The Platina Mystery
Intrigue. Mystery. A kidnapping. And yet That day ended being our pet Would I call it my platinum day of love? Yes, certainly, you bet! The day that would take us all over the murky world of mystery and intrigue actually began with a calm and serene walk in the park. Talkatora garden is where...
Zaroor Ji – The Smart Politician
Zaroor ji wants to really serve people… but tends to forget what people ask for when he goes to meet them in his constituency. This cartoon strip and video combo talks about how he manages to find the right technology that not only helps him remember but also helps him be more action-oriented with speed...
This isn’t gadget gluttony!
What differentiates the real gadget connoisseur from the gadget glutton? Let me explain. Gadget gluttony is a meaningless hoarding of gadgets with little or no respect for technology and innovations… and a gadget connoisseur, on the other hand is one who dives into the uber cool and ultra modern and everything in between and remains...
Elections, Bigg Boss, and the Note3
The neta has changed, his smile now solicits, his words have a ‘yes’ fed by default into every sentence, and the past isn’t mentioned even once unless it is to remind you of a good deed done or a task completed. These reminders of the past deeds don’t come very often as we all now...
Humming with Hummus
What do we have with pakoras? Ketchup. What do we have with chowmein? Ketchup. What do we have with other snacks? Ketchup. Ah! I’m sorry, it should’ve been tomato ketchup. Our stores sell tons and tons of ketchup… and every household has enough stock of it. We do have pudina-ki-chutney and a few other chutneys...
Every life is a little messy
‘Mess’ is a strangely attractive word because we mortals are rather fond of getting into it. Road rage is a mess. Clutter of unfinished jobs is a mess. Lawlessness is a mess. Then there is the mess that a lack of discipline creates. Waywardness could be messy. And because most of us are perpetually into...
The two rats and the tweet girl
I wonder if I should call this post a story of two loafers… or just one brave girl who just did what she thought was correct. Well, I think the newspapers are too full of both these categories. We have loafers, scammers, thieves, burglars, law-breakers, eve-teasers, rapists, and thousands of their type hopping and popping...
Tuna Pasta Salad with Boondi
That day started with a lengthy discussion on pasta shapes and poor tuna simply got named and ended up getting mashed! Specky said, ‘You must really try preparing a pasta dish. These are easy and I’ll know you’re eating something during the days I’ll be gone for my conference.’ I nodded my head and moodily...
Of toast I boast!
‘I am the one who always cooks, And you just play with words in nooks!’ She went on to say that I must feed Her a tasty dish and do a culinary deed. I looked and smiled and then said I’ll give you ‘French Toast’ brown and red! And thus started my journey into the...
Blobs on my Blog 012 – Why ban photography?
The Blobs are confused. To click or not to click is what is bothering them… Ms Blob remarked, ‘I cannot go and take photographs in a cricket match, the government bans photography inside so many buildings, and even temples are against clicking the idols. Now we cannot click the man on the street too.’ This...
Blobs on my Blog 011 – Who is BIGG BOSS?
I’m not an American… and yet ‘big’ for me is bigg. The word suddenly sounds and looks bigg with that exxtra ‘g’. The sound of ‘g’ is vital to us Indians. Look at the sheer numbers who add ‘ji’ just about anywhere… neta ji, sahib ji, haan ji, nahin ji… so much so that...
The future starts today, not tomorrow
So what if it was some Pope who informed the world about the future starting today and not tomorrow… just look around you and see the way technology is gobbling up layer after layer of demographics and psychographics and literally hop-step-and jumping to the lowest rungs of every sort of strata. Yes sir, the future...
