9/11.co.in

Random observations on the last 50 odd hours of terror, horror, hope, cynicism, sadness and fury. In no particular order, whatsoever. a. This was, undoubtedly, the most televised tragedy in this country as yet. It also invited, in all probability, the most intrusive coverage in every sense of the word. While a few channels displayed [...]

MS Cocktail

Here’s an interesting link passed on to me by my brother-in-law. Robert Hess, an employee of Microsoft, also does a show on Cocktails. The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess It is a great ‘history lesson’ in cocktails. Duly supported with demos. Another interesting link is to Jamie Boudreau – the Cocktail Whisperer’s site. http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/ While [...]

Kidwife

Interesting chat I had with a young fellow today. The twenty-something lad hails from a small town in Rajasthan. He recently visited his hometown to handle an urgent issue. A young lady in his family had been betrothed at a very early age. Educated and grown up now, she refused the alliance. Especially since the [...]

I do some. You do some.

The days of co-creation are here. So proclaim the knowledgeable, inarguably. Small steps will create large movements. Here is an attempt to test the theory. I am starting a rap story here. Readers are welcome to take it forward. 2 lines at a time. Rhyming will help, though it is not mandatory. Let us see [...]

Noob

Over months now, I have spent precious time on a game called Tribal Wars. An exceptionally concise description of the same would be something like this: You start with a village (often called villa) of your own. In a world full of villas. You build up the villa and also troops and weapons to defend [...]

24 Belvedere Estate

I have much admired and followed the blogs of some friends. To the point where I am finally succumbing to the desire to have one of my own. Beginnings should be dedicating to beginnings. 24 Belvedere Estate is where it really began for me. I grew up there. I also grew on some people around [...]