Archive for September, 2006
Underneath the Sky
Posted on September 29, 2006 - Filed Under blog
A somewhat impromptu trip to western Norway brought me to this cute little town called Bergen where I spent the weekend at, checking the fjords out on my way and on the way back as well, taking two different routes to and from Oslo.
Since the trip was sort of unplanned, and it was intended that [...]
Linguistic Conundrums
Posted on September 29, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Just the other day, a friend of mine, the same guy who had put haircut on tuesday for me wanted me to write something in Hindi for his wife, to impress her and to kindle her romantic spirit.
How successful he would have been with his romantic enterprise, given the fact that she is eight [...]
Fights Galore!
Posted on September 26, 2006 - Filed Under blog
A news story last evening that I saw showed the conflict between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum.
Kasargod district, sandwiched between Kerala and Karnataka also has been part of a border dispute.
What difference does it make which state these districts belong to? People can still move about freely since both are soverign parts of our [...]
Airavat vs Rajhamsa
Posted on September 26, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Airavat – originally the name of Indra’s white elephant, that he had stolen from Thailand.
Now, Airavat – name of restaurant on Mysore road just beyond RV college that us cheap ones used to frequent until they hiked up prices by 40%. Now they’re on the verge of bankruptcy due to the absence of our patronage.
Also, [...]
A walk up the hill
Posted on September 25, 2006 - Filed Under blog
For the past two months, I have made up my mind about sticking to this routine of walking up Chamundi hills along the steps and then coming back down the same way, once a week, each saturday that I can be at home in Mysore.
There is no better kick for an unwilling-out-of-place techie, than to [...]
Leave the dead alone
Posted on September 22, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Another tearful reunion with the television after a long time.
This time it was not because of the absence of a television at the hotel that I stayed in, it was more of a content based longing. When everything is either in French or Norwegian or Swedish, and there is no nude womans on TV, [...]