Ramblings

Smells

So we’re spending the weekend in Cambridge, the missus and I. Our agenda for the weekend is one big, refreshing, rejuvenating void. We intend to breakfast gloriously every morning at our b&b, and then ensconce ourself in one of this wonderful university town’s many cafes. Where we will read and write and talk and…

Some unsolicited thoughts on newspapers

Note 1.: Long-ish.

Note 2.: Not at all funny. But naive.

I work with an Indian business daily newspaper. I work with, I believe sincerely, a rather good newspaper. I am proud of my job on most days. But, more…

The End Is Nigh

As you may have noticed, I usually don’t post up links to my columns or articles here on the blog. I already pimp them enough on…

A toast to buttered toast

For many years the missus and I had completely abandoned the idea of butter toast. Of course we always had a toaster and bread and butter at home. But somehow we stopped enjoying the simplest way possible to combine those three things. We would toast the bread, apply butter and make…

Be careful. He is a dangerous party.

Everything in this post is absolutely true.

This happened in the summer of 2004 when I was an intern in Mumbai, wrote blog posts, discovered DJ Suketu, and was still something of an up and coming star on the national junior body-building…

Robin “Einstein” Varghese will be with you shortly… again.

Finally. After a delay of CWG proportions, I have just completed the first draft of Dork 2. It happened approximately 5 hours ago. For now I am calling it D2D1. The version you will see in ex-tree/Kindle/iPad/Xoom/modern-dance…

Self-realization

There are some downsides to locking yourself indoors on a tight writing regimen. You don’t get enough sun, exercise or food groups. Also the endeavour comes with a certain amount of guilt if you’re doing anything but write. Anything. Even taking bath. The self-inflicted guilt is mind-boggling.

Harish Bhat furthers the Sunscreen Agenda

This came in the email day before yesterday. Harish, as you can see, has mega-tons more experience than I do. And also runs a big company. So you should probably listen to him.

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Dear MBA Class of 2011: There will be editing mistakes

Last Friday’s Cubiclenama piece has been well received. So much so that it has given the nation strength at a time when it is ravaged by rife corruption, nadirs of public virtue and plumbing displays of power-play batting.