Via Sree Sreenivasan

Two very interesting projects out of Carleton College – John Schott and friends have launched Camera/Iraq and Ratchet Up.

“Camera/Iraq is a new website created to gather materials and perspectives about photography and the Iraq War of Images. The site began in response to the pictures from Abu Ghraib, but is growing in new directions daily. It's focus is on visual images and their uses, rather than general debate about the war. The goal is to create a community-built resource for research and commentary.”

Those of you who have decided to subscribe (thank you!), have you noticed something different in your emails from TIFFINBOX? I hope so. Thanks to Anand, all the way in my hometown Chennai, India, I finally figured out how to include the TITLES of my blog posts in the emails you receive. You may also see a truncated version of the post, inviting you to click the link and read or see more. If you are having problems with this service, please let me know. Thanks again for your interest. As always, your suggestions are welcome.

Woooo-hooo! Thank you for making Tiffinbox part of your life. More than mere numbers, I know there are actual people behind those 50 email addresses. Your opinions and suggestions are always welcome. Feel free to comment on anything I post (below each post, you will see a link to COMMENT).

On the site, you have a button to TELL A FRIEND. Please help me spread the word about Tiffinbox. It would be great to create a community around Tiffinbox and connect each of you, from different walks of life pursuing different career and life paths.

The site grows and everybody benefits only if and when I hear back from you. If you know of desi photojournalists, artists, designers and writers who have web sites, please send me their URL's. I would, upon review, be happy to link to them. If you know of events that this audience would like to know more about, let me know.

So email me: tiffinbox{at}pipalproductions{dot}com. And, thank you once again!

On a whim, I went looking for the word TIFFIN in Alexa.

Michael Quinion has this to say:

Tiffin is a word that perhaps more than any other evokes British India. It entered the language at the very beginning of the nineteenth century, perhaps because the fashion for eating dinner mid-afternoon was giving way to a main meal taken later in the day, requiring a lighter midday meal and a name for it.

We are just taking the first bend into the new year and it's perhaps a little early to engage in navel gazing. But in the past four months or so that this blog has been in existence, I have had the pleasure of getting to know several of you. Thanks to Kaushik Banerjee, some of my posts now also appear in a wonderful community called Living In India. Do check out the other writers who contribute to that site. You will be impressed.

Tiffinbox is light fare for those interested in South Asian photography, writing, design and art. If you have links, ideas, suggestions or know people and events please let me know. Send me a note at: tiffinbox {at} pipalproductions {dot} com.

Thanks for continuing to visit. I urge you to subscribe to Tifinbox (or ask your friends to join).

Via Nick Denton

Though directed towards writers, this post and the link to a Chicago Tribune article gives credence to why we ought to blog. Read it. Nu'ff said. Well, get out there and create your own blog. If you want to get started on TypePad, I have a bunch of “discount” codes that will qualify you for a reduced rate. A carrot, not a stick to get you going. Email me at: tiffinbox[at]pipalproductions[dot]com.