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Morning raaga in grey 2008-04-15 22:42:24 The grey morning outside stretches into the horizon. Spring has receded and the summer Raaga is here. I had breakfast and glass of Tang, but still I am thirsty as I sit in the train and blog.
I have...
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A mad, mad, mad, day.... 2008-04-16 23:36:40 I had a dahi batata puri at Elco, Bandra
Yesterday, was a mad, mad, bad day. First had to sort out my medical papers as the Mediclaim people threatened not to pay for my recent hospitalisation. That...
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Shit everywhere… 2008-04-19 03:14:06 Nothing much to write about today, except this piece, which details the daily gauntlet I run to get to the office. It’s a mad scramble, as you know. Today is a typical day in my life, full of the...
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Jhumpa Shines with Second Book of Short Stories 2008-04-20 00:43:52 Believe it or not, thou untrusting soul, our own cultural ambassador of Bong culture, the interpreter of Bong angst and articulation Jhumpa Lahiri is making waves with her second collection of short...
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Love birds find no place to roost 2008-04-20 23:48:07 There is this couple sitting opposite me talking in Malayalam. They don't know I am a Malayali (most people mistake me for a Marathi or a Bengali, something to do with my looks, I guess).
So I can...
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William Dalrymple on the Indian Literary Dream that Wasn't 2008-04-20 23:46:56 William Dalrymple on the Indian LiteraryDream
that Wasn't:
'The truth is, however, that since 1997 there has been no new galaxy of stars emerging to match the stature of those of the 1980s and 90s....
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Indian Premier League, What the F***? 2008-04-22 04:11:02 Saw ipl match between Bangalore and Calcutta on tv. If this is the future of cricket, then, sorry, you have lost a fan. Not only is it boringly commented on ('fantastic wicket' 'fantastic player'...
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Me in Today's Mumbai Newsline 2008-04-23 08:09:39 I have been quoted in Indian Express' Mumbai
Newsline of today. Go see
on page 7 of today's Mumbai Newsline. Will post a scanned picture here
tomorrow.
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Baggage tags, Bong talk and the like.... 2008-04-23 00:10:19 I look around desperate for something to write today. Nothing? I saw an Indian laburnum in bloom outside my house this morning, its flowers had carpeted the floor so that it looked as if there was a...
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Of the diasporean tail wagging the dog.... 2008-04-25 00:14:40 Reference to this article in this blog, some where in the nether world below, I have been thinking (not unusual, no?). Dalrymple called the phenomenon of the diasporean Indian trying to out-wit and...
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On Thane Creek Bridge 2008-04-25 00:02:51 When I used to travel by the old Thane Creek bridge I used to look at the rail bridge that I am traveling now and used to wonder when it will be finished so that I can travel by it. It was then in a...
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Two Recent Poems 2008-04-26 00:25:05 Here are two poems I wrote recently:
Vision from My Office Window
Where Are Those Days?
If you like the play of words, the richness of rhyme, the beauty of thoughts, then go read and enjoy!
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Mindless Bollywood; Mindless Television 2008-04-27 04:30:20 I think Indian television is going the Bollywood way. I mean, it’s becoming more and more meaningless. Ho hum, by meaningless I mean, staid crappy entertainment, which is not funny or entertaining at...
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Picture Blogging, Any Ideas, Anyone? 2008-04-28 22:51:58 My last few mobile posts haven't appeared and my picture posting on Shozu isn't functioning either. Oh! I don't know if mobile blogging is worth all the money and time I invest in it. It's expensive,...
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Indian Premier League - Fools Attired as Harlequins 2008-04-29 23:31:30 Thackeray has asked Pawar if the IPL would solve the problem of the farmers of Maharashtra. I have a sneaking admiration for Thackeray in that respect. Trust him to come out with inconvenient...
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Off on a Much-needed Break to Kerala; KVK Murthy on Bollywood Films 2008-05-02 23:04:01 I am off to Kerala
, my native state for a short holiday. (Will keep posting my experiences, thoughts here through my mobile phone, though, so watch this space.) Will be back next week.
Meanwhile,...
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Nedumbassery, Cochin 2008-05-08 03:49:27 At Cochin’s Nedumbassery Airport I am divested of my multipurpose Swiss knife. Baah, it’s sad day for me. I love that knife, a reliable travelling companion, and just today had cut and eaten an apple...
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Google's Translation of My Blog: Right or Wrong? 2008-05-10 11:58:14 पर Cochin कोचीन ’s ' s Nedumbassery Nedumbassery Airport हवाई अड्डा. मुझे मेरे धोतियों बहुउद्देशीय स्विस चाकू . Baah, it’s sad day for me. Baah , यह मेरे लिए दुखद दिन है . मैं प्रेम है कि चाकू ,...
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Facebook Facing Job Cuts? Sounds Familiar? 2008-05-12 11:51:54 The Secret Diary of Steve Jobbs warns thusly about ex-Google honcho Sheryl Sandberg's job cuts at Facebook
:
"Regular readers will remember that I recently warned Facebook kiddies to "be very afraid"...
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Bloggers Unite for Human Rights 2008-05-14 03:37:36 Blogcatalog.com is organising a Bloggers Unite campaign on May 15, 2008. Do sign up. This time the subject is “Human Rights
.” Knowing as to how much Human Rights is abused in our country (encounter...
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Indian Consumption Driving Up Food Prices? Joking, right? 2008-05-15 11:43:00 I read this article in Tehelka with some consternation. Increased consumption in India? People how much have you been eating, and at what cost?
"It is not clear what got into US President George...
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Peter Griffin Needs Your Prayers 2008-05-18 12:40:16 Fellow blogger, writer and well wisher PeterGriffin
who writes a popular column on the internet in the Times of India, and who is known for his acerbic comments on his blog has suffered a heart...
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How Relationships Grow Cold 2008-05-17 01:56:25 Reference this post of Pragya Thakur, moderator of Shakespeare and Company, I have posted the following piece about how sibling relationships grow cold and drift away into estrangement, coldness, and...
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A Bombay Local Commuter's Nightmare 2008-05-17 00:17:27 Yesterday’s commuting was bad. A man next to me was shouting into his phone and that was irritating me, already at my tether’s end after a hard day at the office. Feeling cooped and oppressed like a...
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US Wastes 27 Per Cent of Food Available for Consumption 2008-05-19 05:40:00 While I was carping here about Bush alleging that Indians were eating up all the world's food, this blog item in Boing Boing wove into vision. It says that the US wastes 27 per cent of food available...
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Blogger Amitabh Bachchan on the Need to Talk Straight to His Fans! 2008-05-19 03:37:55 To a question by Subhash K Jha "You seem to have become far more frank and forthright, far less diplomatic than you used to be."
Id est, after starting blogging on Bigadda.com the Bachchan
patriarch...
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Links for 2008-05-20 [Digg] 2008-05-21 00:00:00
The US Wastes 27 per cent of Consumable Food
When George Bush is accusing India and China for food shortage and rising food prices, US alone is wasting 27 per cent of the consumable food in the world. Strange isn't it?
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Commuting Blues and Greys, and PYT Speaking into Cellphone 2008-05-22 02:56:49 I wasn’t prepared for it. I was caught unawares. These things happen; well they do, only in morning rush hour in Bombay. I have travelled in public transport in Delhi, Bangalore, Bangkok, Kuala...
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After Sports, Now It's the Turn of Politics 2008-05-23 13:07:06 The latest issue of Outlook has this story about how business is the prime mover in politics and how business lobbies help win elections. It also listed the business lobbies siding with the Congress:...
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Mozzam Sheikh's Short Story Collection "The Idol Lover" 2008-05-25 11:11:33 This came via Moazzam Sheikh who is plugging his short story collection The Idol Lover in the US.
The following is the break-up of share of writing genres in the US.
Mystery/Detective: 17%
Romance:...
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