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The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman.

Salt

Before embarking on the 240-mile journey from Sabarmati to Dandi, known as the “salt march”, Gandhi sent a letter to the Viceroy: If my letter makes no appeal to your heart, on the eleventh day of this month I shall proceed with such co-workers of the Ashram as I can take, to disregard the provisions [...]

Samurai

After reading Scott Tobias scathing review of the movie “The Last Samurai” I personally have no interest in seeing it. A coffee-table book posing as a prestige epic, Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai comes wrapped in a handsome, leather-bound cover, with each shot set against magnificent “magic hour” sunsets, snow-capped peaks and rolling foothills, or [...]

Pareve

I’ve never been overly picky about my vegetarianism. I eat seafood, eggs, and often eat food cooked together with meat dishes as long as I can’t taste it. Gelatin is one of those ingredients that I usually try not to think too much about, considering how it is made. But when I was eating some [...]