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20 years later 12 Mar 2013 | 08:18 am
20 years ago today was a Friday. Black Friday. 12thMarch 1993. On a sunny afternoon, for two hours starting from 1.30pm, 13 bomb blasts killed more than 250 and injured 700. Lives were lost, families ...
Death on a road 13 Feb 2013 | 02:55 pm
A speeding Honda Accord took the life of a biker and a rickshaw driver today morning. I knew the biker. He was an acquaintance from the area I grew up in and shifted out of in 2009. He wasn't a close ...
Three conflicts 21 Dec 2012 | 06:57 pm
The recent Delhi atrocity has sparked an outrage. On the media, on Facebook, Twitter and where it matters more than those three places – in real life. I’ve expressed myself mainly on Twitter and this ...
That is Bombay 10 Jul 2012 | 09:01 pm
There are no hoardings on the Bandra Worli Sealink. Nothing to remind you which tv series airs tonight. Nothing to remind you which bank offers the best fixed deposit rate, which mobile phone is the l...
The journey is everything 27 Dec 2010 | 08:00 pm
On this day, a year ago my Dad passed away from a single, and his first, cardiac arrest. From the time we broke down his door to the time I immersed his ashes, I tweeted just about everything. Since t...
Bombay Taxi Documentary 11 Sep 2010 | 02:46 am
Azhar Chougule is one photographer I really admire, going back to when I used to blog. He now has a photographic documentary on Mumbai's taxis up at his blog. It feels like there are more taxis than ...
Why I deleted my 4sq account 17 Jun 2010 | 02:21 am
I deleted my account at 4square. I did this during my recent Twitter detox and after I got a notification that someone had ousted me as Mayor of somewhere. Kinda made me realise that this 4square stuf...
On Twitter detox 13 Jun 2010 | 02:50 am
Recently a bunch of us took a detox from Twitter. Our detox means no reading and no tweeting. No access to Twitter for 15 days. I’ve used this break to figure out what Twitter means to me and what I’...
10 Reasons why I liked Rajneeti 6 Jun 2010 | 01:18 am
In no particular order.. 1. Loved the Mahabharat angle and the turns in the plot 2. Liked the sly grabs from Godfather (this wasn't a tribute, like Sarkar) 3. Liked every single performance. Hats o...
Black Friday 12th March 1993, never forget 12 Mar 2010 | 08:59 pm
Blast 1 - 1.28pm - The Bombay Stock Exchange. 84 dead, 217 injured. Blast 2 - 2.15pm - Narsi Natha Street. 5 dead, 16 injured. Blast 3 - 2.25pm - Air India Building. 20 dead, 87 injured. Blast 4 - ...
