http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/ Delhibrations Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:40:05 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Humor Investments Books http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:38:31 GMT The Ash Rai and Salman Khan tape transcripts are all over the place. As always, in anything to do with Ms. Rai, she's come out of it smelling of roses. And Salman Khan looks like the guy caught with his hand in the cookie jar. I wonder how Ms Rai does it. Is it the combination of a Mangalorean and Scorpio mind ? Is it her steely ambition, and scheming manipulative skills ? Look at her history. She's done a great job of seducing, using and dropping men. Ranjeev Mulchandani. Pradeep Guha. Mani Ratnam. Subhash Ghai. Sanjay Lila Bhansali. Salman Khan. The only time she screwed... (more) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/45.html Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:58:54 GMT Some utterly useless ... and fascinating ... trivia. No 28 specially recommended. Enjoy. 1) The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. 2) Coca-Cola was originally green. 3) Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. 4) Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. 5) The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska 6) The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ..... now get this... 7) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% 8) The cost of... (more) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=45 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Mon, 07 Feb 2005 09:33:14 GMT Every morning, I leave home (for office) sometime between 9.10 AM and 9.15 AM. As I exit the gates of my colony, I usually see a group of six office goers, waiting for their chartered bus. A group of two women and four men, they seem to be pretty friendly with each other, chatting and laughing away. This morning was a particularly dull and gloomy day, even by Delhi winter standards. Biting cold, a minor drizzle, a very high wind chill factor .... brrrr ! And as I drove out of the colony gate, I idly looked out for the band of six. Today, there were just two of them - the two ladies,... (more) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html Sat, 18 Dec 2004 06:55:40 GMT I recently read a post on Twilight Fairy's blog about the rude and arrogant behaviour of the judges on Indian Idol. My first reaction was to leave a comment ... but since I had a lot to say, decided to post my response here. Essentially, one must never, never, ever forget that what we see of actors on screen is only 1% the vision / personality of the actor, and 99% the vision / directions of the show designers / director(s). Coincidentally, I have met 2 of the 3 judges on Indian Idol - met with Farah Khan and Anu Malik, and never met Sonu Nigam. And let me add another person I've... (more) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=43 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:32:13 GMT She's graduated from the best B-School in the country. Earns almost Rs 20 lakhs a year. Good , productive member of my team. Lives with her husband, daughter and mother-in-law, in a suburb that is an hour's drive from office. Wakes up at 5 every morning. Makes breakfast and lunch for all, packs off daughter to school, hits office, puts in a full day at work, goes home, cooks dinner, handles all household issues (including, I would imagine, the complexities radiating out of the Big M), and turns in. Six days a week. 50 weeks a year. How does she do it ? Why does she do it ? http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/41.html Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:51:03 GMT Diwali weekend. Trip to Jaipur with wife and kids. Early morning start. Yours truly doing the driving. Wife carries the TOI to read on the way. About two hours out of Delhi. Place called Behror. RTDC hotel called Midway. Oh shit. Ate too much last night. Oh shit. But when you gotta go, you gotta go. And then you get to prove empirically what you have intutively suspected for ten years. The Delhi Times does make for good toilet paper. http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=41 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Tue, 09 Nov 2004 07:39:21 GMT After deep thought, I have concluded that there are two kinds of people. CATEGORY A : They have their mobiles on ring mode, drive with headlights on fullbeam, interrupt other people mid-sentence, pick their noses, leave empty cups of tea lying around, and wear a gold chain. CATEGORY B : Everybody else *********************************************************************** Bored sick. Need a change. Would give my right arm to be in Goa / Mauritius / Sri Lanka / Kathmandu right now. *********************************************************************** Lunching... (more) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/39.html Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:15:59 GMT Am trying to put together a teen-patti session comprising office colleagues. Sent an SMS to about 15 potential players "Do you play Teen Patti ? ". The responses flew in thick and fast. Yes. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. And then one came in, "No, but I play teen patni". Strike one for wishful thinking, male chauvinism, optimistic outlook, masochistic leanings, and suicidal tendencies, all in one pithy sentence. :-) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=39 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/38.html Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:04:58 GMT Life's been a blur of airports, hotels and taxis over the past ten days. Delhi - Chennai - Bangalore - Chennai - Kancheepuram - Delhi - Mumbai - Coimbatore - Conoor - Ooty - Coimbatore, and back to Delhi tomorrow. I am travel-weary. A few random thoughts / observations.... 1. Ooty - vastly over-rated. Dirty, over-built, lousy approach road, highly polluted with trucks and Sumos spewing noxious fumes all over the place. Not a patch on the North Indian hill resorts. Gimme Kasauli any day. 2. Fisherman's Cove : The Goa of the South. Strongly recommended - their prawn preparations... (more) http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=38 http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/archive/37.html Tue, 05 Oct 2004 04:29:22 GMT Believe it or not, had a great Rajasthani lunch in Chennai - T nagar, yesterday. To follow .... dinner at Karaaikudi (crab. oysters, clams, prawns) tonight, and at Annalakshmi (authentic Thanjavur home cuisine) tomorrow. Hopefully, a trip to Pondicherry on Thursday. It's a wonder (and cause for a great sense of satisfaction) that I'm getting some work done. http://delhibrat.blogdrive.com/comments?id=37