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Rules of Street Cricket

May 18, 2012
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Back when I was a kid, I used to love to play cricket. It was awesome fun, but the cricket ground was too far, so we used to play in the street. Our street was a small one, with houses on either side. This meant that most of the playing area was in front...

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The Airplane Conspiracy

May 17, 2012
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One of my many hobbies is to invent new conspiracy theories, and I’ve got a great one for you today. I’ve always suspected that what they tell us about how airplanes fly is some sort of messed up conspiracy. I mean, think about it....

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Revenge of the Ceiling Fan

May 15, 2012
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I had been cornered into an intellectual showdown with a ceiling fan, and it was fighting dirty. I mean, the ceiling fan was all dirty, and the The Wife had “persuaded” me...

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The Ceiling Fan Affair

May 14, 2012
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It’s a fantastic Saturday afternoon. I’m horizontal on the couch with a great comic book. The Wife: “Do you want to clean the ceiling fans?” Me: “Not one bit” And I returned my nose back into the adventures of Asterix, just as he was...

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Announcing WRAP: Wedding Reception Annoyance Prevention

May 11, 2012
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Getting married is a wonderful and beautiful thing etc… etc…, but the actual process of getting married is quite stressful. I’m talking about all the pre-wedding shopping, the 3-days of rituals, stresses and fake smiles. Shaking hands with hundreds of people, each of whom...

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Superheroes and Secret Identities

May 10, 2012
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Superheroes and Secret Identities

As is evident to anyone who’s read this blog, I’m risking my life writing about all the things that I do. I mean, Chitradeep Chetty, Drinivas, The Wife and lots of characters in this blog (who may or may not bear resemblance to real...

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Update on Adityaism

March 28, 2011
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As many of you know, I’ve been trying to found my own religion for a while now. (We already have a song) I’ve always figured that having your own religion might be a very convenient thing to have, because if a religion allows you...

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Thoughtful Presents!

March 27, 2011
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I am convinced that the whole industry built around buying gifts has been erected by the female species to keep their husbands and boyfriends in check. They have craftily managed to put all men into this corner where we feel guilty before the occasion...

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Super Networking

August 2, 2010
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One of the great thing about an MBA is that you get to meet a lot of very interesting characters during the course. Most B-Schools claim that they love “diversity”, which can be translated as “We love Characters!”. Incidentally, this is also the slogan...

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Welcome Back!

July 21, 2010
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I joined ISB last year, graduated and joined my previous employer again, this time as some sort of Manager. The Wife™©® has joined ISB this year, which means I’m living in ISB as a spouse now. There. That should more or less explain why...

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What is a good wedding gift?

October 5, 2009
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What is a good wedding gift?

A close friend of ours got married recently, but the wife and I couldn’t attend his wedding. So when we decided to catch up for dinner with them the first time after the wedding, we thought a nice, sweet little wedding gift would be...

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