Poha: The momo for the mornings
I begin writing this perched on the top berth in a sleeper coach of a train that has a long halt at Ujjain Railway Station. Ujjain is an ancient town…Continue Reading →
Watch: Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Maino’s wedding video
Whenever I have a little time on my hand (which is actually very little these days), I like to browse…
Watch: High excitement on the streets of New Delhi on August 15, 1947
This edition of the Movietone News from August 1947 captures the high excitement on the streets of New Delhi (complete…
AAP’s Delhi sweep – the unofficial Google doodle
While it is true that Delhi does get more attention than it actually deserves, but then many astounding things happen in the nation’s capital that forces us to stand up…Continue Reading →
Congress Ka Haath, Aam Aadmi Ke Saath. Indeed.
“Don’t underestimate the power of a common man” How Congress’ 2004 Lok Sabha elections campaign slogan turned true in Delhi…
206-year-old hand-drawn map of Delhi from 1807
This is my tenth year in the capital of India and many parts of the city has changed beyond recognition…
To whomsoever it concerns, knows
There are those who lech at women in public and also express anger over rape and molestation incidents online. I know a few and so would you. A little message…Continue Reading →
Can’t dial emergency number from prepaid. What an @#!%& Idea sirji!
Idea Cellular tom-toms it’s ‘ideas’ through multi-crore advertising campaigns. If only the agency that devised those ideas had also added…
Need directions? Pay up
Perhaps bugged by incessant queries from lost people a roadside tyre puncture repair shop near the L Block Market, Sector…
The religion of noise
Peeved with the constant noise blaring from the loudspeakers in the kanvaria vehicles passing through the highway close to my home, dug out this old post from August 2005. August…Continue Reading →
View from the Balcony on a Full Moon Night
The winds blow a lot stronger, the rain hits a lot harder, the lift takes a lot longer but the…
The Topless Beauty and the Beasts
For obvious reasons this statue was quite popular with men (and also some women) at Surajkund Fair this year. Men…
