Surely, somebody, somewhere in the dark recesses of ISRO is speculating that the launch of Chandrayaan was astrologically inauspicious, and that the failure to account for the Katapayaadi Sankhya of Mars being malefic in Capricorn while calculating the launch time. Or perhaps it was Rahu kaalam when it went on its way. Original Image credits: … Continue reading Kaka Kronicles: Astrology Fail
I wake up everyday, lethargic and lacking in vim and verve. I grab my morning tea, but that shot of caffeine does not do enough to jolt me into my normally hyperactive self. Then I open Firefox and start typing “re” in the awesome bar. It gives me two choices – reddit and rediff. The … Continue reading History, with commentary from Rediff
It’s been a long while, but this inspired me to resurrect these noble, quintessentially Chennai birds. ps: Kashmiri Pulao – a very fancy pulao from Kashmir whose recipe includes a huge assortment of dry fruits and nuts. It is a dish that every one loves to see in a restaurant menu, but nobody actually orders … Continue reading Kaka Kronicles, episode #8
Startup Sundaramoorthy and Venture Venkatakrishnan meet up at Barista, Besant Nagar over some coffee. Actually make that Latte with carcinogenic artifical sweeteners. And they discuss some very disturbing Internet stats. SS: Did you know that 60% of Facebook users are women? VV: Yes. And over 55% of MySpace users as well? SS: The Indian Blogosphere … Continue reading Online Indian Male 2.0
A couple of weeks back, I saw something in Landmark that provided fodder for this post – A DVD box-set of Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana. A couple of days back, I saw a DVD-rip torrent of the same thing on the web, and that was when I realized that while Mr Sagar had actually done the … Continue reading Ramayanapedia
This letter was originally intercepted by undercover agents employed by the Pointy Haired IT Manager Committee For The Maintenance Of Status Quo and destroyed before it could be made public. But they left a proverbial copy at the printer. And in this post, I present that to you. The author of this letter is a … Continue reading An Open Letter from a Male Project Manager to Women in IT.
Are some misinformed people telling you that IT, Retail and Property are the new explosive growth industries? Do not pay any attention to them. In fact, if the industry I am going to be talking about has its way, you will not be able to pay attention to anything else. Indian Political Posters. There are … Continue reading Guide to designing Indian Political Posters
It is the day after Deepaavali. In North India, it’s called Diwaali because they have a taste for Sanskrit consonants. So they swallow the “Pa” and the word ends up sounding like the area between San Mateo and San Jose or perhaps, a tennis shot Boris Becker specialized in. More specifically, it was my Thalai … Continue reading Head Deepaavalis – a tale of promotions and bussvaanams
When there is a new hope, the empire is just expected to strike back, right? When identities are in question, somebody needs to assert their supremacy, right? When fellowships get formed, they simply must pay a visit to the two towers, right? So, this just had to be followed by this. With a small difference. … Continue reading Namma Ooru Film Heroine Archetypes
I originally titled this “Bollywood/Kollywood archetypes”, but I am not a big fan of reducing all of Indian cinema to two words seeking name recognition with the American Film industry. I then tried “Desi archetypes” and realized that I am increasingly not a fan of that word at all. It seems to have all sorts … Continue reading Namma Ooru Film Hero Archetypes
