One of our college seniors, Karthikeyan (affectionately called Kuchi, because of his lean build) succumbed to injuries after meeting with a rather trivial accident on Friday. From what I learnt from my friends, it was because he did not wear a helmet. He suffered serious injury to his head and succumbed to it ( Read more... )

Yesterday while driving back home from office, Appa met with an accident. Thank God he was wearing his seat belt and so escaped without injuries ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, I experienced two instances of customer delight (a very cliched term at the work place).

The first one was at Lawrence and Mayo, opticians. I had purchased my first pair of spectacles from their M.G. Road branch about two years ago. Of late, I was not feeling very comfortable with my eyesight. I was pretty sure my astigmatic power ( Read more... )

I travel from Hosur to "almost Bangalore" to reach office. I travel on KSRTC buses, TNSTC buses and private buses (screening the latest regional flicks). The KSRTC buses, though more predictable, were irritating because of the ticket issuance process with a stage at Attibele. Actually, it becomes interesting as people start hurling expletives at ( Read more... )