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…
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Keeping Up Appearances – Part 2
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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,…
Keeping up Appearences – Part 1
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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…
Guest Post: Sting Operation
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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…
Aditya’s Advice Column – 6
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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,…
Pointless Wanderings quoted in the Economic Times!
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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.
The Good ‘Ol Days
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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…
The Stock Market Explained
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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…
Chitradeep Chetty and the Physics Lab
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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…
My (short-lived) Stamp Collection
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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…