While I am slogging for a day or two more, I would leave you with this crazy idea that was floated at Indiamike by Downjim, he wants to hire an auto rickshaw to go to Ladakh– A group of friends and I are considering getting hold of the some auto rickshaws and driving from Delhi…
Pani Puri Anyone?
Pani Puri at a Mall in Noida, India You know what? When you have lot of work to do, meet some deadline, you want the most irrational things. I have a deadline of 15th Jan and here I am craving for some Pani Puri. If you have never tried it before, you have to try…
Lazy Sunday Video from Youtube- Hotel Kerelafonia
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFaeJhcOOt4&hl=en&fs=1] There is only one way to describe Hotel Kerelafonia, hilaroious! I just stumbled upon it while I was on Youtube. Maybe one needs to know a little bit about Kerela but even without that you are going to like it. Give it a try.
Lazy Sunday Photo- Flower Shop Owner with an Attitude!
Flower Shop, Bangalore I am very hesitant to photograph people for the fear of giving them offense. So I was clicking pictures of the flowers at the shop (Gandhi Bazaar, Bangalore) when we noticed that the gentleman had taken out a 1000 rupee note and was pointing it to my camera. I, of course, was…
Yet More Images from Gandhi Bazaar, Bangalore
I think I got the most colorful pictures in Bangalore while strolling through the Gandhi Bazaar. It also helped that I went there twice. And we always went to buy something, it was not a long stroll or one meant for photography and yet I could capture so many images that I still enjoy looking…
One More Train Video
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVNF_m7yqVU&hl=en&fs=1] Bhusawal Station, Indian Railway Platform I was in the Karnataka Express train at the Bhusawal Platform right across the scene, traveling back from Bangalore to New Delhi. I had the camera in my hand and I was standing at the door of the AC III coach but this was not the platform side. From…
Video of a Lassi Shop from Amritsar by Hobo
I was looking at a video by Hobo and thought I would share it at my blog too. He takes a video at a more than 70 year old Lassi (an Indian cold drink made of curd) shop at Amritsar and I quite enjoyed it. To see the video head to Hobo’s blog now called…
What a Day it Was!
Surathkal Beach The first week of the semester is the most difficult one but today was just so tiring. It is so difficult to believe that just a week before I was on a vacation and sometime last week I was also on a sea beach! Sometimes it is better not to relive a tiring…
Enron Comes Home through Satyam
Just came back from a class the read that in the Satyam Computer’s balance sheet of 5361 crore , 5040 crore is fictitious money and and accrued interest of 376 crore is non-existent! Some accounting I must say. I hear you say something about having auditors? Well PricewaterhouseCoopers are said to be the auditors of…
Different Ways They Torture You 0n the Rajdhani Express Train
Announcement and Music on the Bangalore Rajdhani Express Train We traveled by the Rajdhani Express recently from New Delhi to Bangalore (and came back by the Karnataka Express Train, both AC III coaches. So the journey must be comparable, Right? Well, hear me out and then decide for yourself. There is a big advantage of…