Happy Sankranti and Pongal

from our home [...]

A Menu of Meds

went to the doctor for a itchy/sore throat with caugh, fever and body aches. plus a chronic stomach bloating.

this is about 12 hrs after the symptoms started showing. he barely looked down my troat (with flashlight 2 ft away), and checked for rashes.

no more discussion – and then came the prescription.

levorid-d : relief of symptoms of [...]

Is It Uncool to Wear a Watch?

with a clock everywhere these days, you decidedly don’t need yet another clumsy/bulky appendage to your body – or so i thought for years (36 years to be precise).

after a long resistance from my rational side, i finally succumbed. i got one finally, a loving gift from my wife, actually. a Casio Edifice EF-509L-1AV bought at [...]

Who Uses Mud to Put Out a Fire?

this below, seen at iit madras. also seen in railway stations. typically used [...]

Tarams Lost

lighting up a celebratory beedi at tarams gate, you have to wonder if this is what you’ve been yearning for, when you signed up for the Pan-IIT Alumi Conference at IIT Madras. the 9-pm air is cool, the random tamil street music is familiar, the lighting is dim-yet-sufficient and the tea shop fellow has the same [...]