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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The year that wasn't
The year that wasn't This has been a dull year for me. Not a great way to start a post but I do find myself questioning “Did I simply sidestep and let the dr...
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Demographics and Sports : Part 1
Demographics and Sports : Part 1 1. Why Indian Cricket team is likely to remain amongst the top three for decades? 2. Why England has won relatively low num...
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Valid Excuses For A Pseudo-Break
Valid Excuses For A Pseudo-Break I would be relatively inactive in blogosphere for the next fifty days. Various reasons are listed down later in the post. Ha...
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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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Breaking the Jinx
Breaking the Jinx Image : Dale Steyn & me chatting with the fans during the RCB vs Cape Cobra Match Friends, Royal Challengers must win in tomorrow's match...
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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...