Monthly Archives: July 2010

Purpose Purporting

Posted on July 28, 2010 by manuscrypts

Purpose. I remember bringing this up earlier in ‘Coincide‘ and mentioning that different life stages manage to give us short term purposes which leave little time for this line of questioning – a larger purpose of life itself.  Like I … Continue reading →

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2 States: The Story of My Marriage

Posted on July 25, 2010 by manuscrypts

Chetan Bhagat When Khanna & Iyer met Ek Duje ke Liye. Chetan Bhagat’s works have never been literary classics, relying more on a racy story, wit, and an interesting enough plot. Sadly, this one works only the first count. The … Continue reading →

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Alibaba

Posted on July 18, 2010 by manuscrypts

The name conjures up the vision of a medieval Arabic story, and its indeed a restaurant that (also) serves Arabic cuisine. And just like the treasure, it makes itself very hard to find. Since we knew the rough location, we … Continue reading →

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Storied

Posted on July 14, 2010 by manuscrypts

The best thing about buying second hand books is that they might contain stories. No, I haven’t completely lost it, I meant additional stories. Messages, notes on the side, bookmarks from previous owners – they’re all stories. Stories that give … Continue reading →

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Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in Small Town India

Posted on July 11, 2010 by manuscrypts

Pankaj Mishra If one were to go by the title, Pankaj Mishra is hardly the person who can be trusted to write about the “national bird of khalistan”, after all he’s a complete vegetarian, but then this book is about … Continue reading →

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Watermark

Posted on July 7, 2010 by manuscrypts

Sometime back, while trying recollect the name of a Chinese restaurant in Koramangala which existed circa 2003, I got stuck. Despite different mashups of the various terms used typically for Chinese restaurant names, nothing sounded right. It was a small … Continue reading →

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Aroy

Posted on July 4, 2010 by manuscrypts

No, we aren’t talking about a Bong here. I read somewhere that it means tasty/delicious, in Thai. The direction of thought is roughly right though. East. Aroy is a restaurant in JP Nagar that serves Thai cuisine, along with some … Continue reading →

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