Archive for May, 2008
Election Day Diary (Part 3 – Early Start)
On election day, our family has this habit of waking up early in order to go vote en masse at the polling booth. It is probably due to the fact that all the four voting members of our family have consecutive serial numbers in the voters' list and we are quite concerned about making life easy for those election officials, who'd have quite a task of [...]
Election Day Diary (Part 4 – Indelible Ink Stories)
As a kid, when I saw my folks return from the polling booth after voting, the indelible ink stain on their left index finger seemed to me an important indication of their having exercised their fundamental right. This was around the time we had the study of our fundamental rights and duties as part of the curriculum in Civics. Now, as I sit and [...]
Office Commute Rants
I tried out a new route to commute to my office today, instead of the regular Ring Road - Mysore Road - My Office path, which I have been on for more than three years now. On occasion I had heard of an alternate route of sorts, which was not plagued by traffic woes, the likes of which prompted me to write this. But that route, I had assumed was a [...]
Why Livejournal when Blogspot are there?
I think I've been asked this question about why I maintain a blog and a livejournal and not spew all my nonsense all at once place, by all the people who read this post which amounts to a grand total of 3 (trite old joke, I know it will not work this time around). However, I had an epiphany and I realized that I have finally found the answer to [...]
If I produced a reality TV show…..
While watching 'Last Comic Standing' on Star World on monday night, one brilliant idea just dawned upon me. As usual. What happens in that show, as does in most reality TV shows is that participants are eliminated, and in that long walk of shame that they embark upon when they leave the set of the show, the shot of them walking away is [...]
One Year of Dove Shampoo
I am glad I got rid of my ponytail, for more reasons than I can think of. Among the usual ones that include saving on time for grooming (not that it had any effect anyway, and was done merely for formality's sake), saving money on shampoo and conditioner and life being more comfortable, I have now discovered one more reason for being thankful [...]
Midway through the IPL
The IPL is half done, and the way things are going, Bangalore Royal Challengers seem to be on their way to getting thumped royally. I had started watching the games with the intent of supporting the Royal Challengers, and then providing support subsequently to the teams based on their distance from Bangalore. Kings XI Punjab is consequently my [...]
A One Stop Solution to Bangalore’s Traffic Woes
Are you ready for this? This idea is pure gold, but you have to remember that you cannot make an omlette without breaking eggs, and on a similar note , you cannot enforce traffic rules in Bangalore without having a few heads roll. Small price to pay for regulated and smooth flowing of traffic in the city. There are three main issues that plague [...]
