What Bloggers Need to Know about Comments

Posted on 17 Feb 2010 under Essays, Random

If there’s one universal truth that all bloggers will accept, it’s this: we’re all comment whores. All bloggers love receiving feedback on their posts, and these come mostly in the form of comments. If you offered a passionate blogger a choice between getting a steady stream of comments on all his blog posts on one [...]

Prince of Persia (2008) Game Review

Posted on 03 Jan 2010 under Essays, Random

Prince of Persia has been one of those games I’ve been waiting to play since I saw the trailers and watched the video review on Gamespot. Actually, it’s been a game I’ve been waiting eagerly to play since I heard of it as a successor to the Sands of Time trilogy I’ve written about so [...]

3 Idiots and a Prince

Posted on 30 Dec 2009 under Essays

I have 2 things to blog about today. I watched ‘3 Idiots’ last night, and I finished the 2008 video-game, ‘Prince of Persia’ as well. I intend to do reviews of both, in separate posts. As ‘3 Idiots’ is the latest topic on everyone’s lips, I’ll start with that.
Since I’m a weirdo who likes doing [...]

Nobody’s Perfect

Posted on 23 Nov 2009 under Essays, Random

Anybody who has ever claimed to be a fan of the beautiful game called football will admit, either willingly or grudgingly, that Thierry Henry is one of the modern legends of the game. Having built a reputation for being a prolific, clinical and amazingly gifted striker at Arsenal FC (England), Henry has had a wonderful [...]

On Wake-Up Calls

Posted on 15 Aug 2009 under Essays, Random

First and foremost, Happy Independence Day. No conditions asked, no strings attached. I hope you enjoyed the day that signifies the sovereignty of our nation and symbolises our freedom.
Some of you might have attended a flag-hoisting ceremony. You might have heard a chief guest deliver an impassioned speech about the India of yesterday, the India [...]

1 Million Indian Bloggers

Posted on 21 Jan 2009 under Essays, Random

I was reading an article which appeared in the newspaper a few days ago, about how there are now a million Indian bloggers. I’m not sure how they arrived at this statistic, but I reckon it roughly translates to about 1 in every 100 people having a blog. Not too bad a statistic, considering that [...]

Prince of Persia

Posted on 08 Nov 2008 under Essays

Anybody who’s ever played video games should probably have heard of this title. The original “Prince of Persia” game, released in the late 1980’s set a benchmark for video games. Like I’ve said multiple times, the primary reason some games are memorable is that they focus on all the right things, and at the top [...]

On Orkut

Posted on 30 Aug 2007 under Essays, Humour

Orkut changed their colour today! And, the new colour is… ((hold your breath))… BORING WHITE*!… Well, at least the layout now looks much neater, organized and fresh**.
This leaves me wondering (ok, seriously, no it doesn’t, but “leaves me wondering” is a nice phrase to use) whether the change in the look is going to change [...]

Happy New Year (?)

Posted on 01 Jan 2007 under Essays, Life

What, really, is so special about the coming/starting of a new calendar year? It’s just another second’s worth of the earth’s rotation, and then your digital watch switches from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 (and of course, the date changes). Apart from that, it’s all just the same. You wake up the next morning a little later [...]

Sacrificial Lambs

Posted on 26 Mar 2006 under Essays, GNEC

The JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University) has just woken up to the inadequacies of purely technical education in the modern multi-national corporate world. No longer are you guaranteed an excellent job solely by passing out of college with excellent academic statistics. Corporations no longer want untappable potential/genius, they want efficient people who can contribute quickly [...]