Yesterday (14/08/2008) I needed to get out of the office around 4.00 in the evening to attend a meeting elsewhere. There were three of us. A little while ago the skies had opened and the rain was coming down like anything. Standing at the gate of our office, we saw a river on the street…
Pre-show Chat with Adnan Nawaz, The Host of My Games Show at he BBC
Screen Shot of the My Games Program on Olympics at the BBC, Adnan Nawaz with Us I have to admit I do not enjoy a post till I can associate a picture with it! So for this one, I decided to go for a screen shot of the My Games Olympics show on the BBC…
Lazy Sunday Video- My Games, The BBC Interactive Olympics Program
I appeared on the BBC show ‘My Games’ yesterday at around 6.15 pm our time (India). The focus of the program is on the Beijing Olympics. They invites fans to join them via a webcam and for a while the video of the show is available at the BBC site. How Did the Show Happened–…
Lunch Time at Bylakuppe Monastery!
I clicked this picture at Bylakuppe Monastery on my way back from Coorg. The meal seem to consist of rice and Dal. And sometimes (and only sometimes) when I pay Rs. 1000 for two large Pizza I wonder why should it cost so much! I do like eating out (or in this case home delivery)…
Branding Wednesday- Another HDFC Ad, Tulika Sharma
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKS6RXD8gBw&hl=en&fs=1] I rather like the HDFC Tulika Sharma ad. For many reasons. The biggest reason being that the father is quite OK in taking money from his daughter. Looks like a single child family set-up too, with the added advantage that the only child is a girl. You can very clearly see what kind of…
Chile Anyone?
Villarica, a snow-capped volcano in Chile’s Lake District (photo by Patty McCrary, taken from Gonomad Website) No, no, I am not heading there but I loved a wonderful article about cycling in Chile by Dale Fehringer on Gonomad. The pictures! One day … In the afternoon, we cycled along beautiful Lake Villarrica, and our guides…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Glass Structure at Thames
I rarely click modern structures but I liked this one near the Tower Bridge in London. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the building (can see Norton Rose written in front) but this one is quite close to Thames River. Update- As Sunil has pointed it out in the comment section, this seems…
The Beginning of a New Semester!
Remember how it used to feel when summer vacations were about to end? I know I am very lucky there is still a phase at my work that feels like summer vacation. But I start teaching from Monday and still feel the same about summer vacations coming to an end, the way I used to…
Branding Wednesday- Gawker’s Take on HDFC Na Sir Jhuka Hai Kabhi …
Remember the HDFC Ad where a family is shown at the railway station where everyone refuses each-other’s help. Gawker at ‘A Goose Nest’ stretches it to its logical conclusion. The post is hilarious and I have cross posted it at the Ad Critics too. And if you can find a video of the Ad, please…
The Time is Almost Up, About Time I Got a New One!
It has been almost ten years, the passport has to be renewed. While any thought of dealing with the Indian bureaucracy sends a chill down the spine, what is to be done, is to be done. I have been such an infrequent traveler that even after ten years I do not remember my passport number!…