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 →