Oppa Stalin Style

This is what happens when Rachel Ostrow and I get together to do a paper for our Russia class...

Oppa Stalin Style...
(Stalin Style)

 I've got some enemies of state, girl...
and I'm gonna purge 'em
Sending my Jews to Birobidzhan
...coz I really do not want 'em
Just got myself some Baltic States
...aren't I f*cking awesome?

Check my coll-ec-ti-vi-zation

Treating minorities with so much institutional disdain
Deporting Chechens and Tatars from mountains to plains
Forced famine in Ukraine coz I stole all their grains
You don't wanna be next on my terror campaign

Eh - Soviet Ladies...
O-o-o-o-o-oppa Stalin Style

Bilateral Life

Just last week, started a new blog with Russia & India Report - part of the Russia Beyond the Headlines project.

Called Bilateral Life, the blog perfectly describes my story (so far) i.e. born to one nation and forever longing to be in another!

Here's the intro. Hope you guys find the blog interesting. Comments and feedback always welcome!

With an Indian passport and self-proclaimed Russian heritage, Aanchal Anand took a year out to fulfill her childhood dream of living in Russia and learning the language. Whether it’s walking on the frozen canals of Petersburg, visiting Lenin’s mausoleum in Moscow, eating pirozhki with locals along the Trans-Siberian railroad, or rubbing shoulders with Mikhail Gorbachev – she has been there and done it all. With this blog, she shares her adventures, reveals the best travel-tips, and brings to you the socio-cultural and political aspects of life in Russia, often with an Indian twist! Aanchal has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. This year, she begins her Masters at the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC to major in Russian and Eurasian studies. You can follow her on Twitter @aanch31, send story suggestions to bilateralDOTlifeATgmailDOTcom and tell us what you think by leaving comments on blogposts.