Cracking the Laundry Code
Recognise these signs? Can comprehend them? Maybe you do. After all you had memorised them for the driving test. How about these? Seems familiar? Look in the tag inside your…Continue Reading →
The Wellness of Wiretapping
Many years ago – when getting a telephone connection from the never so reliable Department of Telecommunications (DoT) took months,…
Crossing the Brahmaputra
Rivers have always left me in awe. And when it is the he-river – the Brahmaputra, the vast expanse of…
Blast from the Past
Chassis and engine from a Tata or Ashok Leyland truck (some vintage ones with Mercedes and Bedford engines still exist),…
Stimulation Maximised
“What’s so manly about men’s magazines?” asked a female colleague, flipping through my copy of Man’s World (Ever since Gentleman…
Poor Fishermen Used as Human Shield in Manipur
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to those of us who are aware of what’s going on in Manipur in the name of counter-insurgency. But it is shocking. Do read…Continue Reading →
Nostalgic Stuff Redux
Apart from my good ol’ blog buddies, search engines help in generating a sizeable (by my standards) page hits on this blog. From politics to pornography, a variety of keywords…Continue Reading →
I Missed the Fire
It snowed in Kashmir and rained in Delhi. I was on the way to office, the phone buzzed. It was…
