Kapil’s Korner

Mom is a gardener at heart. She’s the one who believes that singing to her plants helps them grow better. She takes care of her garden just like it was one of her kids. The recent attraction in her little garden has been this really attractive green mirchi [chilli]. And then there are some beautiful [...]

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Last evening I managed to put the regular office work on hold and got myself out to go and listen to a few successful entrepreneurs share their magic stories. Of course it wasn’t magic. There is an idea, lots of hard work and luck which goes into putting them where they are today. Some of [...]

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#1 The talented Indian movie comedian Johnny Walker was a teetotaler all his life. Then why did he get the name of a whiskey brand? Read here #2 Wish you could put more into that SMS? Read why text messages are limited to 160 characters? #3 Fucking (pronounced “fook-ing”) is an Austrian village located in [...]

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Mumbai, hold your breathPrivate swimming pools with DB homes Spotted this hoarding at one of the busy traffic junction of South Mumbai. Seriously, can our city really afford to have private swimming pools? Isn’t the recent spate of water cuts a wake up call to all of us and that too a RUDE one. considering [...]

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Last night as I tweeted I saw a name on the twitter trend list – Stephen Gately. I couldn’t make the immediate connection and I let it be. But this morning’s newspaper carried an article on his mysterious death. And when I saw his photo the name rang the bell. In November 2000, when I [...]

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Read an article in Campaign India which inspired me to put this down. Farhan Akhtar This is the guy who once again re-confirms my “life-wish” to make a movie someday. His ability to play so many roles (film director, actor & singer) and that too with superb performances is commendable. Firstly, I would thank him [...]

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On 12th July I completed five years of blogging. It’s been a fabulous experience and I thank all my readers for the support you give me to continue sharing my thoughts and experiences.  A good time to dig in and see some of the best happenings at Kapil’s Korner. I think one of the most [...]

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Got this forward from an uncle of mine. He puts in his little thought at the end of the mail. It is August. In a small town on the South Coast of France, holiday season is in full swing, but it is raining so there is not too much business happening. Everyone is heavily in [...]

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I didn’t know that … Carrots came in various colours like red, yellow and even black. The orange coloured carrot was developed by the Dutch in respect of their national colour. Additional reading at Orange Journey. There is something called sea-burial. They take the body placed in a coffin and sail into the sea from [...]

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Yummy desserts A good book And the forgotten playlist on the iPod

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