Non-Fiction
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Live Within Rs 100 a Day? No Sweat.
So two upper class men spend less than 100 a day and it is worthy of coverage in the New York Times blogs? Oh well. Millions of Indians (and Chinese, Indonesians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis et al) do so on much less and they probably aren’t even a t… Continue reading
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“I Like Your Style”. And That’s All I Needed.
It was a sleepy Friday afternoon. Everyone in class X got their English Composition workbooks back. Only mine was missing. “The teacher must have misplaced it,” I thought to myself and packed my bag to leave school for the weekend. I was always ta… Continue reading
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Britannia: A Slice of Bombay (Photos)
The pictures speak for themselves. Why waste words? I wasn’t able to get Mr Boman Irani clearly in any of the frames. I am using an iPhone, and the camera doesn’t zoom well. And of course, I would need his permission too. Lunch hour is too short f… Continue reading
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Forget the Verdict, Follow the Humor!
Sample some of the humor I’ve been catching on Twitter. The guy called @b50 rocks. And there’s more… [This is humor; no offense meant] @sarcyjihadi: Can’t we just set up a data center there and partition into 3 drives, with virtual temple, mosqu… Continue reading
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Of Queues and Tiled Roofs: Pics from Trivandrum
Earlier this month, I spent a few days in the town I grew up in, Trivandrum. They spell it “Thiruvananthapuram” nowadays though. I have been to Trivandrum on and off, courtesy my family (and my wife’s family) who still live there, but I’ve spent v… Continue reading
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The Most Awaited Mail of the Week
Every week, the duty manager sends me the weekly cafeteria menu, letting us know on which days we need to steer clear of the office cafeteria.Some spellings are often inadvertently hilarious. I don’t want to analyze, though I am looking forward to… Continue reading
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The History of the Lungi
I received this hilarious forward on my email. A “mast” share if there was one.Just as the national bird of Kerala is Mosquito, her national dress is ‘Lungi’. Pronounced as ‘Lu’ as in loo and ‘ngi ‘ as in ‘mongey’, alungi can be identified by its … Continue reading