POI – Sarkozy

In this new feature about Persons of interest, French president – Mr. Sarkozy!! As some of you might know he is on a visit to England this week. Stars (Astrology, I mean) predict a tough communication battle between Sir Cozy, err, Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, British PM who have an enormous language barrier between them. [...]

Mere landlord ko gussa kyun aata hai?

Kyon ki..Holi hai!!!!!!!!

Enid Blyton’s Famous five with an Indian head

Remember Famous five? Read on…
TimesOfIndia reports:

Sixty six years after British author Enid Blyton unveiled her Famous Five series before adoring children the world over, the fictional adventurers have been updated for a new generation and with a new leader – Jo [...]

My secret friend

Just as dawn cuts through the night
rays pouring down from the bright red sun,
who asks, what happened to the night?
The light is here,
what is there, isn’t the only thing to be seen.
Secrets are best left to the night.
Bask in the glorious dawn, shed tears in the dark night.
Glow in the sun, hide in the dark.
The [...]

Travelogues 4

Pack up. Dozens of pickles, everything you can lay your hand on, tomato, ginger, crab. Sweets – pootharekulu – Godavari special and laddoo. Powders and Masalas. Totaling 10kg weight in all, leaving no space for other necessary things. Call to all relatives happy, call from all relatives unhappy. Neighbors, few friends and acquaintances. Begumpet [...]

Travelogues 3

Who says water has no flavor? It tastes different in Chennai hotels, it tastes a lot different in every village in East and West Godavari districts. But for the Byrraju foundation(not-for-profit wing of Satyam computers). A foundation that “adopts” a village and provides drinking water in barrels for cheap, a physician and access to a [...]

Travelogues 2

Feb/Mar 08
India is an India about contradictions. Change. No Change. When I hop onto my Honda Passion, on my short drive to Tarnaka, I must stay alert in three places in order to stay alive. The APHB lane, the theatre after railway quarters, the bump on the over bridge near St.Anns. Danger. No Change. On [...]