Popular Links: Feb.25 – Mar.01

A relatively quiet week, click-wise at DesiPundit although we added quite a few RSS subscribers. Anyway, here are the top ten links you loved to click this past week:

Everyone likes their own quiet time in a life full of chaos. Usually the gym served as that refuge but unfortunately, Bongo Pondit finds even that space invaded by women who love to yap away to glory [posted by Confused].

Dubya won’t say the R word but the downturn in the economy seems around the corner. Kamla Bhatt is concerned that Indians might not be prepared although there are enough telltale signs [posted by Patrix].

Invitations are one of the most important things in a wedding and given the size of Indian weddings, I don’t think we are that selective of whom you want to join in your moments of joy although Sudipta finds much political wrangling behind the scenes [posted by Lekhni].

Children not only provide the best embarrasing moments in your life but often are also subjected to a few. Poor Aspi was often sent to the local store with a slip of paper that said, Carefree [posted by Ash].

Traveling in style may or may not be your kind of fun but Anita truly enjoyed her experience aboard the Golden Chariot, Karnataka’s luxury tourist train [posted by Ash].

Do you want an Osbornes family, a Simpsons one, or a Ekkkta Kkapooorrr one? Anjali tells us that every family has traces of dysfunctional in each of our families [posted by Lekhni].

As supply and demand in a growing & changing economy keeps switching places, the hunter becomes hunted. But do they still live up to their professional etiquette? Paddy takes a second look at the recruiters and job-seekers [posted by Lekhni].

We still have the Jodhaa-Akbar hangover as Bedtea points to a Rushdie article in the NY Times weighing in on the Akbar courtroom [posted by Ash].

I love travel essays especially when they are accompanied by breathtaking photographs. Suruchi’s travelogue of Skandagiri is a perfect example. Check out the photo of trekkers on a peak with their gear [posted by Ash].

Eminent Tamil writer S. Rangarajan, popularly called by his feminine pen name Sujatha passed away this week. Nandhu at Chennai Metblogs pens a brief and simple obituary [posted by Lekhni].