The AI and I: A Love Story (Not really)
The AI and I When ChatGPT arrived, I was told that my job was in danger. Engineers with twenty years of experience were going to be replaced by a chatbot tha...
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Goa Trip : Introduction
Goa Trip : Introduction So how was the trip ? Words one expects to hear are : "Awesome", "Fantastic"," Disaster" ... I am going to use similar words in a ch...
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Five Whatevers
Five Whatevers 1. Object Thou shalt not steal. Else, you are a thief. And the object, Stolen. 2. Work Rose, “I shall have the glory”. Thorn, “I too, will...
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The Tailor's Box
The Tailor's Box When Abdul took measurements of his customers, he secretly measured their age too. Decades of sewing clothes had taught him how the human bo...
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Shadows of the mind
Shadows of the mind Since last quarter of an hour I’ve been wondering about the value of right hand. When no amount of money succeeded in luring me into part...
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In Praise Of Routine And In Glory Of Life
In Praise Of Routine And In Glory Of Life The skin is getting its colour back. The blood is pure red now; gallons of alcohol have drained off. Sometimes thou...
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The Alchemistress
The Alchemistress Stella was on the hospital bed. Her left leg plastered. This had to be the worst day she has had in years. She slipped over the stairs as s...
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For Chameli, whenever I may find her
For Chameli, whenever I may find her Terror is what I was craving for last night. It had been quite a long time since I woke up in the night fear-struck with...
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Her Diary
Her Diary Everyday life for a female is never easy in a conservative society. Being a werewolf doesn’t help. Waking up naked beneath the park benches, even...
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We The People
We The People Scenario 1 : Two kids with their Mom Mom : Sonu, Monu ! Come let's go to the Tagore Academy. There's an exhibition on Chola dynasty sculptures....
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Ten Years in Industry
Ten Years in Industry This June 17th, I will be finishing 10 years in industry. The duration is almost a dog-life. A kid born 10 years ago would have learnt...
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God's Own Child
God's Own Child There were impatient knocks on my door this morning. I stopped Eminem swearing loudly on my Laptop, opened the door and found the delivery bo...
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Mother
Mother Mother, do you think they'll like this song? Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? Mother, should I build the wall? [Original Post](htt...
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Things a man endures every morning
Things a man endures every morning [Original Post](https://brownphantom.blogspot.com/2010/08/things-man-endures-every-morning.html)...
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Bee and the Beast
Bee and the Beast I saw brightness shimmering through the window glasses of his house on that rainy night. Then he opened one of the windows to smell the wet...
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Helpless
Helpless I have come to accept that no matter how much I reason, I am not immune to the whims of surroundings. How else to justify the Bournv...
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Trip Home
Trip Home Lull is a funny word. And that’s what this place has been going through for a long while now. I have forgotten how to structure a post to the level...
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How we learnt "English" over the last few decades.
How we learnt 'English" over the last few decades. Year 1958 . Well, first the basics . Movie : Dilli ka Thug C.A.T. Cat, Cat Maane Billi, R.A.T. Rat, Rat...
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The Happening
The Happening Wednesday evening. Around 9 PM. I called up Chitto to discuss about the Goa-trip that we three (third one being Pravu) had planned for the firs...
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A Word Game
A Word Game I’ve got almost three hours left, as these very words are typed, before I default on the grand promise made to myself of writing at least one pos...
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A Tree, A Lizard, And A Dementia
A Tree, A Lizard, And A Dementia This is not a “proper” post, in a sense that it is being done just for the sake of discipline. Am working on something inter...
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Dilli Ka Thug : Part 2
Dilli Ka Thug : Part 2 Here goes the analysis of the first incidence in the Tricks-of-Trades series. I turned. It was him. Statistics: When I look back, I...
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Riders On The Storm
Riders On The Storm I had a shocker today morning while driving. As soon as the radio was turned on, these were the words that fell on my ears: Into this ho...
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Demon : Short Story Contest Entry
Demon : Short Story Contest Entry Yesterday as the room service lady delivered the laundry to my room, I hesitated, “This bra is not mine”. “Of course not,...
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How not to get duped at the petrol pump
How not to get duped at the petrol pump It’s that time of the month again when Vinnie needs her food. I usually get the tank full at the petrol pumps for thr...
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Facebook Agony Aunt
Facebook Agony Aunt Pokers Q. I am being poked and tickled a lot. Yesterday, a classmate I haven’t met for seven years pinched me. How do I react? A. It woul...
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Rage Against The Tags
Rage Against The Tags I have been busy doing nothing for the entire week. As a result, the blog suffered blatant neglect. Time to make amends. First, a few i...
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Men In The Mirror
Men In The Mirror Everyday as I drive to office, I dread that one minute, the time to be spent in the lift. The lift in my office has reflecting surfaces on...
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The Profound Lie
The Profound Lie A solitary word spoken for the entire day and that too was a lie. Optimizations, in daily life, have been stretched too far I guess. Probabl...
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Zakmhi Shayar ke Sher
Zakmhi Shayar ke Sher 1. Gaane the , taraane the, Sunane ke liye kai afsaane the, Magar wo zamana aur tha, Un dino hum zaraa diwaane the 2. Haqeequt ne y...
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Tina
Tina Damn the vulnerabilities of daily existence. Just when I was going to coin the term Pseudo-Swines for those who were cashing in on the flu-mania to stay...
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The Twisted Telephonic Tales
The Twisted Telephonic Tales Rain Gods, all over the world, have developed quirky little sadistic tendencies in response to the Global warming. But those in...
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So kid, what do you want to be when you grow up ?
So kid, what do you want to be when you grow up ? [Original Post](https://brownphantom.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-kid-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you.html)...
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Spoilt For Choice
Spoilt For Choice Bed is the clear favorite, of course....
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Three silly, but very short stories
Three silly, but very short stories 1. Droplet "I would prefer a blackhole to a sponge", said the suicidal droplet. A river devoured it. 2. Shoes Twins. Bot...
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"Ascension" Short Fiction Contest
"Ascension" Short Fiction Contest There's this cool short fiction contest going on here. You'll find some fantastic works there. None of the stories are more...
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Handshakes, Dating And Succumbing
Handshakes, Dating And Succumbing Observing last few posts, I felt that the blog is getting too analytical and didactic. So the second part of the previous p...
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Don’t cry over spilt milk
Don’t cry over spilt milk Four babies are being born every second. Scientists at ISRO are toiling hard for nation’s first mission to moon this month. Rules a...
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My Jazz Album
My Jazz Album In a bid to up the cool-quotient I’ve taken to jazz these days. Have come to realize that jazz is an interest that will need a bit more cultiva...
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What Happens In Dewas Stays In Dewas
What Happens In Dewas Stays In Dewas After six long years, I celebrated Diwali with family in my home town Dewas (fondly called Las Dewas by expatriates). “...
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So Far Away
So Far Away Beautiful Joanna lays naked on the beach, sipping her Pina-colada from the crystal glass. Sky is blue and the water green. Waves come and go, and...
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Unborn
Unborn Before she died, she had one last look at the sky. She has been sleeping since then, only to keep waking in another dream. Now she found herself on a...
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My New Place
My New Place I am moving into a new house this decade end. It’s a little duplex, an independent two-bedroom house, not far from where I stay currently. At 90...
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VAT 69
VAT 69 Centuries ago, strange events occured in abundance simply because there was no one to report them. They laid the foundations for many anomalies we obs...
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Eight Seconds
Eight Seconds “Not much of a hobby mate.” Johnny whispered loudly through the bushes. “Ummm?” said Pete distantly. His eyes fixed on the sky, as always. Alw...
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Radiosyncrasies
Radiosyncrasies One of the many reasons why car-pooling won’t quite work for me is that I am too whimsical with the radio while driving. I don’t have TV as p...
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The Usual
The Usual So this guy walks into this pub. With swagger and all. Looks around. Three chicks drinking. None good enough for him. Goes straight to the bar....
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Ghanshyams vs Fairbrothers, and Bala goes to Singapore
Ghanshyams vs Fairbrothers, and Bala goes to Singapore The Ghanshyams are at it again.Dark fat bastards. The barbarians hit each other harder and harder. Eac...
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The Fitness Band
The Fitness Band Last month, I bought a fitness band for 2,347 rupees. The odd number should have been the first warning sign. The band promised to track my...
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I Think Therefore I am
I Think Therefore I am Don't know why, but I find myself in an academic mood today. Please pardon me for these feeble attempts at explaining things that are...
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Short Story Contest and An Indecent Ending
Short Story Contest and An Indecent Ending Here’s an entirely useless piece of information for more than 6 billion humans and the entire Ostrich species. I a...
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Dilli Ka Thug : Part 1
Dilli Ka Thug : Part 1 This is the first anecdote in the series “Tricks of trades” introduced in an earlier post. Part 1 describes the incident while Part 2...
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Hello World
Hello World This poor thing has been starving for months. And so, here’s an update on what I was up to during this time. Not that I expect/wish/accept that a...
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Tooth-Fairies And Soap
Tooth-Fairies And Soap Yesterday I helped the cause of a budding barber. Although my right ear still hurts, I am satisfied with my readiness for an impromptu...
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Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Careful With That Axe, Eugene Carla, the cat, was having a bad tail day and to top that, no one had noticed how well her new green nail polish went with her...
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The Trip to Chilka Lake
The Trip to Chilka Lake Couple of weeks ago I went to my friend Chitto’s wedding in Bhubaneswar. Yes, another man down. Back in Kharagpur, his room number wa...
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All Apologies
All Apologies I did this guest post here at Preeti's blog last week. And then Atrisa has tagged me with honest scrap here. Thank you Atrisa :P. The post fi...
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Big Banger with his poems and other art forms
Big Banger with his poems and other art forms The Big Banger An aimless evening stroll. In my head, I am a man on his first day out of prison after serving...
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Tricks of trades: Introduction
Tricks of trades: Introduction Friday night. Music was exploding inside Vinnie as she zipped through the traffic at dangerous speeds to bring me back to home...
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Infinity and beyond
Infinity and beyond Another rain-filled lazy afternoon on the bean-bag in good old Bangalore. A little while later I am gonna have some coffee at the nearby...
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The Restaurant
The Restaurant I picked up the menu card. The first page said ‘For Gents’. A bit odd, but you never know with these upscale restaurants. “Can I have My Yout...
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The Oversight
The Oversight “The Consultant”, read the board. An arrow mark on the board pointed to the first floor. One might mistake it to be an arrogant declaration of...
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Brought To You Bai
Brought To You Bai My maid is on leave this week. Her absence is becoming noticeable day by day. Apart from executing her designated duties, she also acts a...
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice I just booked the air-tickets to my place for Diwali. A dozen kilo has been deducted from my credit card. I’ve traveled the same distance...
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Six Whatevers
Six Whatevers Tete-a-tete “Nice wig.” “Takes one to know one.” “Mine is special. All hair in it belongs to my clients.” “Same here” “I know all the barbers h...
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Truth in Wine
Truth in Wine A life’s work continues to conjure questions well past the funeral. Take Arthur’s case. His son was convinced that trash-can is the rightful pl...
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How To Live
How To Live Lately I've been wondering a lot about, well, how to live. In the quest to understand life, I‘ve read a lot: philosophy, evolutionary-biology, ne...
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Behavioural Inefficiencies
Behavioural Inefficiencies 1. Here’s a puzzle with straightforward answer but many come up with incorrect solutions in real life: Imagine yourself seating on...
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Vagina Monologue
Vagina Monologue Younger Bro bought an expensive mobile against my pragmatic advice. As is often the case, big brother was right. The mobile would sometime a...
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Everyone’s self-centered; it’s the radius that matters.
Everyone’s self-centered; it’s the radius that matters. Tonight I claim what is mine, as it seems to be growing in popularity. To know more, you will have t...
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A few Snaps of the trip in Goa
A few Snaps of the trip in Goa Here are a few snaps. I am waiting for more from friends who may be kind enough to mail them at prashantdhanke@gmail.com if at...
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Four Whatevers And A Song
Four Whatevers And A Song Saying Hi To The Dead Get yourself a plain sheet of paper and a pen. Find an ant if the dead was a nice fellow. Else get a tiny sp...
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My Sweet Family
My Sweet Family Refrigerator: Hi, my name is Calvin. This chap bought me three years ago. I have seen few things in life: Apples, milk, coke, beer and whisky...
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Facebook Status Messages If Your Boss Is In Your Friend List
Facebook Status Messages If Your Boss Is In Your Friend List You can’t escape having colleagues and bosses in your Facebook friend-list. Why not make the mos...