Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Real and the Virtual

Posted on April 29, 2009 by manuscrypts

He got married on April 24th 2003, to the woman he had loved for six years. He noted that somehow it all seemed to add up to 6. And so, on the sixth day he created ‘manuscrypts‘. From then on … Continue reading →

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Rambowed

Posted on April 28, 2009 by manuscrypts

I started reading a Pico Iyer book a few days back “Video night in Kathmandu”. I was hooked on from the first page because he started off with an icon from my childhood – Rambo Pico Iyer writes about how … Continue reading →

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Laa Jawaab

Posted on April 26, 2009 by manuscrypts

A recent addition to Indiranagar’s North Indian dine out options, this restaurant is on CMH Road – the non metro side. When coming from the Koramangala direction – on 100 ft Road, take a right turn at the CMH Road- … Continue reading →

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Driven to it..

Posted on April 24, 2009 by manuscrypts

The driver ahead, talking on the mobile,  was disrupting traffic…irritating him. And then he saw the sticker. At the junction, he knocked on the window and said “Thanks for the warning sticker, ma’am, but your responsibility doesn’t end there. You … Continue reading →

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Moult

Posted on April 21, 2009 by manuscrypts

Two new malayalam movies watched in a fortnight. Nothing special in that, you’d think. What does make it special is that they brought back characters from the past. “2 Harihar Nagar”, the official sequel to a movie, after 19 years, … Continue reading →

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Video Night in Kathmandu

Posted on April 20, 2009 by manuscrypts

Pico Iyer Set in the mid 80′s, Pico’s travel writing worked on two levels for me – one, in terms of his destinations, and the other, in terms of time. Right from the first page, with his interpretation of the … Continue reading →

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HongKong Hustle

Posted on April 19, 2009 by manuscrypts

That’s the retaurant formerly known as Saigon. In fact, when you approach it from Brigade Road the signage with the new name is difficult to miss, but the front signage is still that of Saigon. This is on the 2nd … Continue reading →

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Keynotes

Posted on April 17, 2009 by manuscrypts

There are keys that unlock memories, some of them happen to be on a keyboard, the musical type. And that’s exactly what happened when I chanced upon a keyboard at a relative’s place. I started with the easy stuff that … Continue reading →

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Pity

Posted on April 14, 2009 by manuscrypts

No one knew how the treasure myth originated, but it spread. And the eyes of men gleamed with greed. They created armies, with promises of the booty’s share. The digging started, and the city was pitted against formidable foes – … Continue reading →

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The Better Man

Posted on April 10, 2009 by manuscrypts

Anita Nair This is Anita Nair’s first novel, and quite a good start. I could identify with it quite a bit, probably because of the Kerala setting, and therefore the familiarity with the kind of characters that appear in the … Continue reading →

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