Posts Tagged ‘Mumbai’
2010: The Year That Was – Part 2
A self-imposed limit on the size of blog-posts has led to me breaking down extremely lengthy posts into two or more parts, as the occasion demands it. The story so far documents the highlights of my life and times in the first half of 2010 with the rest to follow here onwards. July 2010: June 2010 made me realize that the feeling of [...]
Earthquake Times
Early on Wednesday morning at about 2 AM, I was up watching season 2 of Californication and it was one of those episodes, like every other episode where David Duchovny's character was busy bonking someone. As soon as he began his bonking activities, the bed I was lying in started quivering slightly, despite my not having moved an inch. For a [...]
Settling in Blues
Its been a while since I have blogged. After the funny incident involving the cops at the Jor Bagh metro station, things have been busy and hectic. With trips to Kerala, Mysore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and then to Israel, interspersed in between with work, I've not really had much time to do anything of note. In addition, I was asked to shift out of [...]
Swarathma Launches Debut Album
One of India's leading folk-rock-fusion bands, Swarathma, has launched its album in the first week of January. Being the former manager of the band, it gives me immense pleasure to inform you dedicated readers (3 of you in all) that the album will be available online in a short while. In the meanwhile if you are either in Mumbai or Delhi, [...]
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 [...]
Compulsory Military Service
In the light of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, our government, our intelligence, our security forces and the public will probably end up doing a lot of introspection and soul-searching, in order to try and find ways of dealing with such situations. Sometimes, one gets to wonder what the outcome of these attacks would've been had our civilian [...]
Paranoia Sets In
The first time after the Bangalore serial blasts, I had to head towards Majestic to a bookstore to pick up a few text books for my sister. This was about a week after July 25th '08, and as I alighted from the bus and walked up on the bridge that leads towards the Majestic theatre side of the bus stand, despite the fact that I was listening to [...]
