Mysorean

[Via email from Hemanth]
Vivek Pradhan wasn’t a happy man. Even the plush comfort of the First Class air-conditioned compartment of the Shatabdi Express couldn’t cool his frayed nerves. He was the Project Manager and still not entitled to air travel. It was not the prestige he sought, he had tried to reason with the […]

Sometimes when people come to me and say, “What’s the use of living in India? There is never any development and nothing works as per plan. And these politicians are always interested in themselves and not bothered about the country! What’s the whole point?”. I argue against them always! But not when such things happen. […]

In one of my posts, we had a discussion about the culture of Mysore. Vatsan compared it with Chennai’s culture and said:
Mysore will become another silicon valley and lose its identity :), im pretty sure.
Chennai retains its identity because the labour working in IT firms is largely frm in and around TN, and chennai has […]

Five years ago on this day, the Indian symbol of democracy was attacked by terrorists. Our parliament was under sieze by a group of five terrorists (Arundhati Roy says “six”!). The entire nation watched the well-covered event on television. The session was on inside the parliament and they seemed to be going about their business as […]

The Hindu has a story today on the transformation of Dr. Manmohan Singh. Completely agree with the story! Click here to know my thoughts on the speech.
A transformed Manmohan
Harish Khare
Controlled aggression, a game plan and application of technique At the outset he positioned himself in the Mahatma corner, quoting Gandhi’s abiding injunction to wipe […]

Our Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh gave his reply to the queries raised by the opposition and the Left on the nuclear deal with the US in the Rajya Sabha. It was not a reply, it was more of a speech. The speech had all the ingredients that a seasoned political speech writer would […]

Rang De Basanti 
When your tagline says, “A generation awakens”, it means serious business. A great dream and a very high aim for yourself. This “sms generation” for whom anything beyond four lines is a lecture, you are presenting a two hour forty minute dawdle. I am surprised that it’s been accepted so well. But since […]

Rang De Basanti thodisi dhuul meri dharti ki mere watan ki - 2 thodisi Khushbuu baurai se mast pavan ki thodisi dhondhane waali dhak-dhak dhak-dhak dhak-dhak saansein jin mein ho junoon junoon voh boonde laal lahuu ki yeh sab tuu mila mila le phir rang tuu khila khila le - 2 aur mohe tuu […]

The Hindu quotes in an article:
This time it’s not just the police; academicians too have joined the brigade and launched a campaign against tight clothes, jeans, skirts and T-shirts.
Banning cell-phones is one thing but asking students what to wear is another issue. It does seem fair to ask students to switch off their mobile phones […]

“Hi, what are you doing for this weekend?”
“I have planned a trip to Munnar. It’s a wonderful place you know. I booked the Club Mahindra resort long back. It’s a long weekend na, that’s why”
“Oh good! Enjoy! I have never been to Munnar. Hope you have a nice time”
“Thanks!”
Munnar, Kodaikannal, Pondicherry, Colombo and Singapore are […]