Whatay idea Beeblotra ji

Have you heard about the idea Beeblotra Uncle shared? Arrey, about what to do with the extra room in the back. At the house in Ashok Vihar. No? Well it really made no sense. Not even if you heard it wrong like me.

Whatay goes to the UK - II

The second part of the multi-part account of Whatay’s recent excursion to various parts of the United Kingdom. In this installment the author reminisces his first ever trip to London. There is some unnecessary pondering upon the cultural diversity of the city, scary monsters made wholly of fungus and finally an auspicious start to the jaunt through Scotland via the UK’s perilously confusing rail system. The author wrote this till 3 in the morning. Please make it worthwhile by reading.

A fresh new Whatay

If you are going to screw around with your blog template at all, then Sunday is the best time to do it. Weekend traffic is the worst!
So after many people told us that the old, warm orange Domain Maximus was boring and oh-so-Web1.0, we decided to clean up things a little and get a [...]

Recently noted around Delhi - II

First of all I solemnly declare that I really did like Watchmen. Decent story, nice snarky sense of humour all over the place and lots of things, like costumes and guns, for little boys to gush over. Also heroine in latex suit. And heroine out of latex suit.
But also I had the chance to laugh [...]

Whatay goes to the UK - Part 1

(A travelogue in many parts–I promise–written without any restraint at all. Truthful mostly.)

Trained by years of three-hour long summer vacation flights across the Arabian Sea, I am not one to dawdle with drinks and dinner inside an airplane cabin.
When you flew the dreaded Gulf Air connection between Abu Dhabi and Bombay your whole strategy was [...]

Romance ही romance

When we first met and got talking, it sounded just like another one of those coffee-shop mouth-off sessions with Pastrami. (No. Not that Pastrami. This is about the other one. Different business. Same complicated personality.)
Every couple of weeks Pastrami, the missus, a few other mutual friends and yours truly get together to, by and large, [...]

Since you guys asked…

Now I can finally tell you peeps why the blog slowed considerably over the last one year. Look what came in the mail today: (I’ve blacked yellowed out some bits due to contractual obligations.)
 
Couple of things to point out:
1. Yes my name is still causing trouble. Sigh. I might change it to something else so [...]

Dwarka’s believe it or not…

Over the last few weeks many people have asked us why we chose, of all the places in Delhi, to live in Dwarka. Isn’t it boring? Are there any restaurants? What do you do for coffee or IIT coaching? What do you do with the money you save on rent?
And we say:
1. No it is [...]

Strangers on a train

Yes, yes I have finally moved bag, baggage and missus to Delhi and have spent the better part of the last week sneezing in our flat in Dwarka. (Thinking of the mammoth savings in rent I make here compared to my place in Wadala is somewhat comforting.)
But before I launch into blogging-as-usual-from-Delhi I must drop [...]

One weekend, much drink, considerable embarassment

Two unfortunate incidents happened over the course of last weekend.
The entire weekend was spent with Pastrami, BhaktiBong and IntercontinentalMan over the course of a wedding reception, a movie marathon on Saturday and then finally a cocktails by the sea thingie in Juhu on Sunday of which I have very little memory.
Incident No. 1:
We run into [...]