The Great Ganesha

Sorry for the silence, folks. I’ve had some health issues as well as some internet access issues. Can’t believe that it’s an issue in this day and age, but what can I say? Changed circumstances humble us all. Rest assured, I’ll be back online by next week. Earlier, if possible. Since all Indians are tech [...]

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Heh! I bet the title caught your eye, eh? [Wink wink, nudge nudge] Sort of like the last time I blogged about Britney Spears being nude in NYC! Well, all the various national interest groups with ‘Family’ in their name can rest easy. I’m not talking about all the bonking that went on between Hugh [...]

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Being a regular tea-drinker (one cup in the afternoon of some fine home-brewed masala chai, everyday), an article in today’s BBC News caught my eye. They say that tea is much more beneficial to one’s health than was previously thought. Of course, these days almost everything either causes cancer or a heart attack. Everything except [...]

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Recently, I had the dubious honor of being tagged by Directions. It so happens that it occurred right around Bad Poetry Day (plus or minus a day or two). I don’t believe in coincidences, and consider this an omen. Seriously, I do. No, really. That being said, here goes: I am thinking about the time [...]

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Folks, Bambaiyya was featured on Metroblogging Mumbai yesterday (well, yesterday in India, today in the US). Thanks to the folks at MM, and also to Gaurav for posting it there as well as on his blog. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Bambaiyya is a user-contributed dictionary of Bombay slang, along the lines [...]

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“Goddam piece of shit!” he muttered under his breath, but just loud enough for the man next to him to hear. “Amen to that!” Replied the man. “I have some chemicals here, that I got to get to the lab,” he said raising his carry-box with the radioactive sign on it, “and if that elevator [...]

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Nothing says Happy Independence Day better than an auto-rickshaw on a handcart. Note that the driver of the rickshaw is still in it. What can you say? That’s India in a nutshell, 59 years on… Here’s looking at you, kid! I wish I could take credit for the picture, but it’s from this blog called [...]

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“Oh help me doctor!” said the caterpillar to the shrink, “I just want to get drunk, I don’t want to think. “Today, I should have started my metamorphosis, “But I can’t do it, I’m just too nervous!” Said the psychiatrist, “Calm down and relax, “You’re not helping yourself, and that is a fact. “You might [...]

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Lately, I’ve been straying away from writing about current events, mostly because I’ve been quite involved with my own stuff. But when I read a short piece by Mark Thompson in last week’s Time magazine, it was time to come out of my shell. The article was about the U.S. Army recruiting in India. Retired [...]

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All right people, all posts have been edited, embellished and enhanced with the pics. And all pictures have (finally!) been posted for your viewing pleasure. Well, I hope it’s pleasure and not torture. But I’ll leave you to decide. Also, to make life easier for you, I’ve created a text box in the sidebar with [...]

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