Mysorean

The evergreen DD commentators strike Gold [I can take this word without getting emotional about it anymore. Thanks Abhinav!] yet again! I am not going translate this into any other language. If you know Hindi you will understand why!

“bird’s nest jise chidiyon ka ghosla kaha jaata hai kal se itna bhara hua nahin rahega”
“yeh […]

A great speech at the NTU annual convocation that I found here. Adrian Tan gave this speech to the graduating class of 2008.
[via my colleague Deepak]
I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It’s a […]

This is a true incident that happened with my friend. He told me about it and the first place I wanted to put it up was this blog!
1st June, 2008, Sunday, 4PM
Friend calls up BSNL Broadband helpline number 1800 424 1600. A tech support person by name ‘Hemanth’ picks the phone up.
Friend: Hello, […]

A few of the sentences (those scrolling headlines) I came across while changing channels on TV:
This was on Headlines Today. It should be called Headless today!
First scroller:
SALMAN KHAN IS TRAVELING IN JET AIRWAYS 9W… IN SEAT NUMBER 3C
Second scroller:
OUR JOURNALIST IS SITTING NEXT TO HIM
Third scroller:
SALMAN IS SENDING MESSAGES TO HIS […]

We are planning to fly with our 4-month-old son. My wife is pretty nervous about the whole thing. I am not nervous because one: it is not going to be a very long journey, two: he (our son) is a patient kid and three: he has survived a 8 hour drive in a Toyota Qualis […]

Pixie tagged me. Never been tagged for a long time. I am supposed to reveal 9 things about me that are unknown to the outside world out of which only 8 would be true. Here we go:
I can be extremely short-tempered
I change the diapers of my son
I cook well! Especially the Hyderabadi biryani!
I have […]

Jone’s Motto:
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Terman’s Law of Innovation:
If you want a team to win the high jump, you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot each.
O’brien’s Variation:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one […]

According to this news item:
The Lifebuoy Swastha Chetna City Meter has rated Chennai the cleanliest city among top six metros of the country. Bangalore and Kolkata have finished a close second and third respectively in the overall cleanliness perception ranking.
LOL!
And according to this:
The major determining factors of the study included greenery and plantations, […]

[via email from Chetan]
You might have seen most of them before too. Just for fun. My blog isn’t allowing me to post a comment on my previous post! So, let me get on with light-hearted stuff after a heavy-duty discussion. Here are ten of the timeless wonders of RK Laxman.

I am sure many interviews happen […]

Most elders I know cannot be practical for some reason that I cannot understand.
As long as things don’t affect me I am not bothered because those are their beliefs and they are entitled to have them. Like my friend Anand Balaji once said (A Voltairian quote), “I might not agree with what you have to say. […]