As I said in the previous part, I don’t have money to buy an apartment. But even if I did would I have bought one? I doubt it. I don’t think I would ever buy an apartment in India because I get claustrophobic in apartment buildings among other things. These other things are taken from…
Be very afraid. Supervillains do exist in real life. And they are not far removed from the Mavel Comics/James Bond cartoony types like Dr.No, Goldfinger, The Joker and Megatron – They have large and pointless facilities, hordes of mindless people working for them and they nurture that evergreen dream of world domination. And have a plan to achieve it. But since Hollywood has shown us that plain old terrorism, nuclear weapons and space-time-morphing…
There is no such thing as customer service in India as we all know. All that goes on in this country under the guise of “providing services” is just a sham of organized ripping off of unsuspecting people of all their money under the guise of something or the other, and helped on by the…
If you haven’t heard yet, renowned writer Dan “Da Vinci Code” Brown has brought forth upon the world another brick featuring renowned purveyor of symbols, connoisseur of the arts, fanatic of history and enthusiast of Mickey Mouse watches, renowned Professor of Symbology Robert Langdon embarking on an all-new spell-binding adventure to save the world! Offering the…
Who the hell are we? Why are we here on this planet? Why did we evolve? What is the reason of being alive here right now? And why do we feel that urge to mate (put in “decent” terms)? So many questions. Some philosophical, some existential, mostly asked by people lying on grassy plains looking…
It is a considerable #WIN on many fronts that Indians have taken to reading in droves, again. As I have said in Part 1, (Suggest you go through it, if you havent) a large chunk of the thanks for this has to go to Chetan Bhagat and the other pop-culture type novelists. There is no denying…
A car is a must today. No doubt about that, especially when there is little effective public transportation in India. But the car ownership funda in our society is totally warped with “emotional” or perceived factors outweighing the logical and rational ones. India does not have a “driving culture” or an “automotive culture” save some…
The Football World Cup starts today. Yes, the FIFA World Cup, Russia 2018 kicks off in a few hours! I always considered the World Cups as among the most important events in my life and can vividly remember when and where I watched them ever since USA 1994. I always prepared for them, brushed up…
The little boy was seven years old and attended class two in a prestigious school in the city. His middle-class parents, a software-engineer dad and content writer mom, who lived the daily grind juggling EMIs, credit card and fuel bills had secured his school admission in said “prestigious” (read overpriced) school after pledging three quarters…
The best joke of the year so far just came out of the blue one fine morning, splashed across the front page of the day’s newspaper. Seeing the headline, I couldn’t hold it in (the laughter) and just ROLFMAO-ed my guts out! Well, the headline and the joke was thus: “Kerala plans to implement high-speed…
Oppam was a much-hyped Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal, hyped because it was directed by Priyadarshan. The actor-director duo who are real-life childhood friends had once upon a time produced a string of Malayalam comedy and drama movies, all of which have become cult classics and shaped how Malayalis think and laugh, even three decades since….
Indian children are taught weather changes as per western seasons. Just another example of the clueless education Indian system.
