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The Unforgiven Srinivasan

Today’s short blog post is a retelling of events (with extra Pshaws) observed at the Lilavathi Barista last night:
Customer looking at TV during IPL match: Who is that thin, dark, scrawny commentator?
Barista (the common noun): Oh that’s Srinivasan…
Customer: Srilankan dude?
Barista: I don’t think so. I have no idea. Only that he is Srinivasan.
Customer: Must have [...]

Galti se mistake…

Pranab Mukherjee has said something about Maoists winning elections in Nepal being awesome and spectacular and something to that effect. Which I really don’t have an opinion on. Best of luck to the Nepalis and hope there are not too many of them around the Chinese border the night the Red army invades.
Or so the [...]

Living on the beach - Goa part 3

“Darling… you are impressed with my remarkable intellect yes?”
“Of course Sidin…”
“Not to mention that sense of humour that so bewitches you…”
“It still bewitches Sidin… except when you make puns of course…”
“Ha ha of course dear. Not so punny sometime eh?”
” ”
“Sorry…”
It is always good to sort [...]

Brain Man

Busy week with many thousands of things to do. But what to do… the need to keep reader amused overwhelms the self…
So let me share the fascinating works of Vilayanur S Ramachandran. (Yes Pastrami, the brain guy. From Chennai. Correct. The very same.)
I am halfway through his first book, the tremendous Phantoms In The Brain, [...]

Life is still a beach

So where were we when we spoke at length last? Ah yes. That Goa Trip. A part two was due no?
Regular readers may note that this blog has quite the habit of throwing up Part Ones and then never touching the concerned topic ever again. Part Twos simply refuse to appear on this blog. It’s [...]

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