Archive for October, 2006
I Have Read That Somewhere
Posted on October 30, 2006 - Filed Under blog
The title of this post is with reference to a book that has been written by a certain Aswath Venkataraman, who, according to wikipedia is “the author of the book I Have Read That Somewhere. A Tamil Brahmin hailing from Ranchi, Jharkhand, Aswath has lived in Bangalore in the recent past, having done his graduation [...]
Read More..>>Urban Travelling
Posted on October 19, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Come this long Diwali weekend, a whole lot of people from Bangalore who are residents of places elsewhere are getting ready to take that long train/bus/plane/bullock cart journey back home, hoping to spend substantial quality time with their near and dear ones.
This is one of the phenomena that I have come to observe with irritating [...]
Fortune cookies…pah!!!
Posted on October 9, 2006 - Filed Under blog
“Your love life will be happy and harmonious.”
Thus sayeth my orkut profile’s ‘fortune for the day’.
I hate such shit for the simple reason that my socialist inclinations refuse to believe that such a statement is egalitarian.
What about all those that are single and have no such thing as a love life?
What about those [...]
The Importance of Being Hari Sadu
Posted on October 9, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Not so long ago, Circa April 1983 AD, something happened that changed the course of my life forever.
I was born.
As is an obvious ritual among most Hindu families, there was a naming ceremony held for the then-new born kid, whose parents were hoping that he’d be the apple of their eye. The apple, it turned [...]