Bailouts

I’m not a big fan of these bailouts that are happening left right and centre across the world these days. This request from our very own King of Good Times takes it to the next level:
“Air India is government owned but it is the taxpayer’s money. In our case it is the shareholder’s money; the [...]

Fasten your seat belts

Yesterday was a very interesting day. A day on which two people in the family were on international flights – my uncle was leaving for a short holiday and KT’s brother came down for his break.
Nothing unusual or interesting there you say? Yeah for the regular family. In our parts while foreign travel has lost [...]

Queer. Or not.

Disclaimer 1:
Ever since Praveen left this link on one of my posts, I’ve been disturbed, itching to leave a comment or write a post. I have to admit I have been dithering; I’ve never really done this before – taking on an argument on the blog. I decided to write about it anyway because I [...]

Dear random person on Linked In

There is a good reason why my Orkut account is dead and inactive.
There is a good reason why I did not create a Facebook account.
There is a good reason I only have a Linked In account.
Linked In is not a place to send friendship (even if it’s spelt the right way) requests. At least say you [...]

Conversations around the house

KT is off on a work related trip and I have promptly parked myself at my parents’ place, looking forward to a nice lazy time.
I wake up at 6 45 am to find the lunch cooked, boxes packed and the breakfast being readied. A cup of steaming hot coffee finds its way to me and [...]

And some more great news!

Guess who is coming out of his hibernation. Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to A Suitable Boy. And guess what its called, A Suitable Girl. Even for a die hard fan like him I have to confess that I’m a little ambivalent on whether a sequel would work. He’s said that Lata the protagonist [...]

Baby steps?

This was some great news that filtered in today. Finally there is sign that we are moving away from ages old regressive and unequal laws.
But here’s my doubt. Any lawyers or people on the know reading, please do throw some light.
Isnt a ruling in a High Court binding only in the state? Isnt it incorrect to [...]