Running a nation is easy. Just ask your barber. These few thoughts popped up in my mind when I was watching a debate on national television this evening about the raging something in India. The reason I say something is because nobody knows what the biggest reason is that they are fighting for. As far as I could ascertain, the main reason […]
To Mr Rajinikanth, from nowhere
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Penned: Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Penned: Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Mr Rajinikanth is lying in an Intensive Care Unit bed as I type this. He is, it is needless for me to say, one of the most iconic actors in the Indian Film Industry. His impossible stunts, his funny dialogues bordering on the silly, and his unbelievable visual effects all through a film are, in the pith, […]
On the honourable Indian road laws
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Penned: Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Penned: Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
The reason why Indian road laws are so honourable is because, to a new visitor, they humbly make themselves inconspicuous, bordering on invisibility. On further examination it becomes clear that they do not exist. At least they are no longer in active practice. We go through a typical day of ‘following’ these rules. Ardently.
Munnar and INO: Day 3
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Penned: Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Penned: Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Today is my last full day at Munnar. Tomorrow morning I head further south to the proposed India Based Neutrino Observatory site near Theni, Tamil Nadu. While the first half of today I spent mostly in the resort, typing, reading &c. I spent most of the later part of the day driving around the mountains, exploring parts–or rather […]
Munnar and INO: Day 2
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Penned: Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Penned: Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Nothing much went on today. Remember that lovely thing from yesterday? Well I decided I can’t forget it. So I’ll live with it. And yet, do not ask me to expand on it. I awoke and typed out a couple of pages of my script and then readied myself quickly to do nothing through the day. I decided that since I was on […]
Munnar and INO: Day 1
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Penned: Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Penned: Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Today, at 3 o’clock in the morning, (I am not very certain of the time because I’d just awoken and I have absolutely no idea if I even glanced at my watch!) I readied myself and set out on my four-day trip to Munnar, a hill station in Kerala, South India–popularly called the Switzerland of the East–and a quick drive […]
Shutter: majestic
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Penned: Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Penned: Thursday, April 14th, 2011
A view that captured me on my way to Munnar. Majestic is the one word I could associate with this. Part of the Munnar ranges in Kerala, this is actually the foothills of the set of mountains that rise over halfway through the height of Mt Everest. You can read more about my trip to Munnar […]