Archive for December, 2008
The Bhaiyya Network
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's anti-BIMARU immigrant onslaught in Mumbai is a thing of the past, or is simmering under the surface waiting for the right time to rear its ugly head again, given the recent events caused in the city of my birth by people from across the border. However, these incidents of attacks on the people from Bihar, UP, [...]
Elephunk
December 2008 has proven to be a considerable down-time so far as uploading posts on my website is concerned. There's been a multitude of reasons for that, and a lack of enthusiasm or a lack of content to post isn't part of the reason. I'm done with the rider's docket for the Tour of Nilgiris, and after a few more modifications by the TFN team, [...]
Absent-Minded Bike Rider
After having posted enough and more about my bike riding forays, and having cycled through all the bylanes of Bangalore and having visited every place except Whitefield and Majestic on it during the time I have placed my bum on its saddle, I finally took the plunge to ride the bike to my office. I've worked for a month or so towards ensuring [...]
“Geographies” and “Based Out Of”
Ever since I joined work four years ago, I've heard the following two expressions being used in a manner that I find weird / counter-intuitive compared to how I'd heard them being used conventionally on previous occasions. The first one is the usage of the term 'Geography' as a noun to refer to a particular region of the world. I'd remained [...]
What is the point of it all?
Following my post on how we should come to terms with the concept of collateral damage if we're ever to retaliate effectively against terrorism, I've noticed another trend that I wanted to write about. As I type this post out, there are solidarity marches being held in major Indian cities including my very own, with people gathering in huge [...]
My Cousin’s Wedding and Other Stories
Well, I made up the other stories part so you'd start reading, but I wouldn't hold it against you if you were to just close the window. So, on Saturday evening, I left Bangalore for Mangalore via train and returned on Monday morning. It had been almost two years since I had visited Mangalore, and that was in January 2007 for the wedding of a [...]
Star Wars Happy Meal Toys at McDonalds
When I was cleaning my house in Bangalore the other day, I took out a lot of arbit stuff that had accumulated in the show case. Out went a lot of old irrelevant papers, the CDs that lay strewn about were packed neatly into a pouch, and some of the other stuff that I kept in there merely because space was available was then placed appropriately in [...]
