India Bandh, A waste of time and money

The entire nation was in uproar with the recent price hike in petrol prices. A 10% hike essentially meant that suddenly the 14 litres of petrol I bought with INR 1000 would be reduced to 13. Agreed, that the uproar seemed to be fueled by the opposition party, but hey, that’s why they are there ...

Johnny Walker Budget

Well, the Budget is out and the Hon. Fin. Min. (HFM … no, not the magazine) has finished his speech. I was going over the salient points and realized that the budget does not do anything great for the country or the economy. An additional Service tax … iffy … yay! more money for the ...

The Blue Nothing Digest 4

The internet is virtually an infinite source of inspiration, great news, stupidity and entertainment. I thought that I might share some gems which are either relevant to me, or which I think you might find interesting. It’s been a month that I have been a father of two, oh, we are going to name him ...

World Champions! 2

World Champions!
It’s Diwali in Mumbai. I can hear to the fireworks still going on … as Dhoni and the Indian team is getting prepared for lifting the world cup. Cricket is a religion in India, and you could see it today as many Indians in the stadium were praying during the last few tense moments. The ...

Happy New Year! 4

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year! May you do awesome work instead of making up useless resolutions, may your work be noticed by every one that matters and may all of us get more energy and inspiration to do great stuff!! PS – incidentally today also is the date 1/1/11 and ...

Welcoming Cataclysm 5

Welcoming Cataclysm
In just a few hours, the world as we know it will come to an end. The much awaited sequel to the World of Warcraft series is scheduled to roll out across the world at 12am 7th December Pacific time! For those of you who do not know me personally (in which case you haven’t ...

Adobe and Apple: The feeling is mutual 3

Adobe and Apple: The feeling is mutual
I was on Google Suggest, and it’s wonderful what little insights you can get on how and what are people searching for – go figure!

Religion: A waste of time 8

The recent news of the Ayodhya verdict have started a spate of debates across all media (from NDTV to Facebook!). That apart, so many discussions wherein people end up confusing religion and god. I thought it was high time I pen down my thoughts on the difference between the two and whenever such a discussion ...

When virtual takes over real 5

Just read this in the paper – In a shocking case of parental negligence, a 3-month-old baby was starved to death after her parents forget to feed her as they were busy honing their parental skills in raising a virtual child. Gaming is a technology that can be used to learn new skills (parenting being ...

Marathi Manus v/s Multiplexes 24

*** Disclaimer: I am not a Shiv Sainik, or a Congress fan. I just do not like the end outcome. *** In the recent news, we saw how multiplexes refused to air MNIK, and how central government arm-twisted them into airing the shows, much to the chagrin of MNS. With threats of violence, people of ...