Posted by: Aadisht on: April 5, 2013
I started bicycling last year. I’ve been doing it regularly now for a little over a year, and I’ve improved a lot in the past six months especially. I can now easily ride 40 to 50 kilometres a day. If I practice really hard, by December 2013 I could possibly be riding a hundred kilometres [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: July 31, 2011
This isn’t the common name for it, since a Google search doesn’t seem to throw up the link I want, but there’s a Lonely Planet Curse: as soon as Lonely Planet (or, to be fair, any major travel guide publisher) lists a restaurant/ hotel in their guidebooks, it starts getting an influx of tourists. Since [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: October 11, 2010
Or, too long for tweets, too short for individual posts. This is an Amul Chocolate blogpost. Or perhaps Goldilocks. Whatever. To my great sadness, I fell sick on Saturday, and though my family had tickets to the athletics events at the Commonwealth Games, I wasn’t able to attend. I’m not sure when India’s hockey semifinal [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: October 5, 2009
In order: Stella Artois, near the Tower of London. Recommended to me by Nega Maami. Amstel, at Henry’s Bar in Piccadilly. Also a Nega recommendation. Dry and delicious. Cobra, along with delicious paalak paneer at a place called… Punjabi Spice? Punjabi Spirit in Hounslow. As strong as Kingfisher, without the unpleasant aftertaste. Warsteiner, on the [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: August 27, 2009
So about two years ago I had linked to the blog of a guy called Anil Menon, where I had got a whole bunch of fundaes which I used to make questions for my KQA quiz. This year, I found out that Anil Menon is actually a sci-fi writer. Here is an interview of Anil [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: September 27, 2008
In three hours of extensive enthusiasm, Kodhi and me have come up with what we think is the greatest travel route ever. I decided that it would be cool to travel overland from the Pacific coast of Asia to the Atlantic Coast of Europe. In a stroke of genius, Kodhi decided that it would be [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: April 3, 2008
… is the worst travel website in the world. To start with, they make you sign up (why?). And because they don’t clearly tell you that they truncate the password after the 10th character (why?) I’ve been through about six usernames so far. After that, the usability. You can’t search by city – you have [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: July 8, 2007
The Alkaff Bridge by Day: Same bridge, by night: Sigh. It’s opportunities like this that make me wish I had better skills, and better equipment.
Posted by: Aadisht on: July 7, 2007
Everybody already bitches that the Singaporean nanny state/ civil society is intrusive, undemocratic, and evil. A poster like this does nothing to contradict that. In fact it makes the Gahmen sound like a bunch of vampires from a B-grade horror flick: “Ah… zer blood… it is so young… so vibrant… so full of life.” Now [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 19, 2007
I’m not thrilled about this. Over the next few weeks I will suffer withdrawal pangs for a number of things: pretty girls, being flirted at, having my laundry done by professionals, and laksa and sushi. In the past couple of weeks, I have asked myself uncomfortable questions, been out drinking with a bunch of foreign [...]