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short blogging break

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted by mobile phone:I am on a week-long class at iim-b. will resume in a week.

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Tags: Bangalore

The BLACK Experience

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

i am back on my rental movie queue. this time it’s seventymm.com rather than netflix.com.
one movie that i so reluctantly tossed in my queue was BLACK by sanjay leela bansali. my wife was mostly disinterested, shying away from the fear of being depressed by the film. so i popped in the dvd into my home […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore · Spirituality

Health Care in Bangalore - A Mixed Bag

May 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

when we had a kid emergency in the bay area, we had to almost had barge into our pediatrician’s office with absolutely no appointment. after the boys burnt their legs with hot water, we drove all the way from milpitas to santa clara el camino on old san francisco road - this wasn’t a 911 […]

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Shuttle Bus Stop in Koramangala to New Bangalore Airport

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

how hard should it be to get to an airport? well, from koramangala, the new bengaluru international airport takes a mere two hours to get to. and that too at 7 am in the morning! god help those leaving at 4pm.
the best way to get there is by the shuttle bus operated by the bmtc. […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore

In Praise of the Royal Enfield Bullet Machismo 350

May 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

after the 4-wheel bakeoff ended with a maruti swict zxi, it was time for the 2-wheel hunt. and after a 2-month introspection about what i want in my 2-wheeled sidekick, i got my royal enfield machismo 350 home last weekend.
while shopping for a bike in india, all said and done, it comes down to whether […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore