Top 10 intro tunes I recalled

During my college days, we played this game called Tune-Ah! Simple stuff, you have to recognize a movie song from the introductory instrumental notes/tune. I used to be good at the game, I reckon I still am. Last evening, while listening to Hindi film music, I thought of doing a list of songs that have [...]

Lage Raho Gowda-bhai

I had decided to keep off this whole Nikhil Gowda episode because tons of bloggers have ‘taken up’ the cause, and Times of India has steady headlines going for a week already. But this is what I read today morning, see that quote credited to HDK:
Without going into details, Kumaraswamy told reporters on Saturday that [...]

Bye bye cable, going Tatasky

I have been sitting on the fence regarding ditching cable for DTH. But just last week, I came to know of this multiroom scheme Tatasky has. That just assures me that these guys understand multi-TV homes. Moreover, the picture quality is really good.
Now, DishTV doesn’t seem to have any multi-room offer. Their subscription schemes are [...]

Demolition squad rule-book, Ring Roads and more

Have you been to the BMRDA website yet? BMRDA or Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority has been putting some stuff up there. Not a lot of material yet, but few interesting things already.
The most interesting thing I found was a comprehensive list of the so called building Byelaws (or is it spelt Bylaws) ! Find [...]

Elections approaching?

A sudden increase in the number of “one face at a time please” type unauthorized political hoardings in and around Whitefield, could that be an indicator that elections are approaching?

Regardless, I really don’t understand why they have to cram so many faces in there! Please, do it one at a time. I am sure your [...]

Urban Naxalism and Pedestrian Safety

The accident on Airport road near HAL served us with two note-worthy lessons.
1) The obvious one. Bangalore roads are unsafe for pedestrians. Drive down on Outer Ring Road any late evening, and risk running someone over yourself if you don’t believe me. A nice road does not mean 3 tarred lanes going one way [...]

The Great Bong, Orkut and the irony

Revered (Indi)blogger GreatBong mocking at Orkut, how ironic is that!? It is like Coke calling Pepsi a junk drink. I am not sure if GreatBong wrote that post to make fun of Aurangabad Court or Orkut or both, but looked like he took potshots at Orkut culture for sure.
Well, if you get real and think [...]

Please don’t kill Deepavali

Did you know that they have banned firecrackers in Nepal for this year’s Deepavali? I only hope we don’t resort to a drastic measure like that in India, for what will Deepavali (or Diwali) be like without firecrackers!? Please don’t! Don’t kill Deepavali.
I don’t like the overly free and flexible angle of my religion that [...]

Joke – Wait for a day!

A taxi driver told me this joke over a month ago at Pune. We were on our way to my destination, and were going past the mess called University Road. As you know, a series of flyovers have been in construction there for close to two years now.
“Sir, someday this flyover will be ready and [...]

‘Belly hunters’ and ‘rattle therapists’

Who said I was done with the traffic lessons? Sit tight on your benches and listen, the bells are yet to ring! In this class, you will learn about a very important member of the Indian traffic ecosystem. Some call them speed breakers, some speed-bumps, but I prefer road humps. These are a necessity in [...]