Putting a price on anything is not an obvious process. All those pricing textbooks that you read are only good enough to tell you what to avoid. Given that an engineering education and a geek-desi background often biases you towards expecting logic in everything, I am sure many were horrified to lea...

How does one even begin to describe “Benny Lava phenomenon” when it is hard to even comprehend it. To put it simply - incredible. For those who know what it is - Admit it! We all saw Benny Lava and loved it, didn’t we? No matter how familiar any one is on the viral nature of certai...

As far back as I can remember, Mathura is the first restaurant that I visited, which had (a) forks (b) Chairs with cushions on it and (c) A/c. Forks are queer things to get introduced to. They have no value whatsoever in the world of Indian foods. That too in the 80s - with no clue on how to use the...

From 5:32 Wonder Balloon in DD, as a side act to Rocket Ramanathan & Vivek, to the Oscar awards center stage alongside names like Peter Gabriel - it has been an incredible journey. Growing up in the 90s A.R.R and Sachin Tendulkar were synonymous with youth and the new found liberation. This cert...

Story of a begging-mafia that made a lot of money by having young children enact "poverty porn" to shock the white man - was made into a movie that pretty much did the same thing....

In colleges and grad school parties, you often meet these guys who have too much hair gel, wear clothes that shine, and who dance like medieval maniacs to bhangra music. Over time it becomes easy to stereo type these guys as mindless, tasteless, bhangra dancing people who are only fit to work as cle...

Mix some 'Pori' (Sort of Fried Rice) + 'Kadalai' (Fried Ground nuts) in plate and keep it before a person. You can bet that within a few minutes his/her hands will automatically move in the direction of the plate and grab a handful. Eating this mixture is an involuntary action. There is a good chanc...

Almost all people can traditionally be bucketed as pursuers of one or more of the 3 Gs. Gold, Glory and God. Once upon a time pursuing God and thereby religion helped kings, chieftains and US Presidents, who were fundamentally Gold or Glory pursuers, project a noble face to the public. It reduced th...

Must suppress laughter when someone says, "Obama inniki Oath'u eduthuttan". Then someone says "ithuvaraikkum 44 presidents Oath'u eduthathula Obama Oath'u eduthathu dhaan bestu". But after a point one breaks down when this someone says "illa.. illa.. avan wife bible'a kai'la pidichittu irukarchela S...

It has been said that when a Pharaoh walks into a pyramid looking to spend his last days and beyond, he would take with him, gigantic quantities of food, women, and clothes. While he can be excused for not talking in a gigantic Namitha instead of gigantic quantities of Egyptian women, one cannot for...