That's what i did immediately before I proceeded to the VidyaShankara temple to look for porn. I spent half an hour at the Sri VidyaShankara Home Products store buying pickles and other assorted condiments. I ended up buying a bottle of Appe Midi Mango pickle (made out of whole uncut tiny mangoes). Then one bottle of Amla (nallikai) thokku - a kind ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Fooled by randomness. Have read some fifty pages so far. Like his later book The Black Swan, this too contains totally awesome fundaes. And contrary to reports that I've heard, it's extremely easy reading. Either it's because of my familiarity with derivatives or because I'm just coming off Chaos by ( Read more... )

There has been no shortage of conspiracy theories regarding the finance minister's announcement of the Rs. 60000 crore farm loan waiver. Let me add one more theory to it.

According to a survey done by the Business Standard, which got published today, the total outstanding bad farm debt in the books of commercial banks totals Rs. 11000 Crore. The ( Read more... )

Next time i get a marketing call from a female representing some bank, I want to just ask "so what's your rate?".

on a related note, can anyone tell me how to register myself on the do not call registry? and does it help?

Update

I sent an sms saying "START DND" to 121 (i'm on airtel) and got a reply saying that my number will be in the registry in ( Read more... )