Inverse Karma

So last night, I was reading Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead with rapt interest and *poof* went the tubelight, filling the room with darkness, with a faint glow of light emitting from my mobile, which meant I was getting yet another stupid message from my service provider to choose one of their devotional songs for my [...]

Three days back, I witnessed something that is virtually impossible to experience in Chennai – hail rain. Having been in Mysore for 3 months now, I was kind of disappointed with Mysore’s climate, which was starkly similar to Chennai, except for the evenings, which are cool here. However, just like Chennai, there was hardly any [...]

Finally I’ve found time to write something on IK once again. If you had read my last post Heya!, you would know that I’m away from home, away from unlimited internet access, and away from an Indian-style toilet. It’s almost a month since I’ve been here, and here goes my tirade on all things good [...]

2010 has gotten off to a great start! After a long (and frustrating) wait, I finally got my iPod Touch this week. I had been saving for it for quite some time, and let me tell you, its well worth the wait! It is truly every gadget freaks dream device. My friend went totally ape [...]

Considering my last post was almost almost a month ago, I’ve decided to tell you what’s been keeping me busy. This month was simply more than I could have ever asked for – busy busy busy! The month started off with a new OS on my machine – the awesome Windows 7. Moving backups, setting [...]

This year’s Gandhi Jayanthi was special for me. I did not spend time lazing around enjoying the government holiday as I had done every other year. In fact the night before, Ragu suggested that we (R.A.G.S. Squad) do something worthy- like planting saplings. I have never thought of such things. All my life I have [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]