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    The black kurta is famous

    May 31st, 2010

    (Note: Youtube video has now been obtained.)

    Sunil Sethi and I recently chatted about Dork and a bunch of other things on NDTV’s Just Books show.

    The outcomes of this were threefold:

    1. I appeared on TV. This has made many people on both sides of the family very happy indeed. Kapoors and Vadukuts from Agra to Alleppey were overjoyed. The in-laws are finally beginning to reconcile with my career decisions.

    2. I got to meet Sunil Sethi. And listen to him talk about growing up in Delhi as a lover of books. We recorded for maybe 12 minutes. And then stood around chatting for around a couple of hours.

    3. I had no idea there was an Olive restaurant near the Qutub. Two thumbs up.

    And this is the video.

    Youtube:

    NDTV: (full show including Aishwarya Rai and Karan Bajaj sequences)

    I know I know. I laugh too much. Sigh.

    A coworker said I looked “eerily unfamiliar” in the video. Do I?

    P.S. Just noticed. It says “Author ‘Dork’”. Ugh.

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    The making of Whatay. Part 1: Padayappa clip

    May 29th, 2010

    I am asked very often why this blog’s URL is Whatay.com. And indeed, why I use the term so copiously. And, doubly indeed, how this term went from being inside joke to becoming part of local lingo at that business school I once went to. (Though I have no idea if people still use it.)

    Today I wish to show you that scene from Padayappa, the Rajnikanth super hit, which first got a bunch of us southie folk saying “Whatay” all the time.

    Only the first 14 seconds will play on first click, for your efficient viewing pleasure. But you can click play again and see the rest of the exciting 21st part of Youtube Padayappa.

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    P.s. Whatay can be used as verb, noun, adjective, preposition and gerund.
    P.s.s Please note the tremendous head trauma scene at the 10 second mark. Enjoy audio accompaniment without fail.

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