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I got an SMS from a ex HR manager from my last company.  All this is happening in India ( Read more... )

"....all i can do is hand it to you, and your latest trick."  M. Knofler is good ( Read more... )

Its been almost 48 hours since it started.  The guy holed up inside the Taj is sstill fighting.

maybe allah IS on his side!!!!

The latest numbers are 145 dead.

About three years or so ago I was In south Mumbai with a friend from Rhode island.  At the Oberoi.  The group of Rhode islanders visting India had then stepped off the dock at the Gateway of India and gone to Elephanta island.

The biggest problem facing them was the beggars.  They were very bothered and gave away their packed lunches and all the ( Read more... )

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Its been four months since I quit my last job.  I have been at my fathers house.  I went around with a digital camera and took some random pictures.

People have blamed the Delaroche print of Lady Janes Execution as the reason why the feng shui in my house is upset and hence Im unmarried.  "Dont put up such pictures of women languishing in pain!".  ( Read more... )

"If you can read this, thank a teacher!,

If you are  reading this in English, thank a soldier!"

Pune has a variety of older houses. Typically two storied, dwellings on top and wooden shuttered shops below. They are usually constructed of wood and brick with some stone. The railings and balconies are of cast iron, often decorative, and roofs of terracotta tiles with recent repairs of corrugated tin. They used to line the streets with almost no ( Read more... )

Last friday,  I woke up at 6:00 am and decided to join about 500,000 people total, who were walking from one town to another, 250km away in sort of a pilgrimage.  I walked about 15 km :).

This tradition has been going on since the last 300 years or so.  This walkathon is usually soon after the monsoon has set in and so its quite pleasant for the ( Read more... )