mildly interesting stories.

Mildly interesting stories, written slowly, mostly in the evenings — about places I went, films I keep returning to, the small tech rabbit-holes I fall into, and the kind of trivia that won't leave me alone until I've written it down.

No agenda. No plan. No reason, really, except it seemed like a good idea at that time.

25 years, and counting - still no plot.

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04 Mar № ···

New visiting card for me?

Not my original idea.. but this is cool … … and I can show off only while it lasts ;) Try it yourself; if you lack the trust :p

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01 Mar № ···

Good bye Bosch, Good bye Bangalore

Your first company, the one that handed you your first paycheck, is always special. And for me Bosch was special; not just for that but for a lot of other

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03 Feb № ···

The magic of a photograph

Last time I went home, I was browsing through a treasure chest of old photo albums. Among them I noticed a few pictures of my dad and his friends when

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31 Jan № ···

10 years!

So finally I have dedicated some time to do research for this post. Here you go :) 1999, sometime in November, armed with a brand new 28.8 kbps dial-up internet

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29 Dec № ···

Goa III

02:15 am, National Highway 63, around 15 kilometers before Hubli… A Mahindra Bolero screeched to a stand-still on the other side of the road. As we got out of

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11 Nov № ···

The Chase

Thursday night. I had gone to sleep quite early thanks to a darned headache. I heard the landline ring. Irritated again that people call to the stupid landline rather than

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08 Sep № ···

Bangalored

A few years ago, I had an email conversation with my friends regarding life in Bangalore. Most were of the opinion that it was just too trashy and mundane a

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02 Aug № ···

Quarter Life Crisis?

It is a very strange point in my life now. I turn 25 in less than 2 weeks; and if you ask me: Am I what I wanted to be

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10 Jun № ···

‘Curry Bashing’ and Indian Hypocrisy

I along with a lot of fellow Indians were shocked and disgusted at what happened (rather is happening) in Australia to Indian students. It was indeed an outrageous incident. And

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22 May № ···

Go Goa!

Goa has been in my mind for quite a long time and each time we have planned a Goa trip; something or the other would eventually block the trip somehow.

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29 Apr № ···

Why I like Tendulkar...

The other night, I was watching Tendulkar and Jayasurya smash every bowler to all nooks and corners of the ground in the IPL match. Watching that performance, made me that

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23 Apr № ···

Sunrise at Nandi Hills

Went for a trip to Nandi Hills early in the morning today. We wanted to see the sunrise there, and we were lucky enough to reach there on time for

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19 Apr № ···

Some science stories

As most kids were, I too was a curious cat. I always wanted to know how stuff works, why things are the way they are – I still do. Amidst this

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09 Apr № ···

Into Harihar Nagar

So finally after quite some effort to get tickets (unusual for a Malayalam movie in Bangalore) I managed to see the much awaited ‘2 Harihar Nagar’. Everyone was talking about

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22 Mar № ···

A chance for Trivandrum

If you know me well, you would have quite easily made out my love for my home-town and how vocal and emotional I can get when it comes to it.

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16 Mar № ···

My Adventures with Credit Card Calls

When I entered the corporate world, I used to be proud with these calls I used to get from time to time. “Sir, you have a pre-approved credit card from

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26 Feb № ···

The Slumdog Fiasco

I saw   Slumdog Millionaire  , many days before the hype started to engulf it. Maybe that’s the reason why I loved this film. It’s a story about love, about

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04 Feb № ···

The authentic guide to honking in India

A few weeks ago one of my German friends, Juergen had come over to India. I spend a few days driving him around and showing him places. Well as for

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29 Jan № ···

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

A few days back Renu had told me about this book called as ‘The Last Lecture’ written by a computer professor named Randy Pausch. She told me it is a

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25 Jan № ···

Munnar - Photosynthed

Microsoft Labs have come up with a new (actually not that new) application called as Photosynth. What it does is quite amazing. You take a series of random photos in

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15 Jan № ···

Always look on the bright side of Life

My connection with the Theater does not go beyond viewing (and even acting albeit in minor roles) in amateur (very) plays at school (and yeah also mugging up Shakespeare for

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14 Jan № ···

Office Space : Time spend in office

![Graph](http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3694/officetimeem2.jpg "Time spend in office")  *Inspired by [Indexed](http://thisisindexed.com/)*

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16 Dec № ···

In Retrospection

2008  was a very interesting year for me, beginning in one country and ending in another. The start of the year was filled with hopes, the promises I made to

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21 Nov № ···

Perspective B

About two things that I happened to notice…   One    My workplace is on the eleventh floor of my office building. Therefore the lift is an integral part of our daily

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