After Rhea (our baby) was born, Rekha and I fight over newer issues. Earlier we used to fight over who would watch the the television, whose family was better, the girl names I would mention by mistake, who looked fatter and not to mention Madhuri Dixit. But Rhea`s arrival has changed everything. Now, we have … Read more
World`s funniest billboards – those that exist and those that don`t On August 31st, Ouchmytoe carried an article on why only women are used on billboards. During my research for the article, I came across a blog which listed out “Billboards we will never see” – perhaps, the best funny billboards collection on the internet. … Read more
Yesterday, I had a mail in my Gmail inbox which had an interesting subject: “Jammy, you stole my sleep”. My immediate reaction was, “Has the mail come from a girl or a boy?” I checked…and it had come from Viji – in all probability a south Indian (pretty!) girl. I started reading, thinking it was … Read more
I have always wondered why women are used to sell products, concepts & ideas. I mean, I am not against women making good money by smiling…but why should it always be women? Amongst my girl friends (78% of whom have at some point or the other been my fiancées) there are two camps – one … Read more
I wish I could give you my Gmail account`s username & password, ask you to login and check my SPAM folder. Some say that Sergey Brin wanted this folder in Gmail to be named “MAPS” but when he called up Larry Page and asked him to take it down, lest it is forgotten…Larry the Lazy … Read more
On August 9, Seshu Karthick, a MS from University of Texas at Dallas, sent me a mail which unfortunately landed in my SPAM folder. Today while cleaning up the folder I found his mail. Seshu says that Ouchmytoe.com`s articles inspired him to build a web application which would cater to people`s creative needs (or bring … Read more
When Indian wives want to take their husbands for a ride, they take them for shopping. I don`t know about the NRI wives, but the Indian wives definitely are a handful. I would have never come to know of my wife`s plan if she hadn`t returned from a shopping spree with a toilet brush gift-wrapped … Read more
Babies can turn Worlds upside down. Especially if…yours is a small World involving a small 3-bedroom apartment, a 100-member office and a four member family. At least, my baby has changed my world. Last night at 3 am I was woken out of my slumber by an ecstatic Rekha shouting: “She has turned! She has … Read more