Have I grown old? The dreams for getting into roadies ended before starting. I could not even get into auditions. I don’t know why wish to sound like a loser as if I desire to garner some sympathy votes. But this sucked. All those years, I could not get into this because I was studyingContinue reading “Roadies”
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fun and work @ work place
There are two conflicting school of thoughts in my mind about balancing fun and work at work. One of my colleague reminded (because Siddharth had told me about the same sometime) me today of British or (generally) western style of working. Brits work only during office hours of 9-5 whatever is that time window ofContinue reading “fun and work @ work place”
Little conversation with Sardar Ji auto wale
I was struggling hard to reach Noida for the first time through this new route (yes, I did cross check it pronunciation on wordweb just now. And it did not sound as absurd in the American voice of wordweb as it bleeds when people in my office make pronunciation ) to India Gate. Here weContinue reading “Little conversation with Sardar Ji auto wale”
Affection for South Delhi
South Delhi What the hell is the deal with ‘South’? South of India has always been considered as the literate India. And indeed the culture of Bangalore is quite different than any north Indian city. Now I read this news that residents in South Delhi are planting saplings in the rainy season. I wonder whyContinue reading “Affection for South Delhi”
McDonaldisation!!
Ah! finally I got time to write! after ages. India , one of the oldest civilizations, is slowly changing itself so much that cultural heritage will soon reduce to a word in history text books. I had joined music classes some time back. Students who would learn music with me were of the age likeContinue reading “McDonaldisation!!”
जोधा अकबर
Finally I finished watching Jodha Akbar in 3 days! watching 15-20 mins for the first two days before I would get to sleep, but on second day the music impressed me a lot and I could not wait to watch the entire movie. What can I say now? Movie is a brave attempt on partContinue reading “जोधा अकबर”
रामायण
I was watching रामायण after very long. I guess last time I watched it was when I was in class 8 or something. Here mummy is alone at home, so to give her company, I watch it. I found that even today, when so many hindi films have been released since Ramanand Sagar’s रामायण ,Continue reading “रामायण”
double standard, glorified.
July 24, 2007 Some prominent media houses give following headlines : NASDAQ : “Suspect Haneef’s Clean Chit To Australian Federal Police “ The Times of India : “Diary notes are mine, not by cops: Haneef” Times Now : “Haneef gives a clean chit to AFP “ Yahoo News / CNN-IBN : “Haneef says Oz copsContinue reading “double standard, glorified.”
bangalore – glass house?
It’s been more than a month since I moved to Bangalore. A lot has been said ans written about this so called silicon valley of India. Here’s my contribution, my first hand experience. My office is on the Airport Road, right across Leela Palace. I thought this must be the most happening place in theContinue reading “bangalore – glass house?”
India’s Educational policy
India’s Education Policy Ours is a land which was a centre of learning for centuries. But since independence to this day, we have been facing challenges in achieving the goal of making India an educated state. On one hand nature of such challenges has been the same. For instance even today our goal of makingContinue reading “India’s Educational policy”
Gupta Goes Greek 