My baptism

Fortunately or unfortunately, my baptism did not involve wine. Instead, it was rum. It all started when I was in class X. My biology teacher Mrs Geeta Kumari asked me to bring a dash of alcohol to school so that I could in-sensitize the frog I would dissect the following day. My father`s 32 years … Read more

Ready to entice

Eyes of a fish, With deep sea-secrets, Drowning the innocent. Cheeks of a rose bud, Soft and subtle, Waiting to blush. Forehead of a pigeon, a play ground, for her thoughts. Lips like a spring tendril, Curved and fresh, Ready to entice. Dark clouds for hair, waiting to drench a trespasser, with her body smell. … Read more

Vision Statement

Most often than not, Vision Statements form the first slide in all corporate presentations. Suggest, from now onwards we all have it as the last slide. Who would want to start off with something that deep down in our hearts we know is not possible and is a darn lie.

Sonia and Manmohan caught on tape

Here is the transcript of a discussion between Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, just before the Italian lady decided not to become the Prime Minister. SONIA: Praji, do you think I should become the first foreign Prime Minister of India? MANMOHAN: Not necessarily. SONIA: You suggesting that I should not? MANMOHAN: I did not mean … Read more

Technology that does not work

Every production unit in the World looks at inventing, patenting and then making shit loads of money. Yet, here is one idea that has not struck them. An idea that six billion earthlings will be willing to buy at the price it is quoted. Name of the product: Shirk-o-meter Bandwidth: Will help an employee sham … Read more

A beggar’s paradise

My pocket had been picked and for the last seven hours I had been at the mercy of the elements. Chennai had many to offer, especially if you were somebody like me – good looking, innocent and with a heart that beat for the others. With darkness engulfing the city, if you could call it … Read more

You are my Sonia

Unlike my colleague Vinesh, I do not think we Indians bungled by voting for the Congress. Click Here and read his blog to empathise with him. While I have no love lost for Sonia, Vinesh’s views sent me into uncontrollable rage. But better sense prevailed, and I suddenly realised that those that are weaker in … Read more

Tech Speak

Thanks to technology people, many a times, I have been at the receiving end. Hard to say, whose mistake it was. Anyways, now I am no longer under the impression that different languages only mean stuff like html, Perl, ASP….