Posted in Book Reviews, General on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This book was sold last year, but somehow was prominently displayed at most book stores in my recent trip (from the US) to Hyderabad and B’bay. I had not heard about the book. I bought it just cause the author was my namesake…nothing else.
I must confess, this was the best Rs. 195 I had spent in a while. [...]
Posted in Entertainment, General, tagged India, Music on June 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well Well Well, Just came back from India, was visiting there after 3 years. Three things had me smiling like a kid in a candy store: moms dosas, Hyd airport and Rolling Stones magazine.
Being a die hard music buff / critic, the first item in my agenda was to get hold of a copy of [...]
Posted in General on March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am not much of a shopper. Yes, Chairman Mao would be proud of me. I seek a wide variety in people, thoughts, music and the fine arts but not things like clothes, milk, bulbs, toilet paper, chips, salsa, shoes, magazines. Watches are an exception though …time is …off the essence you see.
So a non [...]
Posted in General on March 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I walked into the local coffee store and noticed that they were peddling (yes peddling) locally made pencils at $9 for two pencils. Apparently the fine art of pencil making is dying as most of the 14 billion pencils that are produced each year come from factories that use advanced compression techniques and synthetic wood [...]
