This archived title image is of magazines displayed by pavement booksellers at New Delhi’s Connaught Place. Made many interesting discoveries here. Some unknown, unheard of publications with something interesting to…Continue Reading →
The tagline reads “a repository of (mostly) useless information, since 2005.” Vijay Krishna, from Chennai, India, has been taking forward…
(Translates to “we want Binnies.” But the Bambaiya appeal can’t be translated) Is Binnies chips still available? The jingle was…
She came into my life, actually my toilet, and gave me company every time I went inside to answer nature’s call. This house sparrow made herself comfortable in a wall…Continue Reading →
Not by design, neither was it an accident. But this New Year’s eve, not a drop of the stuff that…
A goat posing for me on the steps of Fatehpur Sikri (Notice the smile on her lips).
Amar Chirta Katha, that venerable source of history and mythology for an entire pre-cable TV and internet generation also gratified other needs of pubescent boys. Ludwig at ships, shoes, sealing…Continue Reading →
Some readers found this title image a little distasteful and asked me to take it off. Keeping their sensibilities in…
Was a little preoccupied all these days and couldn’t visit blogadesh. As things settle down on the professional front, issues of personal importance, like blogging, will follow suit.Continue Reading →
A 1986 Only Vimal ad featuring the cricketer for whom the word swashbuckling was perhaps coined – Viv Richards, or…
December 13, 2001. The Indian Parliament is attacked. A dozen dead, including the attackers. Massive deployment of soldiers by India…
