2011-06-05 01:57
I have always been an avid games freek. The best ones that I like are Strategy games like - Age of Empires, and some sports games like FiFA and Cricket. But most of my gaming experience has… Read More
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2011-05-29 15:57
I still remember my first day in Chennai, when a coconut vendor looked straight in my eyes and asked "Tamil terima?" - (You know Tamil?). Unfortunately, my ears still accustomed to… Read More
2010-09-02 10:21
Or so I thought when I was subjected to the various mispronunciations of my name. From Gautam to Gowtham to Guatam and last but not the least Gothaam - yes where Batman lives !!! G… Read More
2010-07-26 21:49
A Paan ShopChewing Paan has been an obsession in Lucknow from the times of the Nawabs, when Lucknow was known as Avadh. The paan also referred to as the 'gilourie' was consumed mostly b… Read More
2010-07-11 16:03
Every morning when I tuck in my sandwich and rush out to beat the traffic jam at the busy Velachery signal, I wonder, why can't I have a device that will simply 'transmit' me a-la-startreck… Read More
2010-07-05 09:23
Sometimes its a good feeling to look back..just sit down, relax…and think about the past! Not to measure up with what we have accomplished, but to enjoy those special moments which ha… Read More
2010-07-05 09:22
Much is said and written about Mayawati's fixation for elephants. The wild life enthusiasts would be elated by the fact that a CM in India is investing so much resources on building statues… Read More
2010-07-05 09:22
Last night I saw upon the stairA little man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayOh, how I wish he’d go away"Antigonish", Hughes MearnsThe story of that boy next door… Read More
2010-07-05 09:20
India being an emerging economy, the instances of street urchins jostling for space in the same city where millionaires and billionaires move around, are numerous. The movie Slumdog Milliona… Read More
2010-07-05 09:19
The 2010 Fifa World cup started this June. It is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, second only to the Olympics. Football is a sport which draws out the most basic instincts fr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I did a random google check on the phrase 'Only One Slap" and a whopping 54,200,000 entries showed up. What made Annaji make that remark is not clear, but obviously he did tickle the gi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Paying bribes are so much a part and parcel of our lives, I often wonder what will we do if all of a sudden government officials in our country stopped accepting it. Imagine, being stopped b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Kudos to 'The Hindu' for publishing the famous article - A Hanging penned by the celebrated British journalist of yesteryear's - George Orwell. This piece of journalistic beauty me… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Elephant statues at Delhi Airport In my recent trip to Delhi I was spellbound by the new look of the Delhi's Indira Gandhi airport, post the Commonwealth games (debacle?). A… Read More
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