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Book-Shelf Update #5

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Butter Chicken in Ludhiana by Pankaj MishraGives a good peek into the interiors of India. And I am very keen to explore India and it’s people beyond just it’s metro & satellite towns. This should be a good read.
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal (View Blog)Success stories have always inspired me and I think [...]

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A little caffeinated opinion

April 16th, 2007 · No Comments

This post is more like a comment to poor_planner’s Caffeinexperience. It turned out so long that I decided to post it here.
Together they sum up as a ‘great coffee experience.’ What more can they offer? When everybody starts offering the same ‘great coffee experience,’ will price become a deciding factor. Or will chains re-arrange [...]

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Tags: Thoughts

Give our cricketers some incentive

April 6th, 2007 · No Comments

I was reading a few cricket cartoons this afternoon - yes, cricket currently is limited to cartoons only because I really don’t see anybody discussing the current world cup atleast.
Anyways, then it struck me why are our cricket players are so over-paid. I mean they not only get big fat pays from the big fat [...]

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To Each Its Own » Punjabi Lingo For Dummies

February 28th, 2007 · No Comments

This is a beautiful post written by Sakshi. It’s interesting because Punjabi is a language which I like because of the vibrancy and high emotion content in it. There is this “josh” in it which is loud and vocal.
Sakshi gives us a preview of some of the commonly used *thheth Punjabi lingo. Incidentally my fore-fathers [...]

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Tags: General

Greetings to all

October 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Here is wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali and Prosperous New Year.

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Oh! Calcutta

January 30th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Recently work took me to Calcutta. Now no offense to anyone living there but mentally I have always had this particular image of the city being very poor and under-developed in some way. Maybe it’s always the images which I have seen of Kolkatta in press, movies etc. A few years back when someone visited [...]

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Tags: Travel