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Careers, Investing
Why I am Not Buying a House (Apartment) Part 1
The World is full of overbearing and nosy people who believe they exist for the sole reason of poking into…
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Life in India
The Story of the Indian Education System – Macaulayism Origins
For 4000 years until the arrival of the first invaders some 700 years ago, India had a history of creating…
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Life in India
“Aren’t You Educated?” What Education?
The incident of cruel violation and subsequent death of a hapless 23-year old woman, though shocking in magnitude, was unfortunately…
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Movie Reviews
Kamath & Kamath – Stale Dosa for Mass Consumption
After watching all these light and breezy “new-generation” Malayalam movies featuring simple star casts, stories and scripts telling real-life stories…
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Transport
Driving Like Dummies 8 – Diesel vs Petrol
When it comes to vehicles and general Indian populace, the saying “Little knowledge is a dangerous thing” acquires new dimensions…
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Bangalore
You Are A Bangalorean If…
Garden City, AC City, Pensioners Paradise, India’s Silicon Valley, IT City, Aerospace Capital of India, City of Lakes, The Rock…
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Careers, Investing
“Daddy, What Use is Studying? It Won’t Get us a BMW!”
The little boy was seven years old and attended class two in a prestigious school in the city. His middle-class…
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Life in India
Why Banning Music and Movies Will Not Stop Crime
One of the channels of outrage in the aftermath of the brutal, inhuman violation, assault by six men and subsequent…
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Pop Culture
Oppa “Billion” Gangnam Style, the Mayans and the End of Music
1,070,523,801 – The number of views the path-breaking, mother of all viral-videos, never-seen-in-human-or-alien-history “Oppa Gangnam Style” video had amassed at…
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Pop Culture
Power Metal at it’s Epic Best – SABATON!!
Thousands of feet march to the beat, it’s an army on the march… Long way from home, paying the price…
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Bangalore
Bangalore – Now (2012) and Then (2000) – Part 2
Continuing from Part 1, a trip back in time to see how landmarks in Bangalore well-known today looked twelve years…
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Bangalore
Bangalore – Now (2012) and Then (2000) – Part 1
Everyone agrees that Bangalore is not what it used to be, say, 20 years ago. But the fact is that…
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