I had written a small note about William Dalrymple's story in AID Sutra : Daughters of Yellamma. New York Times carries the same story here , Serving the Goddess

When I received an email about a Citizens Meet by our Honourable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, I immediately signed up. It was an invite-only event. We were supposed to pick up our passes 1 hr before the event and head to Chowdiah where the meet was scheduled. Tight security, deserted roads,TV vans, kurta clad Netas formed the main attraction. ( Read more... )

With so many local sites coming up, and trying to sync up with mobile phones and stuff esp. the local search sites .. A user can just send an address/info about some place via SMS. Even though its convenient, its kinda stupid at the same time. Most of these sites enable SMS feature without even a login account. I as some random user can always spam ( Read more... )

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Its Ugadi.. Time to eat some BevuBella. The Gandhi Bazaar market was totally crowded yesterday. People had come in from neighbouring cities and villages to set up stalls selling everything required for the fesival.. neem leaves,flowers, colors for the rangoli, banana leaves etc.Ugadi marks the beginning of new year (Hindu Calendar) with the onset ( Read more... )

Last night,while on my way back home in an illegal private cab ride,I just saw the hoarding of a Kannada movie at a theatre. It was the same talkies ..Kamakya Cine Complex.. where I had watched Jodha Akbar a couple of days back. I knew that the 4 hour movie is going to drive me crazy; but still wanted to see the colors,costumes and the expensive ( Read more... )

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Just back from Periyar Tiger Reserve this morning. It was an amazing experience and I have soo many things to write about but I think our return journey adventure comes first.

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OMG this beats everything..

Wal-Mart plans dairy processing in India

The most interesting news I have heard in a while. We Indians generally love phirang stuff. Take the classic example of Shell Petrol Stations which has become very popular in India where people drive 4-5 kms on a weekend to Shell to fill in their cars. And not to forget the huge ( Read more... )

OMG this beats everything..

Wal-Mart plans dairy processing in India

The most interesting news I have heard in a while. We Indians generally love phirang stuff. Take the classic example of Shell Petrol Stations which has become very popular in India where people drive 4-5 kms on a weekend to Shell to fill in their cars. And not to forget the huge ( Read more... )