· personal
Are you there?
Yes. I am. It has been more than a year since I wrote a blog post (or rather posted one). I have written quite a bit since last year but hardly anything has...
Writings
Food, travel, cricket, storytelling — a decade of writing about the things that matter.
· personal
पलायन
घूमता-खोजता, चलता-फिरता, फिर निकल चला मैं। पहले शिक्षा, फिर नौकरी, फिर शिक्षा और दूसरी नौकरी। कभी क़स्बा, कभी शहर, कभी देश, कभी विदेश। हर जगह संभावनाएं खोजता,...
· food
The Big Fat Lentil Wedding
It was a morning of a date which is quite unclear in my memory. I woke up to the rising sound of traffic and the fluttering of pigeons eternally stuck in the...
· food
Tapas Tales from Seville
For an outsider flipping guidebooks (swiping in our case) and capturing countless images, the Andalucían city of Seville is a perfect destination. It offers...
· travel
Fifty Shades of Purple
We walked towards one of our favourite pubs in Bangalore, belting past the street vendors, groups of Bangalore college students, and recognizable bunches of...
· food
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pig, or did I?
I have learned over the years that when I make up my mind on something, it is very difficult to change it. It is extremely tough for me to displace deep rooted...
· travel
Istanbul Day Tour: A Small Bite of Turkish Delight
In addition to the ticket price one of the key factors which made me book a Turkish Airlines flight to Spain was the Tour Istanbul- a free day tour offered by...
· food
Simple Cooking: How To Make Poha?
I often come across people who hate cooking. I believe that cooking is a life skill, something as important as cleaning your wardrobes every week, maintaining...
· travel
Kerala: Backwaters and Beyond
It was the first week of monsoons in Kerala. The distinctive muddy scent of first rain had faded and given way to an imagery of vivid greens all around, which...
· cricket
It's Not Cricket
Over the years Bill Woodfull’s famous expression from the Adelaide test of the now infamous 1933 Bodyline series has stood for everything unsportsmanlike. A...
· food
The Curious Case of Carter Road
Over the past year or so nothing as intrigued me more than the appearance, sudden rise, and equally sudden demise of certain eateries in Mumbai. Places like...
· food
A Butter Bath at Sardar
All of us imagine and keep designing some colourful imaginations once in a while. People imagine future scenarios, their possible adventures on travel, or a...
· food
Episode II: What to eat in Varanasi or Story of Italian Food in Varanasi
Continued from Episode I: What to eat in Varanasi? where I touched upon a range of desi delicacies. In this part I will cover a bit of what I learned about...
· food
Am I at Sea?
I often come across as a slightly lost and confused kind of a person. Be it my extreme hyperactivity levels, or slightly irritating ability to connect random...
· food
La Tagliatella | A Bloggers’ Table in Delhi
The moment I landed in Delhi last month, I messaged couple of my friends stating that I felt a certain disconnect with this city. Yes there are things that I...
· food
Taste of Mumbai, Baklava Hunt, and Tea Centre
In terms of eating and exploring stories around food, this has been a relatively weak year. But the weekend which just went by, I think I did some justice to...
· storytelling
The Auto-Rickshaw Manifesto
A love letter to India's most democratic vehicle — part taxi, part philosophy, part chaos theory.
· india
क्या हिंदी जीवित रहेगी?
आखिरी सासें लेती, थकी-हारी, चरमराई, हिंदी की जो है हालत, उसे बचा सके दवा न दुहाई। अंग्रेजी का अत्यधिक उपयोग, नहीं है इसका कारण, ना ही इस बात पे रोने से, टलेगा...
· travel
Pak-e-Mysore
The story of Mysore Pak is close to my heart, one full of love and equal amounts of good cholesterol. Mysore Pak is quite simply my favourite sweet. There is...
· food
Who let the Black Dog out?
I had got this Black Dog bottle from United Spirits for review. I thought I will cook something special for a special guest on a special evening to go along...
· storytelling
मलहम-ए -खिचड़ी
आपको देख दिल पे चल जाती है अभी भी छुरिया, पर आपने तो फेका था हमें जैसे सीली हुई भुजिया। खा पी कर ले रही हो तुम डकार, पर क्या कभी याद किया तुमने पुराना प्यार?...
· cricket
Silly Point
Hashim Amla driving with Ian Bell at Silly Point. Picture from EspnCricinfo. It is unusually close to the batsmen. It is a dangerous, yet a rewarding position....
· travel
Recalling Indian Coffee House
I am a frequent visitor to the multiple coffee shops in Mumbai. During these visits I have developed a special affection for the filter coffee joints at...
· travel
To Sri Lanka, with Love.
Hi Sri Lanka, I am quite to used to writing letters, just that it has been some time since I felt like writing one for someone. But then I couldn't resist...
· food
What to eat in Sri Lanka?
Angelic Prawns, Devilled Chillies, and lots of EGB!!! My journey across Sri Lanka flipped me through a variety of experiences, but the ones which stood out...
· india
भुलक्कड़ भारत
मैं: विचलित मन, कुंठित जीवन, दिशाहीन, घटनाओं से सहमा, घबराया हुआ। हर क्षण है मरता मेरे अन्दर यह भारत, और भारतीयता की भावना। वो: विनष्ट तन, निर्जीव जीवन, मैं ही...
· food
Happy High on Coffee
Coffee? Vodka? Caramel? The first whiff of the drink had me confused, and a bit curious. My sense of smell was elevated, probably as a result of my blindfolded...
· food
Catching Up with Chef Sergi Arola
I got an opportunity to interact with Chef Sergi Arola this weekend at Arola, JW Marriot, Mumbai. Chef Arola is visiting the country and HT Café organized this...
· food
Foodie Tweetup: Ghatkopar Style! #KhauGalliChaRaja
When: 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 15th Dec, 2012 Where: Khau Galli, Ghatkopar (E), Starting Point: Achija Restaurant Inviting you for a street food tweetup at Ghatkopar...
· food
जीभ जलाने वाली Coffee
An Indian wedding is an eclectic mix of bright colours, fading traditions, emerging stupidities, and extreme pandemonium. It is difficult to single out the...
· food
The Shimla Affair – Chapter II
Continued from Part I… Slowly and steadily the flavors of Shimla were building on me, or probably building a better me. The daily dose of the forgettable...
· cinema
[Food Documentary]: The Foods That Make Billions
In the past few weeks I have gone through a wide-variety of food related documentaries. They have ranged across the typical Bourdainian browsing the...
· travel
Brain Freeze and Defrost, Gangtok Style
Standing there, I was witnessing one of the most stunning visuals of my life. A semi-frozen lake, solid on the edges, and covered on the sides with...
· personal
किम्कर्त्व्यविमुढ
सब कुछ था स्थिर, अविचलित, शांत सा, अचानक से इस दुविधा ने लाया एक बवंडर सा। क्या करे क्या ना करे के दोराहे पर मैं हु खड़ा, असमंजस से जूझता, पर इरादों पर अड़ा।...
· food
The Shimla Affair – Chapter I
I hadn't realized how close we were to our hostel. I looked at my watch, it was around 7:30 PM, but it felt like it was 11 already. The Shiv Temple which stood...
· personal
A Very Long Walk to Freedom
There is a continuous buzz in my ear, but I neglect that and keep running. I see him clearly, the colors are crystal clear, Hi Definition, and beautifully...
· cinema
A Touch of Faith, a Sprinkle of Hope, and a Dash of Guilt
Faith My relationship with God is slightly unexplored. I will be honest here and point out that I do remember God at times, in a rather selfish way when I am...
· storytelling
The Healing Chill of Hebbe Falls
A chill runs through my body, crossing my spine, and within touching distance of my brain. I can only feel the cold water massaging my bruises, playfully...
· travel
अमृतसरी प्रेम कहानी, जो हो न सकी...
निकला था मैं देश देखने, खाने पीने, और कुछ अच्छा लिखने. क्या पता था यह सफ़र मेरा दिल तोड़ देगा, ग़म भरे मोड़ पर ला कर मुझे छोड़ देगा. भरवान दा ढाबा के वोह करारे...
· storytelling
Spicy Hot Summer, Served With Buffalo Dip
There are summers, and then there is that idiotic summer. I was interning with an organization studying tribal arts in the Rathwa tribe dominated Chota Udaipur...
· travel
A Walk through Misty-cal Shimla
It is still early in the morning and Shimla is slowly waking up to the misty morning chill and steaming tea vessels. The bus stop seems quite unprepared for...
· books
7 things I learned from the Steve Jobs book by Walter Isaacson.
It is quite ironic that I read the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson on my new Google Nexus 7, which runs on a platform which Jobs deeply despised. And...
· travel
Thali Memoirs and A Visit to Rajdhani
Honestly, I have slightly moved away from the Thali format (by Thali I mean the Unlimited Thali formats, representative of the scores of...
· food
Rajasthani Food Festival at Hornby's Pavilion, ITC Grand Central
Last year during my visit to Rajasthan on the occasion of a friend’s wedding, I had an elaborate interaction with Rajasthani Cuisine. I respect the cuisine for...
· food
Episode I: What to eat in Varanasi?
Anything. Simply, anything. Amidst all the chaos and confusion of Varanasi, food is one thing which instills some sense of order, with its simple yet...
· food
Breakfast, Bagels and more at Grain & Bagel, Malad
For most of us the definition of the weekend means going southwards in the city to explore the various interesting treats the new cafes in Bandra have to...
· india
थम सा गया ये देश.
दिशाहीन, उलझा सा, असमंजस से जूझता हुआ, मेरा देश ऐसा तो न था. घोटालो से चरमराया विश्वास, लोकतंत्र का बना मज़ाक. अर्थव्यवस्था की चरमरायी सी हालत, जाति-धर्म के...
· food
App आये बहार आयी.
रविवार का था वोह दिन, जब रह ना पा रहा था भोजन तकनीक के बिन. यह दिन का हसने का, मिलने जुलने का, संगणक और इन्टरनेट से बाहर निकल, हर व्यक्ति विशेष से मिलने का....
· travel
So who wants to join me in Kerala :)
While I was on travel last month I came across a travel writing contest being organized by Mystikal Holidays, a Kerala based travel firm. I was in Shimla and...
· travel
A Deepdive into Varanasi: Into Freedom, Food, and Filth.
The chaos around Varanasi represents the enormous variety of religious traditions which Hinduism stands for, at the same time also reflecting the freedom of...
· food
The Perfect Dal Tadka
Some dishes are not recipes. They are rituals. Dal tadka is one of them.
· food
Four Seasons Wine Tasting | A Simplified Guide to Wine Tasting
The more I understand wine the more I start noticing the human side of it. It can narrate stories- of its lineage, of the farms it belongs to, of the winemaker...
· food
We are what we eat and whom we meet.
How about listening to locals talking about their life and aspirations while sipping a chai and dipping a Parle-G; or sharing a drink with an unknown traveler...
· india
Fear of Motion Sickness
The idea of traveling is often accompanied by a variety of emotions and a switching mental state. Love, laughter, disgust, amazement, fear, curiosity are all...
· food
The First Sip
Years ago when I was a kid, I had accidentally discovered and realized the existence of Alcohol. I had stumbled upon a bottle of Whiskey, while looking for...
· food
Mini food-sammelan at Out of the Blue, Powai
Few weeks back, I joined a bunch of interesting people for an extremely engaging and mazedaar discussion on food. The discussion was accompanied by a lovely...
· food
Discovering the passion for macaroons
In purely structural aspects Macaroons are reminiscent of cream filled biscuits one used to have as kids. It was fun to lick the cream off and then munch on...
· travel
The Curse of the Ring
It was my first winter in Ahmedabad. And a cold winter it was. I remember very few things from that period, maybe there was hardly anything worth remembering....
· food
A Day in the Life of an Indori Jalebi
Indore is my kind of place: vibrant, extrovert, loud, confused about its future, and yet rooted to memories it has grown with. Despite being known across India...
· storytelling
Return to Korba
Over the past 2-3 years I have travelled across various parts of the country. Most of these trips were planned and executed around a friend’s wedding, and...
· cricket
11 memories of 2011
Watching Sachin at Bangalore scoring 100 in a World Cup match in Feb. If I would I have jumped from the stands at that very moment, it would have been a...
· cricket
Our obsession with the 100th 100
कब बनेगा शतको का शतक? (आज तक, 193 times since Feb'11) Ever since end of February 2011 all of us have been waiting for Sachin to score that century....
· food
किस्सा कचोरी का...
रविवार का था वह एक आम सा दिन, दूरदर्शन पर चल रहा था चंद्रकांता, कैसे रहते लोग कड़क सी चाय के बिन. चाय के साथ था कुछ खस्ता, रस्क, और नमकीन, पर जब घर आई कचोरी और...
· india
Rail-pedia
As I was sitting with my friends on the Raipur station yesterday and waiting for our train (7 hours late) to arrive I saw a passenger train coming before our...
· cricket
टेस्ट क्रिकेट का अंत... या शुरुआत?
आने वाला है क्रिकेट इतिहास का एक अमर क्षण जब होने चलते स्वयं के टेस्ट के पूरे दो हज़ार रन, १८७७ मैं शुरू हुई थी जो प्रथा २०११ मैं क्या हो गयी है इसकी व्यथा....
· india
विस्फोट, तुम फिर आ गए!
विस्फोट, तुम फिर आ गए! जीवन की कीमत तो तुमने समझी नहीं कम से कम भय की परिभाषा तो समझ लेते. मुंबई शहर में लोग हर क्षण है मरते ज़िन्दगी की भागदौड़ में दबते...
· personal
MOVE OVER BIG BROTHER, BHAIYYA IS HERE.....
[Today I came across this mail, my first group work at SP, with the bestest group I ever worked with at SP. I still recall our first meeting, a gyaani tungi,...
· food
Is it the end of the Chai-Biscuit era?
Today I received an article from a friend of mine, Where did conversation go? No where. It talks about the "about-to-die" habit of having conversations. It...
· storytelling
काश ये दिल होता Tupperware का
हम प्यार करते थे उनसे बेशुमार, उनके इश्क मैं हुए थे बीमार हमे लगा वो भी है उतनी ही बेक़रार, कर बैठे प्यार का इज़हार. फिर क्या कहे क्या हुआ अच्छे खासे दिल का...
· storytelling
हैदराबादी प्रेम कहानी... जो हो ना सकी
महिना था फरवरी का, समय था वोह अफरा तफरी का Placement का चल रहा था त्यौहार, क्योकि आजकल वही तो रह गया है प्रबंधन शिक्षा का सार. मैं बैठा था interview कक्ष मैं,...
· cinema
टमाटर की व्यथा: Ketchup बनू या कटरीना का Body Wash
गुमसुम गुमसुम... लाल लाल, नरम नरम, इस टमाटर मैं है बड़ा दम. जब टमाटर ketchup बन जाता, हर टेबल की यह शोभा बढाता. पकोड़े हो या पिज़्ज़ा, समोसा हो या आमलेट, टमाटर...
· storytelling
Rattu ka Dabba
He could feel a few giggles right behind his back, he knew it was gone. Again! As Rattu turned back and put his hand into his bag’s tiffin box pocket, he felt...
· travel
Positive thoughts?
Life has been a bit off colour lately, as if what happened last month wasn’t enough here I am at home, for the past two weeks, eating boiled food and fruits...
· travel
Ahhh... we won it!?
It was a weird feeling, a never before kind of experience, roaming around near Shivaji Park at night, thousands of people of all kinds on street. I think it...
· cricket
Sachin at the Wankhede
One billion people held their breath. Then the stadium exploded.
· cricket
The Politics of Cricket or the Cricket of Politics?
He is a batting genius, the greatest we have ever seen, my generation has spent one-third of its life watching, thinking and talking about him, still he...
· storytelling
Fear. Indifference. Awkwardness. Fear
Past 2-3 months… It was that kind of a mad night, winter just about knocking on the door, truck flipping on road, tyre busting and finally a bang bang...
· storytelling
गीत नया गाता हूँ
बचपन से ही मेरी राजनीति मैं काफी रूचि रही है। ९० के दशक मैं भारतीय राजनीति मैं खासे उलटफेर हुए, परन्तु उनमे से सबसे रोचक क्षण तब आया जब अटलजी ने प्रधानमंत्री...
· personal
Remembering Her
As everyday I reached the school gates on a cold winter morning in Korba. The rush of students, tens of buses (the one which stood out was always the Coal...
· personal
Wedding Bells!!!
This weekend came with a strange feeling, its not that I haven't attended a few weddings offlate, but this one was different. I have spent a considerable part...
· cricket
The Death of Longer format
Watching the current India-NZ series made me think a bit. Gone are the awesome days of test cricket when there was a patient build up to the innings, each ball...
· food
[SCM]: Baigun Bhaja
My fascination with Bong food goes back to my good old childhood days, where [Durga Puja and Navratri used to be my favorite festival. Khichdi at Durga Puja...
· food
[SCM]: Desi's Mashy Mayo Wich and Thakela Sunrise
[Through Simple Cooking for MBAs or SCM I want to share a bit of whatever I try out in kitchen, you can ping my roomie, it tastes decent :), and its easy to...
· personal
Main meebo hoon...
Eeeeee...it hurts. Its so strong, so bright, so yellow. And he closed the eyes. He tried again. Ufff...too much. I will wait. He was sitting, he had opened his...
· travel
Midnight in Varanasi
The ghats don't sleep. Neither did I, the first time I saw them lit by a thousand oil lamps.
· storytelling
The SemiPali Adventure
Mondays were always like this, fking boring, although I am not allowed use the F word as I am still in class VIth, it brings out the haaawww from you. So we...
· storytelling
Scooter ki Sawari
Scene 1: I was behind him, on 4th gear but always afraid to go a bit faster, my foot always flirting with the foot brake, and then something strange happened....
· storytelling
Katti and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance
That thumb, the stupid angutha, the one which appears on Thums Up bottles and nowadays keeps fiddling with blackberry, goes near the incisors and gets itself a...
· india
Brand or Fad
Nokia as India's most trusted brand... naah [Brand Equity Survey]. I mean my last 3 phones have been Nokia and I just love them still I don't feel for they...
· personal
Fake it till you make it
Sometime in mind 90's I was sitting in my school auditorium with friends waiting for the swamiji to come. He used to come every year and used to interact with...
· personal
Simplicity and Chaos
From the time is was a Rs. 6 green fatty-boxed luxury, to the Rs. 10 yellow slim box regularity, Frooti has been one of my favorite brands. Why do I love it?...
· travel
Block 83
When you leave school for college, a million things run in your mind, staying away from your family for the first time, the kind of people you will end up...
· food
Plum-esh
Plum cakes, those brilliant ones which Anthony uncle used to bring to our house on Christmas when I was a kid, mostly all of us had it during Christmas season...
· cricket
Well Left
Gone are the awesome days of test cricket, when Dravid just used to leave it on its way, even God did it but Dravid was much more elegant in leaving the...
· personal
it waSP
Remember talcum power, packed in those nice Cuticura boxes and pink Ponds dabbas. Throughout the year we just loved to sprinkle tonnes of it, for many mothers...
· food
Lonely Nuts
Consider a pack of peanuts, crunchy roasted salted ones, the kind of which are awesome with alcohol, or the kind of which come from Bharuch in Gujarat, not...
· cinema
Desi Ud
Its been a long time since I wrote about a movie. But Udaan is something which certainly deserves a "writing". Udaan reminded me of a zillion things, although...
· cinema
Simple Things again...
Its awesome, the feel of having simply cooked jeera fused daal & chawal after a week of nonsense eating. Pizzas, subway, manglorean style chicken gravy, dosas,...
· storytelling
Left Behind Part 2
Down there, next to the hot fish plate and shiny gravels, she just lies there, she belonged to someone stupid, someone ever so simple, disturbed, but happy at...
· storytelling
Bachpan ka Hawww, Bani Jawani Ki awww...
Remember when we were kids and, - Someone fired an abuse like the dreaded S Word - Someone's pant dropped by mistake - Someone choked up after going on...
· storytelling
Being Chintu
/ Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;...
· cricket
Sorry to say but they surely are...
During Hero Cup I liked them but Sachin ended them in that historic over;1996 I was fascinated by them: by Jonty, by Cronje, by Donald, but Lara did them; 1999...
· food
The Story of Indian Railway Cutlet
Have you ever noticed Bhartiya Railway- “Aapki Sewa main” (Indian Railway- In Your Service) written in small circles on the berths in railway coaches. The only...
· personal
Missing Ones...
6th Oct 2010 My birthday in 2 days, Hyderabad (maybe not) has been a nice good city, minus few of things which were an awesome part of my life few months back....
· storytelling
The Times of Holi - Edition 1
Sometime in 1996, somewhere in Chhattisgarh “Bhaiya kuch fugge (balloon) dena, arre yeh nahi, who paani waale” “Lo Beta, 5rs ke 100, rang wagera chahiye” ...
· food
What Having Fun was... What it is?
Comes from my conversations with few buddies... mix of their and my incidents :) As a Kid having a cold drink was fun. I still remember the time when my dad...
· personal
Left Behind
Once upon a time, there used to be this colony of around 200 ants. They had been living together, happily for around a year and a half now next to a small...
· storytelling
कहानी २५ पैसे के बोरकुट की
On all those cycle journeys back from school me, my namesake and few more friends spent most of our time chit-chatting, drinking water from my Milton bottle...
· storytelling
Reliving छब्बीस जनवरी
Happy Republic Day. Enjoyed a wonderful morning today at college, all the National Events tend to be extremely pleasing events, and as I felt today if it was...
· personal
Learnings from MBA- Part I
The best thoughts hit when you are sitting on the toilet seat. Suddenly realized how much disconnected from the world I have become sitting there today. Many...
· cricket
खेल,इन्टरनेट और हम
कुछ बाराह साल का था मैं, जब मैंने पहली बार भगवान् को देखा, वो नीले रंग का मुकुट पहेनता था अपने घुंघराले बालो के ऊपर, और एक भारी लकड़ी की गदा थी उसके पास, और...
· personal
भेडचाल
बदलाव हमारे अन्दर होता है। बदलाव निरंतर है और उससे रोकने का शायद ही को कोई उपाय होगा। पर क्या मैं बदलना चाहूँगा? कुछ वर्षो पहले तक मुझे कुछ पता नही था की मैं...
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A Night at Lodhivali
/ Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;...
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मदन - कहानी एक Pub की
Starring Chipu ( I have decided to write a book on the life and times of this guy) Rattu Bhussu And Dandit Mimpy Bho-Bho-ti Pat-rick Nippu Friendly Appearance...
· cinema
Yellow
All characters in this story are fictional and bear no resemblance to anyone dead or living 2005 After the great Mumbai floods engineers were repairing the...
· storytelling
Another Kiddie incident
Posted one long back on Kids. Today was time for another classic incident:) Words from a 6th Class Kiddo on the car backseat, "Virginity is a man's gift to...
· personal
life with an addict...
He was happy, used to talk while he slept, but apart from them, quite Ok. Used to loose apetite once in a while, but apart form that, Ok. He thought smoking is...
· travel
Of things Artificial, and those Natural
Love being Natural? Yes you would say, but are we ever natural! On an auto ride with my friend in Delhi we debated the artificial vs. natural thing like never...
· storytelling
The Times of Navratri- Edition 4
Sometime in 2008, Mumbai J Midterms, horrible they are. I always thought the worst gets over after coming to a b-school, this is over and above worst. Midterms...
· travel
The Times of Navratri- Edition 2
Sometime in 2002, somewhere in Gujarat Hostel life, weird quizzes & scary electronics course make up my life nowadays. Although I am enjoying riding cycle...
· storytelling
The Times of Navratri- Edition 1
Sometime in 1998, somewhere in Chattisgarh Navratri is the best time of the year. Like yesterday I left from home at around 5 PM. After our customary cricket...
· personal
Back to Regular stuff...
As tonight's super-heavy, super-aweFome Gujju/Rajasthani dinner struggles to sink in my belly I can't help thinking about the past few days. After a trimester...
· storytelling
is this the end???
Is this the end of the much thought of Small City Dreams, or is it just another passing phase. Past few months have been the most boring in my life, I am...
· personal
Last Week
I have worked for two years, but sometimes a week can be heavier than that and much much longer than that. Some happiness followed by tonnes of feedback,...
· cricket
Me Too...
While writing this short writeup on Me Too Brands, I realise its already 03:52 AM. Me Too is sad today because, 1) India out of T20 World Cup 2) India out of...
· food
चाय की टपरी
सबसे अच्छी चाय कभी किसी कैफ़े में नहीं मिलती। वो सड़क के किनारे मिलती है।
· personal
Speaking as someone else...
Every new stage in the life introduces you to lot of new things. This one has brought an environment cultural shifts, a maturity level in establishing...
· personal
Influencing People and all the other things...
It can be an extremely simple act, you want people to do what you want, to induce yourself in them. All of you which is Good, Bad or Ugly tries to penetrate...
· personal
Ghajini-isation of my once famous memory
It pays to do an MBA, but we part with things to do it too. Money, Sleep and now memory top the list of my key take-aways from this course. Once called...
· travel
Short and Sweet Holi :)
10-11:15 Am on 11th Mar'09 Shortest Holi ever for me, it started and ended pretty soon. But we won. We won over the Kala Bandar of exams, quizzes, tension of...
· storytelling
कॉमिक्स और हमारा बचपन
लुईस कैरोल की एलिस को कल्पना के उस अद्भुत संसार में जाने के लिए खरगोश महाशय के घर का रास्ता नापना होता था लेकिन मुझे (याने जब में बच्चा था) या मेरे जैसे कई...
· storytelling
Hardly anything great to Talk about...or maybe
When I used to read Naresh's blog while he was doing MBA I always thought it is surely something which I will enjoy. Talking about things which we {include...
· storytelling
Vada-Pav, Totos and ... Girls :)
Vada Pav is God's Own Food in Mumbai. Have gulped thousands of them since being in Mumbai, it comes in various formats and my favorite one is one near NM (Vile...
· storytelling
Who Enjoys It?
Some are doing it, some do not. I always seem to fall in the latter. They do different things, different activities and seem to enjoy it all. For me somehow...
· storytelling
10 Hour Sleep...Kidding Ain't You!!!
Tired mind, tired soul, tired body, sitting in a lecture and looking at the red layer forming on my eyes is a habit now, it was the same tomorrow, my friend...
· cricket
A Part of me Died
Dada, Dada will never ever play again. After the post lunch victory, reality has just started sinking in. It has been eight hours after that historic victory...
· cinema
Sunny Paaji da Tashan :)
It all started with Quark again showing his appreciation for Cinema which only few like us appreciate :). Here he learns from the greatest fighters in Tamil...
· cricket
Bye-Bye Jumbo
18 years, for 18 years they waited that he will turn the bowl, and he didn't. Anil Kumble was never the conventional spinner, one who turns the bowl much,...
· storytelling
City 3-tier
After two and a half months at SP, it seems I have slowly started realizing the fact that most my bakbak, most of my stupid and sometimes interesting jokes...
· personal
Theory of Sleep Management
The best thing you learn at a B-School is "Time Management"Ok, there were so many MBA's out there who said that to me. But that was before I joined a B-School,...
· travel
First month at...
I am a month old in this MBA thing today, just woke up to the sound of the Jhaaduwaala on a lazy Thursday morning. The only day that I remember nowadays, about...
· travel
Bye Bye Bangalore
It's Game Over Bangalore. 14th June' 2006- 16th May'2008 So bye bye to my first job, to all those Hot Idlis, Dosas and Coffees, Mysore Pak :), Super Expensive...
· personal
Pyar-Shyar Waali Thappi
Although I don't pass on this Tag thing much and seldom indulge into it but still pick up this one from Cuckoo, simply because I enjoy reading whatever she...
· cinema
Baap Ka Suroor
A Post which confusingly switches between Bollywood, issue of Female foeticide, killing of Girl Child, the practice of Dowry all packaged with a tribute to the...
· cinema
[Kareena Kode]
/ Class which represents the Indian Actress Kareena Kapoor / class Kareena extends Kapoor implements OverActing{ public Kareena(){ super(); //calls super...
· india
If only the Reservations were...
a bit more flexible. I mean look at the transformation Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav has brought to Train Reservations. Although the IRCTC web site is slow, lacks a...
· cricket
Bye-Bye Gilly
India Won just 10 mins back, something which overshadowed completely the last match of Gilchrist, one of my favorite cricketer. It has been a great career, too...
· personal
Connect DA-IICT
As people who have gone through what you are going through today, we have learnt our lessons through our own share of success and failures. Now, we the Alumni...
· personal
Sales Pitch
I was formally introduced to this concept by someone from my company's sales team during my assimilation. Although over the period I have realised that...
· storytelling
Angrezi aur main...
Class 4th-5th It all started with that, we were given some sort of scholar badges and all (for consistent performances with a particular score in core...
· cricket
Jai DADA …Cuck Fhappell...Shappell Cucks...
Dada showed all of us what great player he is, along with Yuvi he broke records and showed people like Dravid and Chappell how great he is. I think now its...
· personal
Dreaded S-Word
1993 two kids from class 3 fighting as Abhishek watches on (still be christened with any of the present day nicknames). bippu- saale kutte kahi ke??? ritesh-...
· travel
Small City Dreams
An unshaved face, a stinking jeans, a dirty t-shirt, Kapil's wrist watch, drinking frooti just before it, this and a whole lot of superstitions, nothing...
· cricket
मैं राहुल द्रविड़, भूले तो नहीं ??
मैं राहुल द्रविड़, भूले तो नहीं ?? जो हुआ जैसे हुआ, बहुत बुरा लगता था ... पर अब मैं तें में वापस आने के लीये बहुत मेहनत कर रहा हूँ. कया पता...
· personal
Billi aur Chooha
Read this, Billi aur Choooha Not another Tom and Jerry though...:)
· personal
And it changed at last...
New look DAIICT website is up and running... Nothing is better than a change and that too after 6 years of same old boorish(as in clumsy) bluish tinge haunting...
· personal
23
- A prime number - the smallest with consecutive digits ...- Number on the T-Shirt of Michael Jordan, and off late David Beckham ...- Number of Chromosomes we...
· cricket
Bhains Ki Taang, We Won!!!
It was the Great Indian Wet Dream, having an India-Pakistan WorldCup final, and surely proved to be one. Starting with the resolution this tournament has been...
· cricket
the resolution
Our resolution is so strong that India will win for sure!!! Gandhi tried it, so did Ronaldo, now its our turn to do it for our Team...May India win. Jai Dada,...
· cinema
the two month itch...
Almost two months without a blog post...horrible. I haven't been busy at all, because being busy means - watching movies every week, going for food outings in...
· personal
Ashtumaadi, 8 facts waalah tag done...
Tagged by Steve and Naresh, I thought I better fullfill this one (I missed the last one I was tagged with). The title is Ashtumaadi a term quite often used by...
· personal
Long Live the Aam Aalsi Aadmi
If R.K.Laxman gave The Common Man (Aam Aadmi) to World, we give the world the Aam Aalsi Aadmi. Some of the charecteristics of AAA, - He is Aam, Aam as in Aam-...
· food
Dahi Vade and Women
An excerpt from the conversation between Pushpa and Urmila(Bindiya Goswmi) from the 1979 Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic GolMaal. Pushpa: Le Dahi Vade kha le...
· travel
Bahut kuch ho raha hai...
Its been a while since I have blogged at length, I mean they haven't been one -liners as posted on the quark, but not much of self-generated data (don't take...
· travel
Happy Anniversary
For one year in Bangalore and one year at work...I thought I would be out of Bangalore till now, but its ok. Maybe next year! Things have started turning a bit...
· personal
Appraisal
Had an internal appraisal last week carried out by few of my friends. Process was kicked off by quark. Got some good enough comments, - A man with a lot of...
· personal
Padhai
Thodi si, a bit of it, it is difficult but kya kare... In school people could have easily related the act of Padhai with me. I enjoyed padhai, it was just...
· technology
Quark's Law
Moore's law, Murphy's Law, this law, that law. Now comes Quark's Law...!!! read more | digg story Technorati Tags: Technology
· storytelling
Kids are the Future, they know it !!!
Date 13th May’2002 Train Bangalore-Delhi Rajdhani Express AC III Tier Passengers Pattu (that is me, school nickname), Addu and Niddu Travel Purpose Journey...
· personal
Liverpool Jeetega
Hope Steven Gerrad(my favourite football player) and his boys do it again. Last time it was a miracle, hoping for such kind of a game again. But somewhere...
· india
Taj Mahal Needs a Facial
Great, even Taj Mahal gets into the Shahnaz Hussain regime. Read this news on Time- The Taj Mahal Needs a Facial. Interesting way to resolve the chores of...
· books
Stuck in Book Traffic courtesy Ms. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand is surely a genius. She has made a mess out of my reading habits. I am no way a book addict like pingu but I have read some 30 odd books in the 11...
· india
Kalam Chacha- Tussi Na Jao
One of my friends today sent me a link to vote (some kind of a online petition) to let APJ Abdul Kalam, the honorable President of the India to stick to his...
· cricket
Fir Jeet Gayi Australia
3 and still no one to stop (img soure: ndtv.com) It’s finally over, after a two month old, not so fascinating exercise, the cup ended in hands of deserving...
· cricket
Gillu Bhai Jio!!!
Gilchrist is awesome. His 149 proved that he is one of the bestest player of our generation and he is one of my personal favourites too. Among the Bestest of...
· personal
Desi aur Uski Pyari Billi
Billi Do Hazaar Saat Ek Lagan Nayi Sawaal- Billi Do Hazaar Che main kya hua, diya kyon nahi? Jawaab- No Comments! Sawaal-Kya is baar Fotu Chipkega? Jawaab- Ji...
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Girls just Love me, and boys love ...
"Girls Just Love Me" and boys love Jamola (couldn't think of another name which won't be offensive to anyone) If you know me as desh, click here If you know me...
· technology
Google vs. God
'Google can't satisfy every search'... Got this one from digg, just to emphasize that Google ain't the end of world. Also check out the comments on the...
· personal
Shilpa Shetty and a loose gere
Everyone likes this girl, she is quite beautiful, we all know that. And Richrad Gere has always enjoyed on-screen with really beautiful ladies ( me and my...
· personal
Sanjaya and Shakira
Don't you see similarities, Ok, that was the Cock's Crown hair-do, but in general the hair do resemble. I mean just the Hair-Do's, so now we get to know where...
· cinema
Shakalaka boom boom: Aaaa Thhuuu
Its better if this thing falls on your head, Rather than you watching this, But one should take a note that even shit has some purpose, but movies like...
· storytelling
It was IIT time again...
Yesterday was IITJEE day. This time 2.5 lakh people appeared for it compared to 1.5 lakh which sat for screening when I gave it. Nice to read that they gave a...
· personal
Grindhouse
Tarantino movies are generally a tough enough nut to crack. Whether be it the Pulpy fiction he created or the Reservoir Dogs he went off with. Sometimes it...
· personal
Laughter
Received this one as a forward today. Nice picture. Technorati Tags: Photo, Laughter
· storytelling
I Broke the Vow the Night India lost...
This thing getting blogged a couple of weeks later after it happened. Ok something finally went inside after a gap of almost 3 months(last time it happened)....
· travel
Off to Ooty for weekend
The last time I visited Ooty I was a kid I think so I don't remember a bit about the place. But going this weekend on a Team Outing with my mates at workplace...
· cricket
Cricket Without India: naahhhhhh
Black Friday changes its meaning with every passing day. Last Friday could be a subject of a another movie though of yet another tragedy. Movie is a distant...
· travel
The MTR way...
After the horrendous loss of India on Friday, the weekend was surely going to be a dud. Morning I woke up thinking that whatever I saw on friday night was a...
· cricket
Its Prayer Time...!!!
No pre-match discussions, no predictions, no prophecies, its time to pray Let us pray so that we don't become Sri Lankan Lion's prey; A prayer from heart is...
· personal
As the Work gets boring
Where the Mind has grown Mindless And the head droops down by Sleep; Where knowledge is free but useless Where the World has been broken up into fragments by...
· personal
Mungaru Male- Rains were never so good…
A girl, a boy, great songs, amazing locations, a pet rabbit tuning up the climax, all this creates an image of a typical-regular-common sorta movie. But if a...
· personal
Another Valentine's Day
Ek aur nikal gaya... Yesterday ironically I was reading Love Poems by Taslima Nasrin. But this year is to be different, look at my new year resolutions :)...
· cricket
Unusual Cricket Happenings
Aaj Kya ho Gaya Yaar...!!! India Lost...!!! Ok thts normal, tht happens, tht has been happening, me damn happy with Dada's performance though. New Dada Rocks....
· personal
Salaam-e-Ishq, Guru, Me and my blog...
When I logged in today and saw last post on Jan 12 I said OMG, what has happened? Sure I kept a hell lotta busy in the month of January’07. It was too much,...
· personal
Coorg Pics in.....finally
Will blog about it later, right now just this one, Ok there was no girl with us, but who is she???
· personal
In search of of a new look'n'feel for blog
I want to change it, not any of those hand-picked from internet thingies but something nice, light and fresh. But loads of other work too. Any suggestions from...
· travel
New Year Party'07
Ok finally some time to blog. A party to remember for sure, simply much more than its alcoholic content in Character and night full of regular stuff we did in...
· storytelling
So so so many things to blog...
Me in college, me in Gandhinagar and feels great, that drying heat in the afternoon, and that freezingly cold chill at night, R-World and Mohan Dhaba to...
· personal
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year to all who visit here. And also to those who don't...:) Keep visiting next year too, and hope me will keep writing next year too.
· personal
The year That was...
I dunno what churns out posts in retrospect but as it is surely lot of things happen which need to be remembered. Last sem in college, lots of timepass,...
· cinema
Babumoshay...
Off late it has been too late in office, rather not too late but more than often lots of things jamming up my mind. I feel tired than anything else. Though had...
· cricket
Going crazy about Ganguly's comeback
Dada is back to international stage too with a 50, with all others batsmen failing its Dada , the only one to show some good batting(leave Tendulkar the god...
· cricket
And he is back...
And no one was much happier than me. Dada's 83 against Rest of South Africa marks the comeback of the great player. Pathan also scored a hundred, maybe it's...
· cricket
Back to DADAGiri!!!
Sourav Ganguly is back. But how can a person who was dropped on charges of underperforming, come back to Indian team. His recall is strange but still an...
· cinema
Dhoom 2oo Good
Half way into the movie my friend suggests best GUI ever, I agree. Movie ends, a sneezing coughing already choked for air me, comes out of the theatre into the...
· cricket
Hu Ha India...gaya India!!!
I don't know why we always pin hopes on our boys. Maybe its blind optimism. Maybe it's the hope that show us( or the ads). Anyway South Africa tours have been...
· cricket
Another Sachin and Kambli !!!
Just came across this article from Mohandas Menon, Sachin-Kambli record eclipsed When about 19 years back two Acherakar boys from Mumbai's Shardashram had a...
· technology
Youtube Band for today
This is what I was just thinking about yesterday. What if Youtube shuts down for a while or forever what will happen to all me dependent blogposts. They are...
· cinema
Going crazy with Youtube...
This is too much. What a day. A bug fix, a community meet, my team's anniversary celebrations and some 30 odd videos on Youtube. I can say I am a Youtube...
· storytelling
I wanted to be here...
Last to last week I had a reunion at my place with all my college ke friends (40 of them) having a great time. But somehow I miss my school ki junta too much....
· storytelling
It's Children's Day ...!!!
It's 14th November. It's Chacha Nehru's Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY 14 years back in history me as a standard 2 student would have been receiving chocolates...
· storytelling
Michael Jackson khub royega ...:-)
When I first saw the Thriller video as a kid I swear I was scared. I still remember seeing it first time at my Dad's friend house eating Salted Pistacho's when...
· cinema
Shiv Visvanathan goes on and on and on...
My four years in college were nothing without the presence of my favourite profs, one of the most influential members of that list being Prof. Shiv Visvanthan....
· personal
Last few Days...Tough Ones
Coming Back from Home, SpiceJet, Good Air Hostess, No Food, Good biscuits, Landing, Bangalore Traffic, Coming to Office, Back to Work, JHATKA in the EVENING...
· sports
ULULACIÓN! Real Madrid ganada
Wow Real Won. 3rd Minute Raul scored. Sometime in the early minutes of Second half NistelRooy scored. And that was it. 2-0. Which could have been 4-2 or...
· storytelling
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Just today I saw a vintage Arsenal performance after so so many days. It was the same one touch football that Wegner had promoted all these years which was...
· cinema
Don Mast Hai...!!!
Not the Nayi one but the Purani one... Just saw it, was coming on some Hindi Movie channel. Was just wondering can Priyanka be as good as Zeenat. I hope she...
· cinema
Bollywood Celebrates With Don And Jaan-e-Mann
Like every year holiday season is back. Other than the country celebrating Diwali and Eid nowadays it’s about the big movies releasing on this weekend, and...
· storytelling
Vicious Circle of Social Reforms
I came across this strange Geometrical figure in secondary school through an Ogden Nash poem on Visit to Dentist. These are the lines from the poem “It’s going...
· cinema
Sholay - ab naye pack main !!!
Sholay is back. I will write about it later. Lots to write. I have been thinking about it. For now me a bit busy. So just the posters as of now. first the...
· personal
Hrishikesh Mukherjee - Simple movies, Simple life
This one appeared in my company's mag sometime last month...Ok one, I mean atleast it was much shorter than my previous one on football. I have to try keeping...
· personal
In the name of Language…
Language and the diversity of it is what we Indians cherish and are proud of. In my childhood sometime I heard that dialects in India change in every 30KM and...
· personal
Ek se Bhali Doosri...woh bhi do-do baar
It was beautiful, it was emotional, it was fun, it was enlightening, it was difficult to get into first but when you get in you have to get in twice, it was...
· personal
Do I talk too much?
I don’t think so. But still last week I realized that I do talk too much. I mean knowing about things is OK but burbling everything out is not so OK at times....
· personal
Bye Bye Schumi...
Yesterday he told everyone that he will quit at the end of this season. Enough to get my attention back to a sport which I had stopped following like crazy...
· personal
Inflation and Inhalation
Inflation for me was rise of prices before. Now it’s like rise of prices when I have started earning. This is not dad’s money anymore. New definition can be...
· personal
Lage Raho Mamu log...
Ae Bhai hua kya ... Mamu Log Munna aur Circuit fir aa rela hai. Mamu log sab maze karo. Pichle baar jab yeh lab sabka mamu kiya tha apun pura sixer maare tha...
· personal
What to Blog???
Cartoon by Dave Walker. This was the mood I am in most of the days. I found this great Cartoon Blog which allows you to put its cartoons on your blog.
· personal
KANK, Narayan Murthy and CAT
All the three entities are quite disjoint but predictably they come from me, I mean as always confusing and quite blurb. KANK Most of the people me have been...
· travel
Bangalore and my Belly
I was instructed by my favourite professor at college before leaving. Abhishek better look at your weight. Well I have been following him and looking after it....
· personal
Of football and beyond
Writing doesn’t necessarily give me pleasure. But it does when you write something on a topic which interests you a lot and you get appreciated for it. This...
· cinema
DDLJ...revisited
Next week Kabhi alvida ... is coming out. For a change me planning to go to PVR this time rather than my favourite hall in Bangalore ( Kamkhya @Rs 35). One...
· personal
I write rubbish…but still throwing rubbish is better than storing it
I started this blog may be for the fourth or fifth time in March, wrote a couple of posts than off it goes again. The thing is that I can’t stick to a single...
· personal
quite a random story
Wrote this thing about 2 months back. held this back due to IP issues. I mean it was his assignment which was outsourced to me. Gosh I have been into this shit...
· personal
Reservation- Another post on Nightmares
Couple of days people jammed up outside this boys room in my hostel wing . His name is Arjun Singh. Seems that I have heard it somewhere else too. This is...
· personal
The nightmare called Television Commentary
1998 Coca Cola Cup- India vs Australia in the finals at Sharjah. 1999 The ICC World Cup- South Africa vs Australia at Headingly 2006 South Africa vs Australia...
· personal
qu'est dans le nom? Whats in the name?
Name....a right name...the search for it kept me away from this act for so long... Well thought about many finally zeroed on this one. Many reasons. Most of...