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July 2004
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The £100 falafel
The falafel indeed did taste heavenly, so what if the total cost was £100 (Rs.8000/-) for two falafels. It all happened due to one promise that I had made in haste. This was the same mistake that king Dasaratha made to his wife Kaikeyi some 6000 Years ago. From child-hood I have been [...]
Padakkushu paramasaadhu
Maybe my favourite animal should be the polar bear. Though being a human, its uncanny the way my hibernation tendencies are related to the polar bear. Its true that my favourite hobby is sleeping, occasional day-dreaming, eating and sleeping, though not necessarily in that order, but I rarely find like-minded people to form [...]
Sivaji Ganesan
Beyond the screen, I didnt have much information about Sivaji Ganesan, till I read this article. Indeed, a great man.
Link via Nancy Gandhi.
History of handshake
I received this via a yahoo group that I subscribe to. This particular contained interesting information about the handshake.
The following news item appeared in the TOI Bangalore Edition of July 2, page 6. ?While someone greeting an acquaintance with a handshake doesn?t amuse modern day society, RESI (Regional Institute of English South India) [...]
Simha… Narrasimha…
It was on a normal day that I stumbled upon a new discovery. An alternative to anesthetic medicines. I have had two bone fractures in my life, both happened while playing football. The first one happened in India when I was still in school and that was a fracture on the right [...]
Vegetable thoran
I am not always a good husband. My sojourns to the kitchen mostly involve the arduos task of drinking water or on a hunter gatherer mission – finding food. On some on rare occasions I don the mantle of a chef and order people around. This is the evidence of one such [...]
to be or not to be (fit)
I have heard from my parents and relatives that I was born chubby, and have remained like that till my college days. From the time I remember, I have not been that much of a fan of physical labour. My brother on the other hand was very active and did most of the [...]