Category Archives: Yesterday

Collective bargain

Posted on August 25, 2010 by manuscrypts

“The way they speak about dinosaurs now, a few years later, that’s how they will talk about the mill workers”, says a character in City of Gold, a Hindi film by Mahesh Manjrekar, adapted from a play by Jayant Pawar. … Continue reading →

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Oh, numb!

Posted on August 23, 2010 by manuscrypts

While I was handling the high frequency burping that signifies the completion of the meal above, my phone rang. It was an ex-colleague, but more importantly, dear friend and a fellow mallu. I picked it up, expecting a loud ‘Happy … Continue reading →

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leg godt

Posted on August 18, 2010 by manuscrypts

Sapphire (toys- retail chain) opened a store in Koramangala recently, and lies on my route to practically anywhere. That means that giant Lego display and I stare at each other almost everyday now. Lego and I go back more than … Continue reading →

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Back to eternity

Posted on August 4, 2010 by manuscrypts

Despite being a Star Trek fan, I happen to think that Time is the final frontier, at least in the horizon that I can see. I find it quite intriguing that, though it might be looked on as a tool … 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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Sikkim Day 3 – Tea, Gangtalk, and the legend of Pawan Chamling

Posted on April 25, 2010 by manuscrypts

The alternate plan we chose consisted of the tea estates in South Sikkim, and the Padmasambhava statue in Namchi. Our driver was the same, and that’s when we figured that we still didn’t know his name. Our expectations of a … Continue reading →

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Relative..reality

Posted on March 10, 2010 by manuscrypts

For some strange reason, I’ve read Pankaj Mishra’s books in reverse order..well, almost. I read The Romantics first, a long time before, and it remains a book I’m very attached to. Its a good book, but I’ve never figured out … Continue reading →

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Ok, its alright with me…..

Posted on February 24, 2010 by manuscrypts

As I walked towards the parking space to get the vehicle, the lion and the clown beckoned to me. While their masks sported plastic smiles, i could sense the beseeching look their eyes would have. It was almost the end … Continue reading →

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