Archive for December, 2006
The Accident
Posted on December 27, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Two years and four months after starting work and residing in Bangalore, I experienced my first accident.
Travelling along Ulsoor road via Dickinson road at 11-15 PM at night, headed to Indiranagar, the auto I was travelling in turned on its right and fell ,as the driver aimed at trying to swerve to avoid a qualis [...]
An Eventful Day
Posted on December 19, 2006 - Filed Under blog
December 14th 2006 was among the most eventful days of my life.
There are a lot of days that just go by with a whimper or with a very limited number of salient points that make it worth remembering for a long time to come. Thankfully, such days have almost been relegated to oblivion with [...]
Ayohdya: 14 years beyond
Posted on December 6, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Fourteen years ago, the Babri Masjid was demolished, leading to widespread communal riots in our country and Mani Ratnam laughing all the way to the bank a few years afterwards with his movie ‘Bombay’, in which Manisha Koirala looked absolutely lovely.
The events that took place on that day have repercussions on the Indian psyche even [...]
Van Halen and Hindu Philosophy
Posted on December 6, 2006 - Filed Under blog
Having hopped onto the Art of Living bandwagon by embarking on their basic course this week, I noticed one peculiar thing that seemed quite unusual and worth LJing about.
I listen to ‘right now’ by Van Halen on a regular basis, specially when I am down. Nowadays, with a dismal CAT performance behind me, it seems [...]