Funny how a subject long regarded as the most inane of conversation topics could be generating so much of excitement—the weather! And it’s all because Delhi dipped to 0°C.
IT super-power or IT super-shame?
The rape and murder of Hewlett Packard call centre employee Pratibha Srikantamurthy in Bangalore in December 2005 not only shocked the whole country, it also brought to light the indifference that even a company as big as HP has regarding the welfare of its workers.
Sneaky 2006!
Since it’s a new year, I suppose I should make an update. It could be worse—I could be making resolutions!
A reservation against reservations
Reservations—in education, in jobs and in various other aspects of life—are an inescapable part of life in India, and arguably tops the list of reasons why we as a society are so progressively stunted.
Angels in America
While I am not one for watching too many movies, I do see a few now and then. And while quite a few have made me laugh or cry (which, of course, I deny!), made me think or feel outraged, Angels in America surprised me!
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It’s a kind of madness!
Administering a web site and running a blog is actually a pretty simple business, but it does change your life!
A new home!
Writeside.net will move to a new home starting Monday, 5 December 2005, or thereabouts. The site might be down for a couple of days—they say it might take up to 72 hours.
What PD did next in Cal!
My Calcutta holiday is already a distant memory as more pressing realities take over, such as deadlines that have to be met, deadlines that have to be faked and deadlines that have been missed. On top of that, the publication of my book is so gloriously uncertain. So perhaps this is a good time to relive the good times, eh?
City of shame
Once again Calcuttans have proved—not that given its (un) sporting history any evidence was necessary—their insularity.