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Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

A very old one but I love this Kannada folk song – was delighted to come across its lyrics recently. It says “kuladalli keeL yaavudho hucchappa, mathadalli mel yaavudho?” – “in caste which is inferior, mad man, in creed which is superior?”.

Illusions by Richard Bach

Monday, July 4th, 2005

This is a short parable from the beginning of Richards Bach’s Illusions [Illusions](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sim-explorer/explore-items/-/0440204887/0/101/1/none/purchase/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Fr0/002-0866658-8621634) Makes excellent reading, even though I’d read it earlier. [In a Time not so Long Ago](http://yearightproductions.com/home/short_story_from_illusions.htm) Excerpt…

recent posts

Monday, July 4th, 2005

since I upload even old entries that I dig up from some digital store into this blog, I’ll keep a post here to link to them. Until I implement a more elegant solution like adding links on the side bar or using a Pin Up plugin that I remember seeing in wordpress. the indian woman […]

the final girl

Monday, July 4th, 2005

I decided that I would see one final girl – no more arranged marriage business for me.

blog of 2 free travellers

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

I was left speechless and deeply touched, for once I’ll keep my post brief…

the joy of aimless drifting

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

The other day I went to a marriage hall – it was amazing how people are so obsessed with trivial things, and also how they act among each other.

madonna's success

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

I’ve pretty much enjoyed most of Madonna’s music since my schooldays. But this was probably the last thing I expected to hear from her… esp after songs like Material Girl. Looks like she’s finally managed to become really succesful 😀

the red pill

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Chanced across some straight-as-a-bullet answers from J Krishnamurti to a few ordinary questions which I expect a lot of people would have. [If you’ve watched the Matrix, please skip this para. For those who haven’t or don’t recollect the details… In the movie (lets ignore sequels please), Neo is a computer hacker who doubts whether […]

saving red squirrels from road accidents

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Someone in the corporate ng had put up a photograph to identify, which looked to me like a red squirrel so I googled to make sure. It turned out to be a big issue in England. The last thing that really concerns me is the decline of red squirrels in the north west of England, […]

Aishwarya talks to David Letterman

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Check out the video from Badmash… I’ve seen Conan O Brien and another famous chap’s late night shows on CNBC but hadn’t heard of David Letterman.