Posts Tagged ‘Mumbai’
The Bhagavad Gita’s Message
"When all other means have failed and it is necessary to protect one’s borders, wives, children and culture, war can become Dharma." Lord Krishna's message to Arjuna before the battle of Kurukshetra, when he was in a dilemma regarding whether or not he should take up arms is something that we can learn from even in our present day [...]
Mumbai Attacks and Collateral Damage
Two days into the stand-off between our forces and the terrorists, we're an angry bunch of people. The sheer audacity of the acts perpetrated by the terrorists has left many of us rubbing our eyes in disbelief. However, once the reality has set in, and we've become aware of the gravity of the situation, the customary distance we'd tend to keep [...]
Citizen Matters
Citizen Matters Author Page The list below is not exhaustive, and will be updated as and when more stuff is published. Article on Sunday Jams in Bangalore - Music lovers of Bangalore may miss their monthly dose of original music in earnest, unless the Sunday Jammers get back their 'Music Strip' in Cubbon park and are allowed to tune in [...]
Social Experiments on Techies
Having seen the Dark Knight for the second time with Kodhi at PVR, I was thinking about the concept of social experimenting on techies to see how many of them get off their high horses if they're given enough incentive to do the same. I am targetting techies because I like making fun of myself. There, I just absolved myself from all vitriol [...]
Screw the Terrorists
"The blasts seem to be low in intensity, it could've been much worse" - is one of the statements that is flying around right now, aside from speculations regarding the number of explosions, their precise locations and the number of casualties. Our office has reported that employees need to stay put in order not to get caught in the panic that is [...]
Serial Bomb Blasts in Bangalore
A lazy friday afternoon at the office, which was going to be spent watching the clock until it was time for me to head back to Mysore was suddenly transformed into one that shocked all and sundry with the news of serial explosions that have taken place in Bangalore. From what has been stated across multiple websites and TV channels, the blasts [...]
Dorky Guffaw – the Chick Flick God
Dorky Guffaw is a Chick Flick stud, according to Monkee. So much so, that to augment his already tarred and feathered reputation vis-a-vis aforementioned genre of movies, he's also been privy to a surprise birthday present, details of which will be presented later in the post.Dorky Guffaw had been to Mumbai in the last week of November 2007. This [...]
Goodbye Stranger, Its Been Nice
In all probability, this is the last post in my blog for 2007. I had written a somewhat senti post a year ago about how friends are moving on, while I still seem to be running hard just to stay in the same place. This is a personal post of sorts, and if you aren't really keen on reading it, you've been warned. (My own 'cute' Caveat [...]
