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Arundhati Roy’s Ministry of Utmost Happiness – my review

aditya kumar August 20, 2017

Somewhere towards the end of Arundhati Roy’s latest book, there is a paragraph about a cat that is found in a houseboat in Kashmir that is being raided by the Indian Army. The soldier grabs her and then throws it away in the dark waters below. “She flew through the air, yowling, with her fangs

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Quick Post

aditya kumar October 2, 2016

…to affirm that I am blogging again :-)

India, Personal, Travel, Writing

Boys in a hurry

aditya kumar August 1, 2015August 1, 2015

I found this piece of writing in my inbox – something that I had done last year. It never made it to any publication because it was rejected for reasons best known to numerous editors. I honestly do not know what to make of it, so here it is. *** Back in 1999, I spent

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Personal, Political System, Society

Being Indian

aditya kumar May 21, 2015May 21, 2015

The latest Prime Minister’s comments that evoked a strong reaction on the social media were said in not one, but two countries – China and South Korea. This cannot be impromptu talk. These are well thought of comments and the politician that he is, our PM must have analyzed the impact these words would make

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Unjustifiable Extreme

aditya kumar April 19, 2015April 19, 2015

The kind of an evening when a car hits your car and runs away and you can’t do a thing. So we were at HSR Layout. At Parangipalaya to be precise. There, the road goes thin. It is a single lane, if you can call it that, with lots of pedestrians and a hawker market

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Preparing for Oracle Certified Master – Java EE Architect ( formerly SCEA) Part-2 and 3

aditya kumar October 23, 2014

My last blog post was about my experience with the OCMJEA Part-1 multiple choice exam. That was based on JEE5 though I don’t think there is much difference in the approach that one has to follow for the JEE6 version. This post will talk about my experience and approach towards the Part2/Part3 of the OCMJEA

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Preparing for Oracle Certified Master – Java EE Architect ( formerly SCEA) Part-1

aditya kumar October 23, 2014October 23, 2014

I haven’t blogged lately but there has been a lot that has been keeping me busy. For the most part of this year (and a few months during last year) I had been preparing for the Oracle Certified Master Java EE Architect certification. I gave the final part of it last month and Oracle informed

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