The Great Ganesha

I almost forgot: Happy Valentine’s Day. Twiggy, the Water-skiing Squirrel (from CNN.com)  

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The 2007 World Press Photo Awards were announced today [via the BBC]. There are some absolutely brilliant shots in there, including one taken for Reuters by Akintunde Akinleye of Nigeria [link] showing a man rinsing his face after a gas pipeline explosion. Despite it’s depressing precedent, the photograph is? visually stunning in its color and [...]

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  Good morning (Pacific), folks. It is that time of the month again. “What time of month?” you ask innocently. My sweet, sweet cherub, how I wish I could share your naivete. It’s the time of month when a new issue of Thirsty magazine is out on the virtual newstands. “Ohhh! That time of month!” [...]

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So I’m back from New York. Had a blast. Saw a couple of plays, a couple of movies and it felt good to get back to my Tier 2 roots. Tier 0 being Bombay and Tier 1, Wisconsin. This is the hierarchy of my roots. Speaking of roots, it was great to be with mi [...]

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Folks, I’m in NYC this week, vacationing with family/networking/interviewing and won’t be blogging that regularly. You see, I’m stuck with dial-up where I’m staying. Yeah, yeah, I know what you’re thinking – dial-up went out with bell bottoms and afros. And you’re right. But let me tell you, at this point, it’s looking so good, [...]

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The sun sets on the Sunset District in San Francisco Taken a few minutes ago…

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Just caught this off Sepia Mutiny. Mid Day photographer Shadab Khan happened to be at the Gateway of India on New Year’s Eve. Read what he witnessed: On New Year?s Eve, I was supposed to click pictures of revellers at the Gateway of India, but what I witnessed instead has left me shaken. A young [...]

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Having only just moved to the the Bay Area a few months ago, one can safely call me a newcomer. But something that I notice here in San Francisco, and that I did not see in New York, is a more laid back and relaxed attitude. In general, people are nicer and treat you a [...]

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It’s here. Already. Man, that was fast! Happy New Year everyone. Hope it brings prosperity and happiness to us all.

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This week’s Economist has an article in the ‘Books and Arts’ section about detective fiction across the globe. The article cites Raymond Chandler as creating the cool-as-ice detective character. You know, the world-weary, philosophical, alcoholic-but-alert man, with a mess of relationships in his wake. I think they put it best: The hardboiled hero is cynical [...]

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