It has been such a long time since my last post that I decided to scribble something now, without caring about the randomness of this post. Instead of the usual writer’s block that most writers complain of, for me, it’s probably the reverse that holds true. I have writer’s block most of the time, and… Continue reading Random thoughts, for example, 13/7 = 1.857143…
Below is the sad current state of an acquaintance, Baskar and I am posting this mail from him on my blog hoping that some of the readers do help this friend in need: “My mother fell from a moving bus on 8th Dec 2010. She suffered severe head injuries and was admitted to Apollo Specialty… Continue reading An appeal for help (from Baskar, a friend)
Mr. Bhatt Sr. got up at 530 am and unlike the last few days, was relieved to experience the positive effect of Isabgol, the laxative. Like they show that lone guy in the loo playing something on his cell phone before they announce, “Why play Akele”, in the Ibibo ad, Bhatt, however, stuck to playing… Continue reading The New age Family
How I wish I could draw what I distinctly see in my mind? It is amazing to experience and be the only person to witness my complete lack of hand eye coordination. In an attempt to draw cartoons, my greater than obvious lack of talent in this area amuses me. This Diwali, I had no… Continue reading Drawing inspiration to give up Drawing
How the times have changed!? Back in 1994, when I had won a college election at IIT Kharagpur to become the General Secretary (Social and Cultural) of the IIT Gymkhana, it was a thrilling experience. Once in a while, I still remember those wonderful posters that were put up across the campus, wing mates and… Continue reading Lipstick lovers
Let me start by saying that the Theory of Relativity part has no real relevance to this post, but it is just there, hanging around with its buddy, the other sentence, a question on ‘RG being an intrinsic attribute’. Absolute grading and Relative Grading – after endless discussions, multiple RG experiences (RG as verb is… Continue reading A different Relativity Theory: Is Relative grading an intrinsic attribute?
I obviously make no effort to conceal my love for mass entertainers: especially Hindi / Tamil movies that keep using tried and tested formulae since the origin of cinema. I also love to look at some serious issues through the eyes of a mass entertainment film‘s possible plot. For example, let us take some tried… Continue reading Desi movie, CWG and Izzat protection choices
The king Lion had started to lose his speed. He was getting old. The lioness who had signed an unwritten outsourcing contract to hunt for the king was getting old too. She had started to make erroneous judgments every now and then. Limb eye co-ordination mechanism had started to show signs of failure. The ‘lioness… Continue reading Short stories – Part 1
Do you have it in you to do exactly what you want, when you want and how you want to do it? Simple questions actually. You can call it guts or the plural form of those round red things that bowlers like Shoaib Akthar and Dale Steyn would love to hurl at batsmen. But the… Continue reading ZOO – The Funda
Note that this is a completely random fiction on first love. More a letter to my school friends with whom I had spent glorious years until 20 years ago … So, here it goes: The lips had met. Met the flowing water that rushed out from the tap to fill her sweet mouth. She stood… Continue reading I dont Hate Luv Storys
A lot has been discussed about love at first sight. But if we look at the other end of the spectrum, there is hate at first sight too. There are a few examples I can share and I would surely love to hear and read more. Story number 1: Like with many things in life,… Continue reading Hate at First Sight
I promised myself to post the review within 24 hours of watching Shrek – Forever After. The idea was brilliant – no, not the review writing idea, but the whole build up to Shrek 4. We successfully implemented the surprise planned for my daughter. She thought we were going out for a quick drive but… Continue reading Shrek Forever After – a review
There is just nothing to write about. Really! Nothing seems to be happening in my world. It’s the same old traffic, Powerpoint slides and Word documents. Food, drive, sleep, coffee, drive, office … it’s all so boring. I was a movie buff but after watching Sura, I am too scared to even venture near a… Continue reading Writer’s block and Sura
At the risk of being clichéd, I avoided posting anything on IPL topic. But here I am, penning down some of my thoughts and discussions on this badly bruised and beaten to pulp topic! Geographically speaking, all cricket playing nations and wherever Indians are, i.e. everywhere, Modis Operandi threatens to transform the lives of many,… Continue reading IPL Mela – a full course meal
The need to race ahead and end up in the first position is far more among Indians than ladies and gentlemen from other nationalities. This is not a racist statement but one that is the result of a social experiment made out of keen observation of several thousand Indians, over several years. The experiment has… Continue reading First of all, Indians
We were meeting after a very long time. It was strange to meet Akash after such a gap but meeting anybody with whom I could speak for a while was not such a bad idea at all. The Delhi airport was beginning to get on my nerves. Just yesterday the newspapers had so proudly boasted… Continue reading Booking the flight
Multiple Personality Disorder or Split personality is typically associated with a medical disorder. But let me throw light on somebody I know, who is not sure if his condition should be considered as a curious case of personality disorder. I would like to name his condition something but hasn’t Mr. Hilaa Bhaala expressed doubt on… Continue reading Dont call me names – By G Rangaswamy Iyer
A flight at 6 am meant that the day had to start at 4 am. An adamant to arrive deep slumber finally decided to accompany melody king Snore only around 1 am. It sure promised to be an ultra high liquid diet day, full of several cups of tea and lots of water. Cold water… Continue reading Peter Nithyanandam
With all the hype and hoopla that is building up around the IPL, and the current political scenarios that are affecting the different geographical and mental states in this country, here is a look at some strategies that IPL teams could adopt for better adaption and evolution. Chennai Super Kings (CSK): N Srinivasan, the owner… Continue reading IPL 2010 – Part 1
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