Okay, now I have 500+ subscribers from wordpress.com and another 70 through email. This is not too bad for 5 months with 40 posts, eh? In fact, this is super-duper fantastic. If you ask me, I did not have any number in mind when I restarted blogging. In fact, I could still run a blog … Continue reading Thank you 500+ subscribers
Category: rants
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
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
Book Review: Hit Refresh
The primary author of "Hit refresh" is Microsoft's current CEO - Satya Nadella, and he co-authored it with Mr Thesaurus himself! 😊 As you are familiar with my posts, I try to keep it casual here. This is my blog. If you are looking for a more serious review, you are free to go to … Continue reading Book Review: Hit Refresh
Bollywood and its exploitation business
A Thumb rule for any movie director, even liberal, is to go very conservative when kids are involved. Several things can go horribly wrong, and I am not talking about acting. Sometimes the messages movies send out will have a long-lasting impact that is irreversible. Let me give you one example from the days where … Continue reading Bollywood and its exploitation business
The Bach 