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Bangalore Open Tennis!
2008-03-10 18:45:00 I went to see the Bangalore Open the other day. It was my first time watching a tennis match live, and it was pretty exciting at first. Then, I (predictably) started getting bored. I mean, how much can you watch 2 people hitting the same ball over and over and over again? Anyway, as I was ... More About: Tennis
Bunking School!
2008-03-09 10:14:00 I was out sick for most of this week, and it was pretty bad, and I couldn’t get to work. I don’t like to miss office because it’s a lot of fun (and the food at google ROCKS!) but this was not the case back when I was in school. I absolutely hated going to school, ... More About: School
Misc: No Blogging this week!
2008-03-06 09:47:00 Hey everyone, I’m not feeling too good this week, so there’ll be no more blog posts till Saturday. If you’re looking for something to read, check out my other blog about the IPL - The Unofficial IPL Blog More About: Misc , Blogging , Week
How to stop Global Warming
2008-03-03 16:29:00 You’ve all probably heard already that our planet is on the bring of exploding because of this phenomenon called Global Warming . Apparently we’re dumping so much CO2 into the atmosphere that our planet is getting cooked. This is really bad, and the world, if you’ve noticed, is busy fighting this global war against… hmm… I’m ... More About: Stop
Update on plan to avoid movies
2008-03-01 17:22:00 As all you already know, I’ve been working on strategies to try to avoid watching movies. The wife is a big movie buff, and she drags me along to watch ALL movies. Her theory is that watching movies together helps us “connect and rejuvenate” our relationship, but the only thing I’m connecting with while watching ... More About: Movies , Update , Plan , Avoid
How to Argue Effectively (For Entertainment)
2008-02-28 19:16:00 Some people think that arguing is pointless and it is not “constructive”, but I beg to disagree. Firstly, there is that incredible entertainment value, which I think is very under-represented. Then, if you are arguing about a sensitive topic with someone who holds their opinion dearly, there is this sheer joy of annoying, then frustrating, ... More About: Entertainment , Argue
Chitradeep and the Attendance Saga - Part 2
2008-02-26 18:58:00 [This is part 2 of a story. Part 1 is here] We spent that day very gloomy, with the prospect of a confrontation with the Principal looming large on our heads because we had lesser than the required 75% attendance in one subject. An encounter with the principal was not going to be a pleasant affair, ... More About: Saga
Chitradeep and the Attendance Saga - Part 1
2008-02-24 19:19:00 Chitradeep seemed rather tensed as he walked into class that day. He is usually a very cheerful person, to the point of being annoyingly cheerful, so if he was feeling down, it usually meant something was wrong. He came down and sat next to me. It was still the first class of the morning, ... More About: Part , Saga
How To Avoid Doing Chores
2008-02-21 19:38:00 Living in a house inevitably means that you’ll have some share of the household chores assigned to you. The situation is particularly bad if you are lazy, and even worse when you are a follower of Adityaism, which requires you to NOT do work. But fortunately, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking of the ... More About: Avoid , Chores
Aditya?s Advice Column 7
2008-02-20 04:09:00 This week, we return to solve the world’s problems with Aditya’s Advice Column ! Q: How does one console a colleague who has been given a pink slip (the IT MNC is on firing spree), conveying him that this company is doing nothing but body shopping and u are lucky to get that, albeit a successful career ...
Marriage Reform!
2008-02-18 18:25:00 Getting married is very stressful these days. Apart from the 48-hour wedding ceremonies and rituals, there’s the near-infinite shopping and preparations that go on for months together. And don’t even get me started on the cost of the whole exercise. Even after all this pain, the whole marriage ceremony passes by like a blur. The only ... More About: Marriage , Reform
Recession!
2008-02-16 17:37:00 Oh dear friend, where have you been? Since the burst of 2001, you’ve not been seen! We can feel you now with a tingling sensation, We’ve missed you my friend, Oh dear Recession ! Most people will welcome you with crying sobs, You come to town and take away our jobs! You show no mercy, everywhere you strike, And away goes our annual ...
Zen and the art of Dining Table Buying
2008-02-14 02:51:00 As you’ve all probably noticed, I’ve not been blogging regularly these days. That’s because we’ve been moving our house, and getting settled into a new place. Settling in a new apartment is a very complicated process. There is so much to do and so much to buy. One of the things we’ve been looking to buying ... More About: Buying , Table , Dining
Drinivas and the case of the Russian Chic (Part 2)
2008-02-12 05:55:00 [This is part 2 of a series. Part 1 is here] The next day, Drinivas is looking a little drowsy. It seems he’s been up all night trying to come up with a strategy that will work with the Russian exchange student. Yesterday, he made a big fuss about not listening to my advice and how ... More About: Case
Drinivas and the case of the Russian Chic - Part 1
2008-02-08 18:40:00 It is the 5th Semester of College, and I’m late for class as usual. I’ve just managed to slip past the watchman as he was about to close the gates to the College. I run up the stairs into the classroom, but the class has already started. The lecturer gives me a cold stare as ... More About: Russian , Case , Part
How to drive on Bangalore?s Roads
2008-02-06 13:39:00 Driving in Bangalore is an art that requires great skill and lots of preparation. There are basically three things that you need: (1) good brakes (2) A good, loud, screeching horn and (3) Good luck. You need (3) in especially large quantities, but if your good luck is particularly bad, don’t worry, I have some tips ... More About: Drive , Roads
Rakhi Sawant for Bharat Ratna!
2008-02-02 18:39:00 The Times of India is reporting today that Shatrugan Sinha is saying that Rakhi Sawant , my favorite actress of all time, deserves the Bharat Ratna. Not kidding. Check this out! Let me be the first to congratulate The Times of India and Shatrughan Sinha on this brilliant insight! If there was a true candidate that truely ...
Advise the Advice Columnist!
2008-01-30 19:35:00 Since I’ve been writing Aditya’s Advice Column, you (the readers) have been asking the questions and I’ve been giving the answers. But not today. Today, I’m asking a question, and I want you, the readers, to give me some gyaan about it. The person that gives the best answer wins a secret prize! So don’t ...
Keeping Up Appearances - Part 2
2008-01-28 18:18:00 This is part 2 of a series. Part 1 is here. I’m sitting in a fancy restaurant with some exotic italian dish in front of me. Not only does this “exotic italian dish” look like a bar of RIN soap, but it also smells like one. The problem, as always, is my big mouth. ... More About: Appearances
Keeping up Appearences - Part 1
2008-01-28 05:51:00 The wife and I are out for dinner in a fancy, upscale Italian restaurant. This place is so dimly lit that I can barely read the menu. I’ve never really understood why these fancy places have dim lights. Probably so that you don’t see the prices on the menu. But I have only myself to ... More About: Part
Guest Post: Sting Operation
2008-01-26 06:00:00 It seems that there is some “journalistic integrity” or some such thing by allowing your opposition to present an alternative viewpoint. And so, here is Paras Sharma, or JustPazz as he’s known on his blog, with the inside scoop on me. Friends, Readers, Fellow Romans, Lend me the ears!!….Today I wish to bring to your notice ... More About: Post , Sting , Guest , Operation
Aditya?s Advice Column - 6
2008-01-24 19:13:00 It’s time again for Aditya’s Advice Column Q: I’m a feminist, and a very passionate one that that. But there is this guy at work that keeps arguing pointlessly about feminism with me. He doesn’t have anything positive to say, and I think he’s arguing just for the fun of it. Is it OK if I ...
Pointless Wanderings quoted in the Economic Times!
2008-01-24 17:31:00 My funky Mummies-hate-the-stock-market theory found some subscribers today, when The Economic Times published my poetic interpretation of the Sensex! Check out the online edition here. More About: Pointless
The Good ?Ol Days
2008-01-23 18:29:00 Oh! The beautiful life of the good old days, Filled with memories of my snooker craze! A Happy life, with absolutely no worry, Time passing us by without any hurry. Where “by-two” coffees qualified as a treat, And eating 6 dosas counted as a big feat! Rushing through the morning in a mad blur, Just to be on time and say ... More About: Days , Good , The Good
The Stock Market Explained
2008-01-22 07:17:00 There have been some dramatic events happening in the stock markets recently. The papers are full of news like “Sensex sees largest fall” and similar things that don’t make sense. And so, I’ve applied my higher powers of reasoning to figure out just what is going on. For your benefit, here’s a short FAQ on ... More About: Stock Market , Market , Stock
Chitradeep Chetty and the Physics Lab
2008-01-21 08:45:00 Back in the College, we had this torturous thing called the Physics Lab. We were supposed to do physics “experiments” in the lab and learn from it. But these were not so much experiments as they were “fudge the readings till you get the right answer” exercises, and we were pretty good at it. The expert ...
My (short-lived) Stamp Collection
2008-01-19 18:52:00 Back when I was a kid, my dad was really worried about me. He wanted to see me as a ‘complete person’ and as an ‘all-rounder’. I just wanted to buy the latest tinkle and WWF cards. This, as you can imagine, let to lots of “conflicts-of-interest” between us. Dad: “There are bigger things in life ... More About: Stamp , Short , Lived
Interview with Me!
2008-01-18 18:19:00 A fellow blogger, Sundar Rajan, made the mistake of inviting me for an interview on his blog. I said some really dense things like “Art is the side effect of someone’s passion” and other absurdities like that. Head over to his blog to read the full interview. You will not be disappointed! More About: Interview
Why is everyone a ?Nature Lover??
2008-01-16 18:55:00 Have you noticed how everyone seems to “Want to get out of the city and reconnect with nature” these days? It’s almost like a fad. People keep saying how they went to this-or-that forest and how beautiful it was. I’m not really a “nature” type person. I LOVE living in the city and hate to ... More About: Nature , Lover
New Business Model
More articles from this author:2008-01-15 19:19:00 As all of you already know, this blog is a part of my latest get rich quick scheme. This is a part of my master plan to take over the universe. Only thing is that it has not been working very well! So, I’ve been on an overdrive in the past few weeks to convince ... More About: Business , Model 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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