Category Archives: @tempting humour

Backlash

Posted on April 14, 2010 by manuscrypts

“Ooh, seventh anniversary coming up”, says I, my eyes straying over the dates. No response. “Seven year itch..”, I remind her. “For now, you scratch my back and I, yours” “Isn’t it more to do with affairs behind your back?” … Continue reading →

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Vir review

Posted on January 25, 2010 by manuscrypts

Read this, and come back. I sit in the darkened hall, hoping this ordeal will be over soon. Vir is droning on. I am surprised that he expects this kind of drivel to be accepted by any audience, let alone … Continue reading →

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Collage

Posted on January 20, 2010 by manuscrypts

Not that I’m going to bore you with events from Y2K on, I have other stuff to do that with, but a decade can be a long time. And when there are events to add some perspective to that timeframe, … Continue reading →

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Shift + Alt + Holmes

Posted on January 13, 2010 by manuscrypts

I’m quite a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes. If you remember, schools had this process in which one student was asked to read from the textbook, and another had to start from where he left off. Though most teachers went … Continue reading →

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Andamanned – Part 3 – Blair wich

Posted on November 10, 2009 by manuscrypts

Part 1 and Part 2 We caught the return ferry at 3 pm, and this time, we got the non a/c seats. Arrgh, and as if that wasn’t enough, there were some noisy seat related quarrels, which thankfully didn’t involve … Continue reading →

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Shashi Tharoor, a real account… of the Bangalore Tweetup

Posted on November 7, 2009 by manuscrypts

And that would explain why, when I saw the invite for a tweet up, it was an easy exception to make to my otherwise steadfast stance against tweet ups and reserve a place to meet the Minister of Status. That’s … Continue reading →

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Andamanned – Part 2 – Nagaron ke beach main

Posted on November 5, 2009 by manuscrypts

My sarcasm regarding the airport welcome, it seemed, wasn’t totally lost on the resort staff, as two people waited on/for us at Havelock. In about 20 mins, we were at Island Vinnie’s, on beach #5 (alias Vijay Nagar beach). On … Continue reading →

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Andamanned – Part 1 – The Chennai conditioning

Posted on November 3, 2009 by manuscrypts

I could say “No man is an island, yet Andaman is” or I could say “No man is an island, nor is Andaman, it is a group of islands”. Bwahaha. Forgive me, all that time in the water must’ve diluted … Continue reading →

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Damn.. on the backburner

Posted on September 23, 2009 by manuscrypts

It has come to be this way. The pattern. After every break I take, whether its a trip to Kerala, or a vacation to the beaches or the mountains. Its fairly easy to understand, the daily grind leaves very little … Continue reading →

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Issued in Public Interest

Posted on July 3, 2009 by manuscrypts

He was told not to misbehave. He mumbled that he understood the momentous nature of the event. She replied that his behaviour in public was still a matter of concern. He figured this conversation was bound to happen when one … Continue reading →

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