The Great Ganesha

Ok. Breathe. I’m still alive. If you’d asked me that an hour ago, I’d have probably had my doubts. I’m driving back from doing some errands this morning, and I am cut off by this kid in a tiny, shiny Toyota convertible. He pops out of his parking spot without even looking for who’s coming [...]

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Last Thursday, I was complaining like hell. Well, I have to admit, despite high mileages this week, in fact, some of the highest I have done in a long time, the run wasn’t so bad. Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday was 5-7-6, respectively. Not much, I know, but we’re building it slow and easy. It’s the first marathon for [...]

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Goddamn! Running on Thursdays is a bloody pain. So, the RX Geek and me are training for the SF Marathon coming up at the end of July. We’re using this training schedule. We didn’t choose that particular one for any special reason other than that it was easy to find, was well-suited for beginners (it’s [...]

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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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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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Check out this month’s issue of Thirsty. It’s got my (brief) coverage of last month’s South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco here. I review Omkara (2006) and Sholay (1975). The Sholay one is not so much a review as a retrospective look into why it’s the phenomenon that it is. Can’t give you any [...]

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First of all, I must apologize for the silence. We have been b(l)ogged down with visitors starting around two weeks ago. This is not necessarily a bad thing – quite the opposite, in fact. But it leaves little time and energy for much else. Hence, no blogging. Also, I have been reviewing the 2006 South [...]

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Folks, today I have officially begun to write for Thirsty magazine – a brand new online publication dealing with arts, media and culture in these, here fine United States. From the magazine’s Manifesto, in the words of the auteurs themselves, Operating from a truly virtual platform, Thirsty’s grasp starts at street level and continues underneath, [...]

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