I just got back from June Rock Out. It was amazing. It is good to see such a rock loving crowd in Chennai. Things still need to improve as still people are expected to travel to Bangalore to watch international bansd perform. This thing has always surprised me. They got only the crowd – their [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Posted on June 21st, 2008 in Fun
I was debating whether to go for the mini Photowalk called by Aravind or to crash Gapp’s home for the Croatia v/s Turkey match. Phone calls to Varun confirmed that Dhruva couldnt get the permission from Archeological Society of India to shoot inside Fort St. George and Chepauk Palace. So it was going to be [...]
Heights I go to ensure that the person at the other end of the chat is irritated! Both me and Mayank were equally jobless and…….. me: dude! Mayank: i’m no dude me: then? Mayank: I’m Mayank me: heh? ok buddy Mayank: no buddy. Mayank! me: ok pal! Mayank: no pal! Mayank me: ok chum! Mayank: [...]
Posted on June 16th, 2008 in Cinema
Kamal Hassan is known to research a lot before embarking on any movie. I am sure he would have researched a lot before his latest much hyped movie, Dasavataram whose USP is Kamal playing 10 different roles in the movie, claimed to be a world record by the makers of the movie. Lets face it, [...]
Posted on June 15th, 2008 in Events, Photography
The first edition of the 8th Chennai Photowalk happened today at T Nagar. Lot of hostile stares, friendly poses – as usual! Met more people like Sharanya, Ole and Sindhu (Pradeep! This is injustice to Sita!) More about Sindhu later. We started at around 5.30 from Panagal Park by going round a small portion of [...]
Posted on June 10th, 2008 in Short Story, Work
I entered the crowded restaurant at about half past one. I had just joined work and for some reason, did not want to carry lunch along for the first few days. There was a Hotel Ganga down the block where I decided to have my lunch. I would go on to have lunch there for [...]
Tags: Hotel Ganga, old man
A lazy Sunday started with a message from my cousin, Gopi that he was visiting us. Great! Now there is ritual in our place. When someone announces his/her arrival, we start cleaning our place. Thats when we actually clean our home! And if someone comes unannounced, its at their own risk! So a couple of [...]
Posted on June 01st, 2008 in Humor, Television
The first television ads I remember seeing were the Hamara Bajaj ad which showed the good old green colored Chetak Scooter and the Washing Powder Nirma ad! Infact, I secretly had a crush for the girl who featured in the Nirma ad! I was three then. The Indian advertising scene has come a long way [...]
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