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Backlog again. Sorry. I saw The Matrix Reloaded a week or more ago, but I’ve been to lazy to write about it until now. Wellllllllllllll. I’m not as disappointed as most of the other people on the ‘Net are, but I’m still disappointed. I didn’t find as much fault with it as Iambe did. She [...]

My determination to wait for the paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is weakening as Pottermania is engulfing the city, yea, even the entire globe. There is the minor point that I don’t have the seven hundred rupees I need to buy the hardback edition, but it’s only a minor [...]

Still backlogging. Two days behind now. Yes, this is about Tuesday. All right. It rained, as I said earlier, and made driving a pleasure. After my lesson, I come back and have my bath. While I’m doing that, Ishaan, TK, and Vijay bang on the bathroom door, and tell me I’m going to India Habitat [...]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! It rained! Today (okay, yesterday) at nine in the morning, Delhi was graced with a pre-monsoonal shower. I like pre-monsoonal showers. It’s the sort of rain that behaves itself. It does its work within half an hour or an hour at most, brings out the smell of the wet earth, makes the leaves all [...]

Finally, but finally, I bought my shoes yesterday. Strictly speaking, two days ago. I am now the proud possessor of a pair of bright blue Adidas sneakers, which I bought at the Basant Lok outlet for no more than 1199 rupees. I am very happy now. Adidas makes cheaper and more comfortable sneakers than everyone [...]

As I mentioned in W-Fillet #54: The Joy of X, I realised something the other day about coffee bars. Of the three coffee bar chains in Delhi- Barista, Cafe Coffee Day, and Qwiky’s- all my coffee bar memories seem to be centered around Barista. I’ve been to Cafe Coffee Day and Qwiky’s, but never on [...]

Another one from the backlog. The day Ishaan reached Delhi, I received an urgent call from him. He urged me to come over and save him from Zubin, who was intent on violating his modesty (such as it is). I reached Ishaan’s hosue, and persuaded Zubin to cease and desist, after which Ishaan asked me [...]

I had joined ILUG (India Linux Users Group) Delhi last year. This has finally paid off with a hard, show-me-the-money type of benefit. This placement agency found my profile listed on the ILUG-Del website and gave me a call. They wanted me to go to Bangalore and take up a job in storage area network [...]

This guy called Sauvik Chakraverti used to have a regular column in the Economic Times a couple of years ago. He was quite refreshing- his suggestions had a touch of insanity- the sort that might actually work, and you’d like to see it tried out. Right now, the only bloke the ET has who makes [...]

This is a bit overdue. My apologies, I don’t seem to be able to write on time these days. There’s a pileup of Fillets now, so I’ll try to be regular. Anyway, I saw X2 with Shiven last Saturday. Getting the X2 tickets was an experience in itself. As I mentioned in an earlier Fillet, [...]