Traditions for dummies

In my 30-year-old stay in India, I have hosted many foreigners. And on all occasions, I have been tempted to tell stories …ones not true but …ones that make interesting … Read more

Funny one-liners

(I promise these are not mine) What has one horn and gives milk? A milk truck. What do you get when you cross a stream and a brook? Wet feet. … Read more

Want to get into Corporate Communications?

I have put in my papers at AIG System Solutions. And will be moving to Satyam Computers by the first half of July. Naturally, we are looking out for a … Read more

Spectator sportsman

Jawahar Lal Nehru said in sports participation was more important than winning. I beg to differ. Watching sports is more important than participating. Ask anybody who stays in the CAS-affected … Read more

Two things that are never bought at the same time

While I was sitting in the hospital (outside the ICU), I noticed an old man take small steps. He was leaning on his walking stick. I know there is nothing … Read more

My visit to the hospital

My sincere apologies for being such a late comer. But the visit did not quite go the way I had anticipated. Spent most of my time in the hospital …my … Read more

Poof!

I am going to Madurai this weekend – Rekha and I are leaving to Madurai tonight. If you happen to be at the Egmore station today between 8-9.30 p.m. and … Read more

How NASA selected me for one of their programs

Did you know NASA has decided to send me to the moon? I know you probably wonder why NASA would want to do that ….well, they sent a monkey in … Read more

Caption This

Monkeys have great intelligence. You would be surprised to know that some of them are more intelligent that us. Have a look at some of the monkeys that are not … Read more

Music…

I am not much of a music guy. Guess, I am not civilized…and cultured. I am not happening. For me ‘Rolling Stones` are nothing but stones that gather no moss. … Read more

Some Sentences

Here are some of the sentences that I can never forget. Some I can never understand. Here I have listed both the type of sentences. Sentences that I have never … Read more

How to bring traffic to your Blog

I read Kiruba`s ‘How to increase your Blog Traffic`…pretty neat stuff. He should know, for he is the top Blogger according to BlogStreet. He is a good friend of mine…at … Read more

Play

Rekha asked me in the morning “shall we go to play?” I said “sure…but why the sudden interest?” All my life I have been a sportsman….from winning 1500m races in … Read more

When men stop lying

What would happen if tomorrow all men in the World stop lying? They will start dying. Simple. You probably think I said the men would be dying because it rhymed … Read more

Super Heros

Superman`s confidence has always left me in awe. It is not easy to wear your underwear over your trouser and yet walk tall on a busy road. As if wearing … Read more

10,000+ page views in a month! Hurray!

I know numbers mean nothing…but this one is for the kicks. In May, this Blog reached the 10,000 mark. With one more day to go for this month to be … Read more

My Great Escape

A few weeks back I watched this movie called – The Great Escape. Amazing movie. It is based on a true story – the largest Allied escape attempt from a … Read more

Two interesting things

Here are two things I came across today. 1) When you rearrange the letters in ‘MOTHER-IN-LAWyou get ‘WOMAN HITLER. Why am I not surprised? 2) Today (20th May) something amazing … Read more

The real professional hazards

Have you ever tried having a conversation with somebody from the Finance department in your office? Chances are you hated the conversation. If you liked the conversation, chances are you … Read more

Fashion Television and its impact

It is not easy being in showbiz. You got to be a show off, and you got to have something to show off. Like for example long, never-ending legs. Or … Read more

Problems with Yahoo Messenger?

Are you having problems with the latest version of Yahoo Messenger? Do you have to re-start often, or does your system hang all of a sudden…chances are the latest version … Read more