reminds me of my childhood vacation days in Bangladesh. Our school vacations coincided with the ...
Thursday, August 18, 2005

A-Levels In Danger?

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The Guardian has a piece on how A-Levels could be made redundant. Apparently too many people are doing well, which for some reason is bad. ...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

BBC's Picture Competition

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The BBC has picked the 12 finalists for the first round of its picture contest . Click on the "Open (in pictures)" link to view th...

Accidents Help Traffic?

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Weird phenomenon on DVP today. There was an accident just north of York Mills on the southbound DVP today, just a fender bender between two ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Is It Racism?

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With the recent spike in gun violence in Toronto, where innocent bystanders are getting killed, this is what made news. "A Toronto cit...
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