I am not Amit Varma

That is not one of those existential angsty type statements. "This is not a pipe." That sort of thing. No.
I merely wish to reiterate to the world that I AM NOT AMIT FOR GODDSAKE!
Amit Varma is possibly the most famous (also popular) Indian blogger out there. A very popular question at blogger meets is [...]

Don’t touch me there

Unlike our mutual friend Pastrami who routinely spends many a big bucks at that Haakim Aalim place in Bandra, I get my hair cut at this… umm… legacy haircutting saloon bang opposite Wadala station.
Saloon, mind you, not salon. There is an ‘o’ missing.
And that is all the difference between a flowery fellow making trendy [...]

The birds and the bees who are all boys

After a long and unwelcome hiatus Pastrami suddenly burst back into my life yesterday. He had just returned from a trip to Jaipur recently. (Brother of Pastrami is getting married soon and Pastrami needs to keep popping up to Rajasthan once in a while to hang around the house looking delicate and sensitive with Blackberry [...]

Dumbass Bakery Product of the Day

Much blogging is in progress. Posting will happen soon. But till then I leave you with what should become a very very popular email forward soon enough. An example of gargantuan stupidity. I rue the lady who got this cake for her party. Wait, even she would have laughed at this one:

Thanks to Blue Lullaby [...]

Selamat Datang!

Thats what them Malaysians say when they meet someone!
Now before I put down all my copious notes and research on Malaysia into a decent-sized travelogue I need to put the nose to the grindstone and catch up with hajaar pending work. And also put out some notices.
Notice 1: The book project is coming along nicely. [...]

Cash to my right baby. Cash to my left baby.

Unfortunately time pressures and a laptop less Sunday means I have nothing original to blog about for the time being. However I do have the latest Businessline column to cross-post. Sneaky third-rate manipulation of regular readers no doubt. But better than nothing no?
However expect a blog post about the successful completion of the fabled GM [...]

Inflationary Economics - The Rising

(Latest Businessline column. Forgot to cross post it here last week. Hopefully will keep you occupied till I actually write a blog post one of these days.) 
I have some exciting news fresh from the mysterious vaulted chambers of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, RK Puram, New Delhi. The inflation rate in our country [...]

Reality Cheque

Busy week with the JAM issue due on Monday. So simply not enough time to write and post. But thankfully the latest Rediff installment is up and generating great debate on the messageboard. By which I mean several unsuspecting members of my family are being referred to in less than flattering terms.
The thing is, most [...]

Length is not necessarily a good thing

It seems I have scared many, many people off with that 2700 odd word behemoth below. Sigh. No matter. That post had it coming anyway…
While I get back to writing and editing and so on, I recommend a little segue to the latest piece in rediff:
The entire Indian media machine made you feel like a [...]

The return of Blossom Babykutty (with thong)

(Disclaimer: Very long. Only begin when you get time.)
Latest transcript of emails exchanged between budding script writer Blossom Babykutty and control-freak soap baroness Ekta Carrefour.
Email 1:
Wednesday 13th July
Dear Ekta,
As mentioned in our telephonic conversation of last week please find below my outline for a mega-serial that can be produced by your production house. Unlike [...]