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Month: November 2005

Personal, Travel

Travelling, again

aditya kumar November 25, 2005November 25, 2005

And this time, I am going up, north, to the hills. Almost 2700 Kms from here, one way, on rail. Will write more. And, I have just posted 2 new entries, below.

Technology

Too much of Google?

aditya kumar November 25, 2005November 25, 2005

Last year we got gmail from Google. Wonderful concept of never being able to delete any of your email, ever. And the space keeps on increasing. This year, of course, we got the Instant Messenger, Google Talk. No clumsy graphics, neat interface, ability to talk with anyone on the list by push of a button.

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Society

Grieve for the whistleblowers

aditya kumar November 25, 2005November 25, 2005

In the middle of the Bihar election results, one news initially went without notice. Manjunath, a manager with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), had ordered the closure of a petrol pump in Lakhimpur Kheri (State of Uttar Pradesh) sometime back. He was murdered. The petrol dealers in the area never followed the norms. They sold

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Society, Writing

On Indian Writing

aditya kumar November 18, 2005November 19, 2005

Nilanjana Roy points out in her article, what I have always believed- that, Rushdie, Seth, Ghosh and Mistry have been the best that Contemporary Indian Writing has had to offer. Add to it, Authors like Jhumpa Lahiri and Suketu Mehta now having come of age, it is this group of writers, that will continue to

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Bangalore, Personal

“Measure for Measure” at Rangashankara

aditya kumar November 16, 2005November 17, 2005

I wish and I hope that I am able to watch this at Rangashankara sometime in the next couple of days. More information, here. Update: [17 November 2005, 1910 Hrs] All tickets sold out :-(

Society, Writing

This new breed of writers

aditya kumar November 14, 2005November 14, 2005

I remember Uma once wrote a post about the worst books ever written (worse still, published!) and Anurag Mathur’s “The Inscrutable Americans” fitted the bill for quite a few, including yours truly. Now, it would be almost ridiculous to compare the likes of Mathur to modern Indian literary giants like Rohinton Mistry, Amitav Ghosh and

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Personal, Society, Travel, Writing

The world that ceased to exist

aditya kumar November 11, 2005November 11, 2005

The rain kept on pouring on the bus, in all forms. There were brief periods when the breeze had some private moments with the bus, but overall, the rain intruded most of the time. I could see the windshield and have the driver’s view on some occasions. The wipers kept working overtime. The view on

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