Posted by: Aadisht on: November 28, 2003
It’s horrifying what a university education does to you. Last night, I was watching The X-Factor on NDTV 24×7. The topic of discussion in the first segment was, well, yes, the CAT leak scandal. NDTV had invited Bakul Dholakia, the IIM-A director, and Murli Manohar Joshi, the minister of the ridiculously-named human resource development ministry. [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 25, 2003
Forgive me for the rather pathetic (and, I have to admit, geeky) pun in the title. But six months of preparing for the CAT does permit one to play with one’s vocabulary. Okay, the pun is still unforgivable. If you’ve been following the Indian news today, you’ll know what happened. The CAT (Common Admission Test [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 22, 2003
It so happens that my masi’s driver, who also doubles up as deliveryman for the thermal vest firm she runs with my mum, has run off to his village to settle a property dispute. Property disputes being what they are, it wouldn’t be surprising if Jagdish, the aforementioned driver has been declared dead. At any [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 14, 2003
Don’t believe what the reviews say. The Matrix Revolutions is fantastic. I saw it this Saturday, which is a week later than my brother, and much much later than my cousin BG who saw the premiere show, but I saw it in style. Balcony tickets at Priya. A wide screen and Dolby sound. The way [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 6, 2003
After a long time, I writing. I have not been particularly lazy about it, it just that there not much to write about these days. My life has been reduced to a set of countdowns- five days to Baldy’s birthday, eighteen days to the CAT, forty-five to the end of tfhe semester, soon and so [...]