Year: 2006

  • Kamal Hai!

    Quillpad is an online transliterator (complete with AJAX and the works, with a very Web2.0 feel) which I have started liking immensely. An Indian startup, it does a pretty decent job and provides you a very very clean and simple interface. It also supports Kannad, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Malayalam. Below is a sample, lyrics…

  • Here I Go!!

    Me taking CAT today without having the faintest idea about even the sections or the length of the entire exercise. Even God cannot help me here. Anyways, the second half of the day will be better as me and Ojas plan on meeting Shivam Vij of the National Highway fame. This will be the first…

  • Cold hands, Warm memories

    Its starting to get cold at nights here in Gurgaon/Delhi nowadays. Just sometime back when I was riding a bike, my hands almost froze from the chilly winds beating against it. I must get some gloves. Anyways, these cold hands brought back a lot of memories. Those first year nights when we used to burn…

  • Too much cricket?

    England opener Marcus Trescothick has quit the Ashes Series citing stress related disorders. He had also cited stress when he pulled out of England’s tour of India earlier this year as well as the Champions Trophy. The stylish bastman, a consistent performer (he scored well over a thousand in Tests for three consecutive years), had…

  • The Fountainhead – A Review

    Ojas reccomended this movie to me. The novel I had already read and liked greatly. The movie sadly fell short of expectations. It could have been a brilliant movie, and is in parts, but is paced so fast that, for someone who has not read the novel, it is difficult to put two and two…