Jaya-Vijaya and a secular taliban story


Jaya and Vijaya were twins who worked in a security company. They guard almost all Hindu temples. Some five hundred years ago General of Aurangazeb army mallikafur who was running a demolition drive, stopped by. That time he had an assignment to demolish illegal building from India’s map. The criteria were, the building is illegal … Continue reading Jaya-Vijaya and a secular taliban story

India’s oldest light house


I started loving history and geography only after I stopped studying them. Text books say Buddhism was propagated by ashoka’s sons to Srilanka, south-east Asian islands trade path. I could not see Lakshadweep Islands till 2007, how could they do with 100 BC technologies. Some of the other examples are: Big chunk of population in … Continue reading India’s oldest light house

Educated illiterates and their corporate etiquettes.


People never learn, no matter how you pester them with the preaching of etiquettes of "civilized society”. I am not talking about rules which are imposed, but the common sense which an educated person supposed to possess. Few days back our client CEO had come to have a look at offshore development facility. Initially he … Continue reading Educated illiterates and their corporate etiquettes.

Please forward this to 10 friends, right now…


Chain mails are like Bollywood movies, they will be obviously illogical, they emotionally blackmail and we still read it and forward. I received my first chain mail when I was eight. It was a 15 paisa post card asking me to post 10 others. A famous god’s (Dharmastala Manjunatha) story was written in it. Though … Continue reading Please forward this to 10 friends, right now…

Udara Nimittam…


This guy is supposed to be rare, protected (inside a cage at least... forgive me PETA) and properly fed. I found this guy longing for tender coconut left-over. Though he learned to eat pop- corns and "Lays" etc. whatever we feed, there is competition from stray dogs and cattle for the same. Hence “Udara Nimittam….” … Continue reading Udara Nimittam…