Inverse Karma

Aiyayo! – This was the barber’s initial reaction when I walked in for a haircut. “Enna thambi romba naala aalaye kaanom?” came next. He was right, I hadn’t been there for a year! He discussed how to cut my hair with his assistant for 10 minutes before picking up the electric razor. As I had [...]

Last week, I had to go back to college to get my transfer certificate,. I graduated this April, and I had been missing college life terribly. So when I got the opportunity to visit, I was crazy-happy. Having watched so many movies where they go back to college and reminisce about their good ol’ times, [...]

Quit staring at girls. I know that sounds preachy, but this article does not condemn the act of interestedness in girls at all. Its about how we express that, and what it tells about us. Whenever we come across an interesting girl, we become so lost in the moment that we forget a very important [...]

You would’ve already caught glimpses of my machine on my previous posts What A Year So Far and Another Dream Come True – A Road Trip. But I’ve been wanting to write a full blown review of the motorbike for quite a while now. What better occasion than the completion of 4600 kilometers of tarmac [...]

The other day I had been on the train on my way to a friend’s place. Now the train is one of those places where you can study all the sub-cultures of society – the first class passengers, the pass holders, the college students (sigh, no longer am I one), the lovers, the ‘withouts’ (the [...]

It is surprising how we easily forget the things in our own backyard. I was born and I grew up in Chennai, but never visited the planetarium. Located in quite an important part of the city, I hadn’t expected the Periyar Science & Technology Center (which houses the B. M. Birla Planetarium) to be that [...]

After 4 grueling years of fun, humiliation and heartbreak, we finally get to say it – “We are engineers now!”. Before college, we had always thought that college was the toughest part of our lives. Nuh-uh. The holidays (probably the longest) that follow once college is over are the toughest. Forget the small number of [...]

Let’s face it. I’m so bad at cricket that they’ll probably choose my grandma over me. I never liked the game to start with. I believe its a dull, lifeless and a very passive game – at any given time, only 4 people are actually moving on the field. India is an unnecessarily cricket-crazy nation. [...]

The 50th post on Inverse Karma will deal with my most favourite topic of all, love! I’ll start it off with a regular disclaimer – The views contained this article are completely of a diagnostic nature and should not be used as a guide to freak others out. Ah, love! Isn’t it a magical feeling? [...]

Happiness. That should describe my feeling now. Remember my rant about how Nokia dipped its beak into my rear? Well I’m happy to announce that they finally fixed my phone (for free!). Trance drumming and loud applause. Magically, the same people who demanded 3000 rupees for the repair job took the phone in without any [...]