Valley Chai

i was riding my little kinetic-honda scooter in the evening, on my way home. the skies looked ominous as it was raining off and on ever since i came here, so i left in a hurry. sure enough it started raining half-way home.
it wasn’t really a downpour, not the torrents of windy breezy rain. it […]

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one of the guys asked me if i only whine on this blog. so i thought i’d post on a few things i love about life in bangalore/india.
maid servant/ “bai” : all the tedious work gets done in an hr., on time, brisk and quiet, for about Rs.1,000/mo
power cuts : it gives you a bit […]

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i used to hate it when yahoo videos played in a pop-up player/browser. finally, i was pleasantly surprised to see a very neat integration of video content to the front page. is
this the next model of hybrid (vido+text) content consumption?
- video content is played inline
- textual teaser leads into video content
- sponsored brand placement […]

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the only thing worth watching on TV seems to be either news programs or the Indian Idol (so far, at least). Flipping around channels and devouring all the newspaper i can get my hands on, the only serious matter of public discourse seems to be the indo-us nuclear deal.
first the basic realizations : the left […]

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observation from a shopping trip to Food Word in Bangalore (Nanjappa Circle)

yoghurt/curd/dahi : most yoghurts are not as think and creamy. if you are used to the trader job’s cream-top, you would be pretty much dead in the water. my boys were majorly in to curd-rice (to the point of rejecting all other food), and […]

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