Posts Tagged ‘Bangalore’
A Novel Way to Punish Traffic Offenders
Enough and more has been said by me about the traffic offenders of Bangalore city. I've been very unrealistic in the past, and have prescribed capital punishment in the form of public execution on certain occasions at traffic signals for people who commit grave offences. But now, after some significant introspection, I realize that the [...]
Iron Maiden : February 2009, Bangalore
This is big news, for obvious reasons. Iron Maiden, our pantheon of Gods bless them, is coming to India for the third time in three years, and I still have the fondest memories of March 17th 2007 as among the best concerts I've been to. In any case, Iron Maiden is performing in Bangalore again on the 15th of February next year, and that has [...]
And the Lay-Offs Begin……
In case you weren't yet aware, the recession has hit the IT industry. Pretty badly. Forget all the sugar-coating fundaes that Dr.Manmohan Singh has given us about how things are bad but will get better. If global trends are any indication, lay-offs will, like every other trend perpetuated by our western civilizations, hit Indian shores [...]
The Longest Bike Ride
Every weekday, when our band has to practise, I have to travel a total distance of about thirty six kilometres from my office on Mysore Road, all the way till Vignana Nagar in Kaggadasapura. My friend's bike, which I am in possession of when he is in the US, has been extremely useful for me in order to undertake this long and perilious journey [...]
Obama v/s McCain
I was greeted this morning with the newspaper headline on Deccan Chronicle saying (and I paraphrase) 'Omaba might create history', and it went on to say how opinion polls strongly indicate that he is pitted to be the next US President. There were similar opinion polls and premature celebrations that had taken place eight years ago, when a [...]
Of Photo Shoots, Railway Stations and A Greedy Cop
On Sunday, 2nd November 2008, the members of our band Arth and our friend Shrenik headed to the KR Puram railway station on Old Madras Road in order to get some photos that we intend to put up wherever we need band photographs. We're looking at demo CD cover material, when we're ready to come out with more songs that we're totally comfortable [...]
Another Bum on the Saddle
After having put up this post in January this year, and having engaged in premature celebrations after having placed an order for a bike that still hasn't turned up, I finally zeroed in on this bike and picked it up over the past weekend. I know this post has more links than my (updated) blogroll does, but then again, major excitement are there [...]
Mysore Rock Fest Day 2
After my previous post on the fact that every band needs a sound engineer, I decided to check out the second day of the Mysore Rock fest which was being held at Purple Haze here. Firstly, hats off to Anbumani Ramadoss for his smoking rule. The two pubs I've been to since the ban came into effect at the start of this month have provided good [...]
