…fuck you. No, seriously, fuck you. I have tried to be polite each time you called. I have tried to tell you in non-angry words that your calls are not welcome. I have tried to tell you in a thousand ways that I don’t care how high or low
Did you know that the family name Joshi finds its roots in the Hindi word ‘Josh’ meaning enthusiasm? Certainly explains all the jumping around I am known to do, eh? I can already heard some of you going ‘WTF?! That cannot be right!’ Guess what, you are correct! The word
I am convinced that all Hindu weddings are a massive exercise in classical Pavlovian conditioning. Any utterance of the words “Shubh,” “Mangal,” and “Saavdhaan” in any order will automatically cause the akshataa in your hand to be flung in the general direction of the stage/podium where the ceremony is
Why do all good ideas come to you the moment your head hits the pillow? Over the last few years, I have had this happen to me on a number of occasions. Just when I think I should call it a day, the brain starts buzzing with possibilities
> “Psychics can make vague predictions and later claim credit for anything that was near the mark. The media tells the story of the fascinating successes and ignores the failures as being not newsworthy. The public gets the impression that psychics can locate dead bodies with regularity. In fact, such
This is how most conversations on the Internet (especially in the comments page of a most popular blogs/sites) eventually turn out: Thomas: I am a firm believer in X. Hartford: I am a firm believer in Y. Thomas: Let’s discuss X & Y. Hartford: Sure, let’s. Thomas:
At least 80 percent of chats in the world would end flawlessly, if we all chose to accept a “:-)” as the counterpart of “Hello?!” So, who’s with me?
is tripping on “Duur Kinaara”, Swarathma’s musical collaboration with Shubha Mudgal heard on The Dewarists and contemplating buying an 8.1 surround sound system to listen to the song in all its glory. Sigh.
…and so does everyone else, I’m sure. I just happen to think we don’t appreciate it enough – just like we don’t appreciate our loved ones enough in real life. Take yesterday for instance. A dear friend called me from the US to tell me about his road
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NaNoWriMo #Day24 Whoosh. Fourteen days disappeared just like that. Something came up and I was forced to abandon NaNoWriMo for a couple of weeks but I am BACK! For the next six days, I am aiming to write about 5000 words per day (and night, if needed) and I am
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(Image found here [http://itola.com/business/new-mississippi-law-no-fat-people-allowed/]. Copyright Unknown.) “Did you know that our staple food is also our currency?” Andy said as he took a big bite of his Big Mac. I knew, by now, not to say anything for, or against the matter–he’d propound one
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NaNoWriMo #Day02: Collect all the snippets of the story I jotted down earlier. yarny.me seems like a good place to write my NaNovel this year. Uncluttered, spartan interface that gives me complete control on my writing. Hmmm. Wait a second, I think I know what I want these three
