Posted by: Aadisht on: November 30, 2005
Madman, who pretends to be mild-mannered webhost Madhu Menon when he’s not wielding his eight eleven-inch knives and body-slamming people, turns thirty the age that shall not be named today. If you’re in Bangalore, I suggest you celebrate his birthday by eating at his peerless South East Asian restaraunt, Shiok. Madhu, in the absence of [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 29, 2005
The word ‘civilization’ springs from the rood ‘civis’- city, that is. When you get down to it, urbanization and civilization are the same thing. Art and technology are born in the city. When you’re stuck in a village driving a buffalo across a field, you don’t have the time or inclination to come up with [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 28, 2005
A guide to Singapore posted on the internal discussion group by our senior and former PlaceRep Jagmeet Piddu contains this immortal paragraph: “Vegetarians: Since the Government wants Singapore to be the home to the superior individuals of this world, people at the bottom of the food chain are indirectly encouraged not to enter this paradise. [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 22, 2005
He’s found what could be the love of his life, and lost her. If you have any clue about who the attractive girl sitting in the second row of Chowdiah Memorial during the Landmark Quiz Bangalore finals was, please let me know immediately. This could be Wimpy’s last chance to escape the shackles of an [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 19, 2005
The last twenty-four hours have seen some brilliant blogposts going up on the web. I just love coincidences like these. Check out these posts: Ravikiran and Jane Galt on the copper trading crisis. Gaurav about the BPO industry’s detractors. On a related note, Business Standard Weekend lays the smack down on the VV Giri Institute [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 18, 2005
As nobody has cracked the question about the government being a shopkeeper yet, I am providing a hint. Quite some time after this person made this statement, he/ she became a member of parliament. However, while in parliament he/ she did not really bother about government being a part of all the stuff mentioned: cooperatives, [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 15, 2005
Two interesting links. First, MobilePundit links to an Economics Times piece on Bharti and Motorola entering a retail tie-up to sell Motorola handsets. As I mentioned earlier on my old blog, Motorola is selling Bharti the sub-$40 C110 series phones at discounted rates. Now, Business Standard is reporting that Philips is looking at the bottom [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 15, 2005
A quiz question for you, especially if you are an Infamous Cartel Member. Who said/ wrote the following? Among the multitudinous avatars of our Government, the latest one is that of a shopkeeper. I wonder if the red-tapist at the counter is going to appreciate the psychology of an average shopper and treat him with [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 14, 2005
I saw Spider-man 2 last week. You might point out that I’ve seen it about a year late. You would be right. But I’m going to write about it anyway.
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 9, 2005
Enough has been written about the deteriorating infrastructure in Bangalore that I don’t need to provide links. The fallout of this is that Infosys and Wipro are threatening to pack up and leave, and move to other cities. One of these cities is Sonapur. And I support this. Absolutely. One hundred percent. This is not [...]