R.I.P. Uncle Pai !

Early morning today I reached out for the fresh smelling wad of newspapers of  the day. My attention went to  the Times Of India.  It  was a welcome change to see the  front page  with news  rather than the usual full page advertisement that has become the norm for the newspaper which  has the mottoContinueContinue reading “R.I.P. Uncle Pai !”

Back Online Again !!

The site was bricked exactly 2 weeks ago by hackers who exploited a vulnerability in 2.x.x version of wordpress which was hosting my blog. While it  was a complete hack  affecting WordPress, fortunately they could not touch my the hosting platform. For almost 2 weeks the blog was far from a live blog, more aContinueContinue reading “Back Online Again !!”

Die Bäckerei Bombardierung

Die Bäckerei Bombardierung (The bakery bombing) A handsome, well built, clean shaven man in his early 30s something wearing a worn out jeans and a casual checkered shirt casually walks in to a cafe, a back pack, possibly a hand bag in one hand and half spent cigarette in the other. He eyeballs the femalesContinueContinue reading “Die Bäckerei Bombardierung”

The Ashtavinayak Diary

The last week of December is an apt time to wash away all the sins of the year gone by as well as seek divine blessings for an obstacle free new year. An ideal time for the Ashtavinayak Yatra which is what we decided to embark on in the last week of 2009. After anContinueContinue reading “The Ashtavinayak Diary”