The Great Ganesha

Via the Ultrabrown News Feed which, I think, is one of the best ways to get your desi-in-the-media fix (if that’s the kind of thing you go for (I know I do (and not only can I nest sentences within sentences but also parentheses within parentheses (see?)))) – I found this article about a freelancing [...]

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What are YOU looking at? Oh, my clone? In that case, it’s fine. Keep on looking.
The FDA (after a few years of debate) says that food from cloned animals and their progeny is safe to eat. Looks like this thing has been on the back-burner for a while (pun intended, I apologize, I couldn’t resist).
“This [...]

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So – I was browsing the Times of India online, reading some crappy article (sans byline, of course) about how Rushdie spent more time flirting with some Bollybabe rather than on promoting AIDS awareness or some-such. Finishing that in a few seconds, I followed some articles here and there and then went to the picture [...]

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Picture source: Split Level by Starlen

Are you a man of India? Do you believe in a non-Jesus God? Well, then you should know – your God cannot help you. Why? Because your God is not Jesus.
Yup. It’s that simple.
(via The India Uncut Blog)
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Well, to start with, there’s Zoloft, Wellbutra, Paxil, Celexa, Cymbalta, Lexapro and of course, the oldie-but-goldie Prozac, to name just a few. If you’re not into prescription drugs, you can load up on the over-the-counter codeine derivatives found in your everyday cough syrup. Then you can go “under the counter” (wink wink, nudge nudge). Hell, [...]

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When those Japanese get fixated on a fad, they get fixated on a fad even if it’s as mundane as the eleven-times-table. In today’s NYT:
Bookstores are filled with titles like “Extreme Indian Arithmetic Drills” and “The Unknown Secrets of the Indians.” Newspapers carry reports of Indian children memorizing multiplication tables far beyond nine times nine, [...]

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The backdrop to our beautifully designed wedding reception at ‘Dhanush‘ in Navy Nagar. I got married for the second time in Bombay (to the same person).
Spending five weeks in India after an eight-year hiatus made me painfully aware of a neurological need to go to this place called home. Not going there for almost a [...]

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I’ve got to apologize for the long silence. Lots of things are happening. We just moved, I was in Seattle giving a presentation at a conference, and we’re headed to India for a month in around ten days (haven’t been home in around ten years).
Anyway, just so you know – we’re hip now, because we [...]

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It being Halloween tomorrow, Google has decided to celebrate by changing its little Street View fellow into a witch. Now, you can fly on a broom-stick to whichever street you want to view.
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If you’re Indian and were at a reasonable age in the ’80s (4 years and up) then it’s most likely that you remember the 1982 Asian Games that were held in Delhi. You probably even remember the mascot – an elephant named Appu.
Well, the other day, I was having a coffee at Ritual Coffee Roasters [...]

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