The Color of Fun

Knock. Knock. Knock.
V was knocking on my door. And M’s. V and C used to live on the fifth floor. S uncle on the sixth, and he usually started the proceedings. So, they start from flat 606, knocking on each door as they come down. I was put up on fourth.  And M was my [...]

Appalling..

Two things.
Read this.
Oh my God, what are we doing to ourselves? This is not what we splash across every hoarding, every public service announcement, every movie and what not. We are supposed to be this “people of different cultures and languages living together”. Remember? It’s amazing how one man’s silence had given us freedom and [...]

Revisiting Busybee

Do you remember the late Behram Contractor? No? Or will you remember if I say, Busybee?
I was not a keen follower of his columns but I read about him and later his columns, from the collection published as Busybee. I remember, Arjun was the one who introduced them to me. He had all the books. [...]

Memory Meme

I am doing this for ok, ok? ok.
1. I remember the trip to Delhi and Simla in 1990. I was in UKG. I remember we stayed in Ratri Nivas and there was a robbery in our neighboring room. I remember the lift there was cranky and people often got stuck between the doors. I remember [...]

Happy Holi!

Happy Holi to everyone! First day of spring? It does feel like it, here in Raleigh.
Its been 5 years since I last played Holi. The people here did have something organized but I couldn’t attend owing to some pending assignments etc. It was good fun, Holi. When I look back, I remember those days of [...]

Overhearing and Eavesdropping

Overheard in Raleigh:
Over reactive Computer Engineering students:
Girl: Heyyy, what are YOU doing in EB (Engineering Building)?
Boy: (WTF, what kinda question is that) Err..well, I came to walk my dog. Can you see my dog?(shows something imaginary to his left) Bark Tommy bark. Bark at her!
– Port City Java, EB II, Centennial Campus.
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All Nighters and [...]

Aazadi.Dil Ki.

No. This is not about that old Pepsi ad featuring Azharuddin and SRK.
This is my version of what Abhi Gopal recently posted.I thought it was nice.
Who wouldn’t like to….
…get drenched in the first showers of monsoon without a single thing to worry about in the world
…have Vada Pav near Bhavans or Pav Bhaji with extra [...]

Summer of ‘9X and ‘0X

She was that female who L introduced to us,don’t you remember?Near that gola stand outside the campus.She was in L’s school.
Oh yeah,I saw her at Andheri few days back.We boarded the same bus,and guess what,we got down the same stop too.She lives in Embassy.
Dude,I liked that step.
Did you?Yeah H was creative enough.Its difficult to dance [...]

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

I finally got my hands on the book I wanted to read for a long time now.I had read rave reviews about this one, and it being about and around Bombay, I was only happy to have finally read it.Suketu Mehta did exactly what I did about a month back.He revisited his most favorite place [...]

There and Back Again: Minutes in Bombay Part II

Friday programs were great. Morning 10:00 am first day first show of Spiderman 3 at Fame. Sushant and I and all the kids – Mihir, Akash, Supritha, Payal, Palak, Kunmun, Subham, Yuganth and Jagdish. Now this is one thing that happens only in Bombay. Or at least only at Uttara. There has never been [...]