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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16 Nov № ···

✻ Chikmagalur

We planned and even started off the latest in the series of ‘Keeral’ trips with the destination set to Goa. We even booked a place to stay there for a

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08 Nov № ···

✻ My favourite Robots

I am not what you call a Sci-Fi movie fanatic, but yet I do have a thing for movies with Robots in them. So here I present my list of

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13 Oct № ···

✻ Sivasamudram

A typical Sunday in our house would be not much to speak of. It would only rank slightly above watching paint dry. So this particular Sunday we decided not to

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18 Sep № ···

✻ A Passage to Trivandrum

I rarely travel by train, mostly because of the difficulty in getting the tickets, the inconvenient timings and the thought of going to Bangalore railway station in rush hour traffic.

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09 Sep № ···

✻ My ‘Bucket List’

I saw this list of 100 things one must do before he dies, posted by my room mate in his blog. I remember creating a list like this when I

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01 Sep № ···

✻ Phoonk, What the?

A sleepy Sunday evening and I was wasting my time on my laptop. My roomies suddenly pop out with the idea that its been a while since we saw a

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09 Aug № ···

✻ Resistance to Change

Around five months back I met one of my old friends after a long while. Friends as in, we were what you could call “best buddies” right from kindergarten till

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28 Jul № ···

✻ Cuil

I came across this new kid in the block when it comes to search engines. It’s called Cuil, it’s pronounced as ‘kool’, it claims to have the largest

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25 Jul № ···

✻ The Fragility of Life

We take a lot of things in our life for granted. Every day’s morning newspaper carries reports and pictures of terror and suffering from around the globe. I read

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07 Jul № ···

✻ Going Green!

As you might be well aware, green seems to be the “in” thing nowadays. Everybody wants to talk green and the corporates have jumped into the bandwagon – a simple effective

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24 Jun № ···

✻ Bus No: 3

School buses come in all varieties – big yellow buses, small mini vans, ones that reach on time, ones where all kids get a seat – then there is Bus No 3.

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13 Jun № ···

✻ Wyanad

Bytes were being churned, products were being released, books were being digested and Life continued monotonously. It was time to go off the beaten track again and this time our

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15 May № ···

✻ Trust & Betrayal

IMHO friendship, relationships rather any interaction between people can be reduced down to the application of two things – Trust & Betrayal. When you think about it, these are two things

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16 Apr № ···

✻ 'Pox'-ed out!

The week before last started with a mild headache which developed into a mild fever by end of the day. Tuesday evening saw a tinge of body pain added into

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13 Mar № ···

✻ Two weeks later...

Its been two weeks. I see a lot of changes here and there, but the essence of “home” remains the same. I was in Bangalore for a week and in

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23 Feb № ···

✻ 250 days in Germany

In the first 22 years of my life, I have never been anywhere far from home. To be precise, never even been beyond the south of the country. And now

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20 Feb № ···

✻ Trier and a dash into Luxembourg

The main purpose of this particular trip was to meet Anu in Frankfurt. But this was possible only on a Sunday and we had a full Saturday to be planned

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18 Feb № ···

✻ Berlin & Magdeburg

Berlin – the capital. It is miles away from Stuttgart, but whats a visit to Germany without at least a peek at Berlin!    [![Alexanderplatz - in the rain](http://img408.imageshack.

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17 Feb № ···

✻ Rewired!

This has been waiting in the wings for a long long time… and finally I was able to fight my laziness and present to you the sparkling new design for

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26 Jan № ···

✻ Point to Point with Ryanair

“We are strictly a point to point airline.” says the   conditions apply  text of Ryanair. We managed to find that out the wrong hard way. :( I was supposed to be

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19 Jan № ···

✻ Eisstockschiessen

Our project team went out for this game of Eisstockschiessen last day. Eisstockschiessen? Yeah, that same expression in your face right now… I had that same weird thoughtful look too

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15 Jan № ···

✻ Nano and all the fuss!

I was among those people who thought that this was never going to happen. And even if it was, it would at best be a soapbox-on-wheels. But no, hat’s

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07 Jan № ···

✻ Multitasking

Multitasking can be a good thing, but not always… :D A few days ago me and this girl I know were having a discussion about her singing, over email. I

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