Beedi Bags – the Latest Style Statement
In university hostels the month begins with 555s and Marlboros, by the late 20s it comes to beedis – traversing Classic, Wills Navy Cut and choti Gold Flake on the…Continue Reading →
Doubles Every 18 Months
Not babies, knowledge. Was reading about the French statistician and economist Georges Anderla. His calculations showed that if the level…
The World Cup According to Soum
As I write this post the countdown timer on the official FIFA World Cup website gets closer to 000 00:00:00…
Today is World Environment Day
Javed Akhtar is one of the few genuine resident lyricists of the Hindustani film Industry (Gulzar and the adman Prasoon Joshi are the other two) who can sensibly conjure a…Continue Reading →
Numismatic Archives
Paisa ye paisa, paisa hai kaisaNahi koi aisa, jaisa ye paisaKe ho museebat, na ho museebatHo museebat na ho museebat,…
Isspecial Cutting Chai – June 2006
The third Isspecial Cutting Chai (June 2006) is offered to A Journey Called Life for its relentless blogging and a…
Archived Title Image No. 3
This is the third title image heading for the archives and the first to feature a tea cup – the early morning cup aboard the Rajdhani Express from Guwahati to…Continue Reading →
Download Great Movies for Free
A few days ago I received an email asking me where to find a VCD of The Bicycle Thief. The…
Making Sense of Mr. Mehta
Vinod Mehta accuses the Indian India’s ‘smug, selfish, self-centered, satiated middle class, fattened on the fruits of the booming economy’…
A Good Year
May 29, 2005. 55 per cent of the voters in France said no to the ratification of the proposed constitution of the European Constitution. Some 6580 kilometres away something remotely…Continue Reading →
Reasonable Reading
Kartar Singh, former Director of the Institute of Rural Management Anand, writes in The Indian Express: I am convinced that:…
The More the Merrier?
The Prime Minister thinks, “the matter is already settled.” And he is “pained to see the agonising experience the youth…
