‘blog’ Archives
The Peepli (Live) experience, Live!
Peepli (Live) is a brilliantly funny satirical movie where politicians and the media are ripped apart mercilessly. God knows they deserved it, and Anshu Rizvi has done a stunning job of giving them their just desserts in the face of all that we commoners have endured. I'm sure you've read reviews or heard enough about Peepli (Live) to read any [...]
Conspicuous Consumption Goodbye
When I was much younger, I was told of how North India is culturally different from where I was born and raised. I paid little heed to these words, simply because it was of no consequence to me. I had spent a third of my life in South India and it made little sense for me to deeply analyze something that I felt had no direct impact on my way of [...]
Weekends in the NCR
After moving out of home in 2004, Gurgaon is the third city that I have lived in after Bangalore and Hyderabad. In Bangalore, my weekend planning was initially governed by when I would leave the city to head to Mysore. When things settled in and I began discovering, exploring and understanding Bangalore, and eventually falling in love with the [...]
Of Writing and Travel and Travel Writing
There are many reasons why one would like to travel to a particular place. I can’t say for sure what motivates other people, but I am inspired to visit places that are on the cooler side (temperature-wise), that have rich history and culture, aren’t particularly crowded or over-run by the average ignoramus camera-toting, loud-mouthed [...]
A Weekend in Kasauli
A very wise person once told me, "There is a bright side to everything." There are proven instances that could possibly throw this statement out of the window, but they are more the exception than the norm. The bright side to enduring Gurgaon weather, dust and traffic (aside from all the good times one can actually have here) is that the NCR [...]
Public Transport in Gurgaon
One of the first things that I was told when I informed people that I would be living and working in Gurgaon from April onwards was that I needed my own transport and that the transport vehicle should preferably be a car, given how the heat and the dust and later, the cold would be unbearable on a two wheeler. Two months into living in Gurgaon, [...]
American Gods and Minor Chords
When I was in Bangalore to attend the Simian's wedding on 23rd May, I had time to kill between the wedding ceremony (which I went late for, thanks to horrendous traffic, only to eat the lunch served there like the shameless freeloader that I am) and the reception later in the evening. I then decided to indulge in my current favourite pastime, [...]
Notes About Nothing – The Gurgaon Chronicles Continued…
So I return yet again with a continuation of the 'Notes About Nothing' series, after spambots hogged my website bandwidth for the second month in a row. I was initially taken aback by the fact that I was getting 509-ed (getting a bandwidth exceeded error) despite having very poor traffic, but the use of some plug-ins will hopefully stem the [...]
