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The World That Week 26 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
After about a year or so of telly-abstinence, I have once again begun watching the news on TV, that too at that traditional hour between 9-10 pm. Things really are the same: the conflicts of Afghanist...
1000+ days at Infinite Zounds 7 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
Some of you know that I run a daily quiz blog called "Infinite Zounds". Over at the blog, I'm celebrating going past 1000 days & questions - this week, I'm asking readers there to give the blog a litt...
Employee-centric hiring notices 6 Aug 2013 | 10:56 am
Many months ago, I was asked to draft a hiring notice for a position in my group. Now, I've been working in teams whose raison d'etre is 'innovation', so it is reasonable to assume that we not only do...
Blockboard 28 Jul 2013 | 10:41 pm
So you sit there, literally at the eleventh hour, wondering: how do we get here once again? The blackboard of the mind, so fresh and unsullied in the morning, brimming with the promise of a plan, a st...
How Tendulkar helped me retire, unhurt 5 May 2013 | 12:49 pm
I call my generation of Indians as the "Doordarshan generation", because of the shared monoculture embodied by the national broadcaster and the overwhelming nostalgia for the DDiot box. "Tendulkar gen...
How Tendulkar helped me retire, unhurt 5 May 2013 | 12:49 pm
I call my generation of Indians as the "Doordarshan generation", because of the shared monoculture embodied by the national broadcaster and the overwhelming nostalgia for the DDiot box. "Tendulkar gen...
During Sunrise, During Sunset 23 Apr 2013 | 07:34 am
Why do we find sunrises and sunsets beautiful? So much so that we will wake up infernally early to make trips to hill station "points" and brave mosquitoes and crowds at dusk at ends of peninsulas, ju...
During Sunrise, During Sunset 23 Apr 2013 | 07:34 am
Why do we find sunrises and sunsets beautiful? So much so that we will wake up infernally early to make trips to hill station "points" and brave mosquitoes and crowds at dusk at ends of peninsulas, ju...
Children's Day Gulzar Playlist 14 Nov 2012 | 06:51 pm
A little playlist for Children's Day, all courtesy Gulzar-saab and friends: 1. "Masoom" (R.D.Burman) 2. "Kitaab" (R.D.Burman) 3. "Makdee" (Vishal Bhardwaj) 4. "The Blue Umbrella" (Vishal Bhardwaj)...
Children's Day Gulzar Playlist 14 Nov 2012 | 06:51 pm
A little playlist for Children's Day, all courtesy Gulzar-saab and friends: 1. "Masoom" (R.D.Burman) 2. "Kitaab" (R.D.Burman) 3. "Makdee" (Vishal Bhardwaj) 4. "The Blue Umbrella" (Vishal Bhardwaj)...
