Scam 1992 and OTT platform debate


Online streaming platforms (OTT) had a good run of generating quality products, which is almost over now. After producing gems of original content for about half a decade, they are giving up now. They, inevitably have opened the doors to production houses of both Hollywood and Bollywood to crap all over them. To be brutally … Continue reading Scam 1992 and OTT platform debate

My experiments with perfume salesmen


Perfume samplers are perhaps a most annoying bunch of salesmen out there. They are like urban cowboys with a set of perfume bottles in their holster and will shoot at a sight like dirty harry. I can not think of a time when I was in a mall and did not get ambushed by this … Continue reading My experiments with perfume salesmen

The Last Samurai, Taranaki Maunga and Mangaluru


Question : Do you recognize this mountain? Name and location please.. Taranaki title up for negotiation Yes, it's the same one in the backdrop of the legendary movie - The Last Samurai. This is supposed to be Mount Fuji where Tom Cruise and other ancient Japanese's warrior tribes fought their last battle and perish. However … Continue reading The Last Samurai, Taranaki Maunga and Mangaluru

Begging with a thousand apologies


In his famous letter, Srinivasan Ramanajuman Aiyangar, the prodigy from Madras, a mathematics genius wrote to Godfrey Harold Hardy as: "Dear Sir, I beg to introduce myself to you as a clerk in the Accounts Department of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of only £20 per annum.". I repeat, he 'begs' … Continue reading Begging with a thousand apologies

Trapped and Cornered


Okay, these are few quick notes from our History. They not too closely related or coherent, consider them as 'a bit of that dash of that'. I will not get into elaborations or conclusions as this was not meant to be a full-fledged post, or at least, not for now.  Consider them as my stick-it … Continue reading Trapped and Cornered