Monthly Archives: January 2008

Advise the Advice Columnist!

January 30, 2008
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Since I’ve been writing Aditya’s Advice Column, you (the readers) have been asking the questions and I’ve been giving the answers. But not today. Today, I’m asking a question, and I want you, the readers, to give me some gyaan about it. The person that gives the best answer wins a secret prize! So...

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Keeping Up Appearances – Part 2

January 28, 2008
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This is part 2 of a series. Part 1 is here. I’m sitting in a fancy restaurant with some exotic italian dish in front of me. Not only does this “exotic italian dish” look like a bar of RIN soap, but it also smells like one. The problem, as always, is my big mouth....

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Keeping up Appearences – Part 1

January 28, 2008
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The wife and I are out for dinner in a fancy, upscale Italian restaurant. This place is so dimly lit that I can barely read the menu. I’ve never really understood why these fancy places have dim lights. Probably so that you don’t see the prices on the menu. But I have only myself...

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Guest Post: Sting Operation

January 26, 2008
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It seems that there is some “journalistic integrity” or some such thing by allowing your opposition to present an alternative viewpoint. And so, here is Paras Sharma, or JustPazz as he’s known on his blog, with the inside scoop on me. Friends, Readers, Fellow Romans, Lend me the ears!!….Today I wish to bring to...

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Aditya’s Advice Column – 6

January 24, 2008
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It’s time again for Aditya’s Advice Column Q: I’m a feminist, and a very passionate one that that. But there is this guy at work that keeps arguing pointlessly about feminism with me. He doesn’t have anything positive to say, and I think he’s arguing just for the fun of it. Is it OK...

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Pointless Wanderings quoted in the Economic Times!

January 24, 2008
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My funky Mummies-hate-the-stock-market theory found some subscribers today, when The Economic Times published my poetic interpretation of the Sensex! Check out the online edition here.

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The Good ‘Ol Days

January 23, 2008
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Oh! The beautiful life of the good old days, Filled with memories of my snooker craze! A Happy life, with absolutely no worry, Time passing us by without any hurry. Where “by-two” coffees qualified as a treat, And eating 6 dosas counted as a big feat! Rushing through the morning in a mad blur,...

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The Stock Market Explained

January 22, 2008
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There have been some dramatic events happening in the stock markets recently. The papers are full of news like “Sensex sees largest fall” and similar things that don’t make sense. And so, I’ve applied my higher powers of reasoning to figure out just what is going on. For your benefit, here’s a short FAQ...

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Chitradeep Chetty and the Physics Lab

January 21, 2008
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Back in the College, we had this torturous thing called the Physics Lab. We were supposed to do physics “experiments” in the lab and learn from it. But these were not so much experiments as they were “fudge the readings till you get the right answer” exercises, and we were pretty good at it....

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My (short-lived) Stamp Collection

January 19, 2008
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My (short-lived) Stamp Collection

Back when I was a kid, my dad was really worried about me. He wanted to see me as a ‘complete person’ and as an ‘all-rounder’. I just wanted to buy the latest tinkle and WWF cards. This, as you can imagine, let to lots of “conflicts-of-interest” between us. Dad: “There are bigger things...

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