Category: General

  • Omnipresent

    He is everywhere ….. on TV screens, on billboards … even on MTC buses. No, I am not referring to Prakashraj, who seems to be having a monopoly in endorsements these days. The fact that he doesn’t fit into small billboards makes us feel his presence even more. For the…

  • A solution to infrastructure problems

    Here is a solution to the infrastructure problems of this country from who else but our very own Superstar (Rajnikanth). See how he lays roads wherever he goes in this trailer of his eagerly awaited movie “Sivaji”. I must thank my friend ‘Captain’ (no .. no … not that one)…

  • Chalo utro aur dhakka lagaao !!!!

    Have you ever come across a situation while traveling in a train where the train stopped at a signal for a long time and you saw children trying to push it from inside to make it move? Did you or someone else try to reason it out with them as…

  • Check this out

    Check this web site for some amazing photographs: http://thetraces.aminus3.com/ Met this person today after a long time. So talented. Yet so humble !!

  • Shehar ki daud

    Shehar ki is daud mein daud ke karna kya hai? Agar yahi jeena hai doston to phir marna kya hai? Pehli baarish mein train late hone ki fikr hai Bhool gaye bheegte hue tehalna kya hai? Serial ke kirdaron ka saara haal hai maloom Par maa ka haal poochne ki…

  • TV ads I enjoy watching – Part 1

    Finally Motorola‘s advertising in India seems to have come of age. The latest Moto Rokr ad featuring Abhishek Bachchan is cool: Here is a Camlin ad that used to appear in TV regularly a few months back: Most Fevicol ads in recent times have been good ones. Here are a…

  • The Joy of Sleeping (during the day)

    Long long ago when I was studying engineering, I had to travel more than 30 kms from home to reach college changing at least 2 DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) buses. The fact that I used to board buses close to the point where they started always ensured that I got…

  • Happy Holi !!!!!!

      Wishing you all a Happy Holi !!!!!   Leaving you with one of my favorite snaps from my ISB batch’s Holi celebrations …… love the expression on the child’s face …… arreeey … miyaaan … soorma bhopali … kaun hain yeh log …. yeh baapu ne kaise logon ke…

  • Priya Sisters @ Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Adyar, Chennai Date: 01 Mar 2007 Vocal: Priya Sisters – Smt. Haripriya & Smt. Shanmukhapriya Violin: Sri M.A. Krishnaswami Mrudangam: Sri Patri Satish Kumar Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) jalajAksha (varnam) – hamsadwani – Adi – mAnmbuchAvaDi venkaTa subbaiyer (O) 2)…

  • Office humor

    At work, almost all the guys who sit around me have got speaker phones on their desks (not that I don’t have one). So when the clock strikes 9 (AM), the entire floor is like a vegetable market with so many conference calls going on in parallel. Lot of people…

  • The Southie’s Dhoti

    I received this a few days back from the Spam King of my ISB batch and can’t resist posting it. Whoever wrote this originally deserves the praise/pleasantries. So here goes “The Southie’s dhoti and how to rattle it” ……….   Other men gird their loins, Southie men gird their dhotis.…

  • (Side) Effects of the Chennai English

    You listen to Chennai-waasis (especially the youth of Chennai) speak English and you will invariably find at least one of the following three, if not all, in what is spoken: Sentence starts with the word “Man” Sentence ends with the word “no” or “right” (In fact “right” is common to…

  • The Return of Michael Dell

    Just a few days back I had written a post regarding an article on “Where Dell went wrong”. Founder Michael Dell has returned back, taken over the reins of the company and jumped into action rightaway. Wharton Professor Peter Cappelli speaks on Dell’s return here. Apparently the first thing that…

  • Float Festival @ Mylapore

    The Thai Poosam Theppam Thiruvizha, which I have crudely translated in English as “Float Festival” in the title of this post, was celebrated at the Karpagambal Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore. The atmosphere in and around the temple was electric and there was excitemement all around Mylapore Tank. I happened to…

  • The King of Kollywood?

    Move over Mithun da. Move over Balayya. Move over Captain Vijaykanth. Make way for one of the greatest stars of World Cinema. He is none other than our very own “Veerasamy” T. Rajender. Ages back when heroes were still learning how to fight, our man was delivering some awesome throat…