Cricket or Nothing

As India crumbled to a loss against Zimbabwe last week, I almost felt something like relief. Children - brought up on the cool, calculating ...

Why I am Not a Feminist

(Published in Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express, dated 29 May, 2010) “Don’t you feel objectified when a man stares at you?” he asks me earne...

Visual Round

Here are some questions that I had done some time back as an online quiz and then never put it out anywhere. The quiz was visual to make Goo...

Was Suleman a Turtle?

(Published in Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express, dated 15th May, 2010) Find out about your past life now! SMS your name space your birthday,...

Stereotype. Its faster.

"I am like my mother. I stereotype. Its faster." - Ryan Bingham, Up in the Air . I often have discussions with colleagues on how e...

Celebrating Tagore

When I leave from hence let this be my parting word that what I have seen is unsurpassable. I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus ...

Love Santosh aur Dibakar

In the last couple of months or so, I came across two brilliant works around the Indian middle-class. Both works are understated, interestin...

Corporate Speak

If You're Tam Brahm, This Has Happened to You

Ever Wondered Why HR Gives You Those Fancy Designations?

My Other Blog

I started another blog http://www.nandinikrishnan.blogspot.com/ . I think the intention was to reserve the URL before one of my namesakes hi...

New Things

Nearly two years ago, I wrote out eight previews of books I wanted to read - then. In the ensuing months, I have managed to tick off all ei...

The Phase That Launched a Thousand Probes

(Published in Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express, on 1st May, 2010) Dear madem I am writing to present for your perusal my humble opinion. Do...