When Indra Came Down Upon the Comic Con
On the second day of the first ever Indian Comic Con, the heavens opened up, complete with a minor storm and hailstones. The comic loving crowd, that forced me to…Continue Reading →
Review: Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820T (i5-460M, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD)
Choosing that perfect laptop is tougher than choosing a mobile phone. At least for me. And at the end you…
Guruji.com Gives up on Music Search
Guruji.com is giving up on its USP – music search. Not sure whether it is because of the piracy allegations…
Google Chrome Hoarding Gives a 404 Error
Driving to work on New Year's Day, noticed a hoarding advertising the web browser. And if you were to type out the URL mentioned in the hoarding: www.google.co.in/Chrome, it would…Continue Reading →
Cutting the Chai Calendar 2011 (with Indian Holidays)
The fifth edition of the calendar is also simple, no-frills and printable (A4) as the previous four and also includes…
Mirza Asad-Ullah Khan ‘Ghalib’
It’s Mirza Ghalib‘s birthday today. And this is a photo from his portrait at the museum inside Delhi’s Red Fort.…
Deal of the season: 1% Off on Cadbury Gems
The year-end is the season of deals and discounts and my neighbourhood supermarket is also trying to lure shoppers with the ‘best bargains.’ Bharti Retail’s Easy Day outlet at Mahagun…Continue Reading →
WikiLeaks-inspired Pakistani Butterfly Sanitary Napkin Ad
RG Blue Communications, a Pakistani advertising agency has created a humourous ad for Butterfly Sanitary Napkins with WikiLeaks as the…
The Bengalis of Shillong
The first Bengali, as recorded, who came to Shillong was the successful trader Golam Haider, who was the supplier to…
Jawaharlal Nehru in a 1950 ad for Chicago Telephone & Radio
This advertisement is from the January 28, 1950 edition of The Times of India (Delhi) and has the then Prime Minister of India jawaharlal Nehru, garlanded and with a tilak…Continue Reading →
Femina Kamasutra Mehndi Cheat Sheet [NSFW]
Suhagraat. The legendary Indian tradition where the newly-weds are left alone in a room for the first time, to do…
India Googles Kaun Banega Crorepati
An association with Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is what Google TV needs to be a success in India, that is…
