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I am currently reading “The confusion” by Neal Stephenson, and I found in it a particularly perceptive passage “These distinctions that you draw ‘tween noble and common, what is proper and what is not, seem as arbitrary and senseless to me, as the castes and customs of the Hindoos would to you,” Eliza returned. “It [...]
Gaurav has outed Michael as being a CIA agent. Of course, I knew this all along, but I couldn’t figure out which department he was in, till I met him on Saturday. The answer came to me suddenly, just when a heated discussion on cricket was going on. “Psychological warfare!” I whispered to Michael and [...]
I left this as a comment on Shivam’s post on the blog HTOHL. I just thought I’d repeat it here. You need to read that post to get the context.
Now we have two witnesses who will swear to the indisputable fact that I am not pompous or arrogant! In fact, I am the nicest person you’ve (n)ever met, as was proved beyond all reasonable doubt in the DC bloggers’ meet on 11th March 2006 on my 0x1Fth birthday.
I just remembered that I am in line to host the next blog mela. Here’s the announcement. Leave your nominations as comments to this post. Here are the rules: Nominate the post, not the whole blog. You can nominate your post too, if you wish. The post should be about India, or should be by [...]
In 1998, New York and New Jersey fought a lawsuit over a point so bizarre that I doubt you’ll find anything like it even in a story from Hindu mythology. New York city is located at a somewhat strange place, practically surrounded by other states. I dug into history and learnt that this came about [...]
Dilip D’Souza started collecting all those things that offended various sentiments of various religions some time back. Worthwhile exercise, for which I have no productive contribution to make, unfortunately. But I do have a bad joke to make about the first case. It seems that some Sikhs got offended because Mandira Bedi affectionately named her [...]
I’m in the US on a business visa. Under the terms of the visa, I cannot do any actual work here. I can hold meetings, train people and get trained, etc. but I can’t do any actual work. I am pretty sure that FBI agents (or whoever is in charge of these things) visit my [...]
There was an English King in 1842. Who? Hint: I have phrased this question very carefully.
One of the things I like about the Americans is their insistence on using the right tools for the job. Take this post by Michael for example. It is “typically American” of him to wonder about why those workmen weren’t using better tools. This is not to say that all Americans will do it or [...]
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