Blogocentricity

Finally, after months of teasing, the price of the Airtel iPhone was revealed. Any hopes I had of buying one were dashed when I got an SMS earlier today with the absurdly high prices of Rs. 31000 (~USD715) for the 8GB version and Rs. 36100 (~USD833) for the 16GB version. Another SMS told me I could book the phone by paying Rs. 5000 at an Airtel retail showroom. A third SMS told me I would then get an appointment to pick up an iPhone after I paid the full price. Read the rest

Hilarity! Finally, all the jokes about Rajinikanth’s heroics have borne fruit. Here is an ad for Castrol that was forwarded to me. Read the rest

It rained. For more than twenty four continuous hours. When it finally stopped, and the rain-mist cleared, the landscape was changed. There was water everywhere - every place that could hold water did. There were no puddles. Instead, there were islands. Read the rest

Sometimes, just sometimes, you come across things that boggle the mind and leave such an impression on you that you just have to write stuff about them. Meals Carner is such a place.

Driving down the road from Kondapur to our home in the not-so-sleepy hamlet of Hafeezpet, Vidya and I noticed the new brightly-lit sign that proclaimed the arrival of Meals Carner. After about a week since Vidya noticed and remarked on the place, I had occasion to go there to buy some food, and this is what I encountered.

Meals Carner, regardless of the fancy name, was a bit of a dingy place with white-painted walls, the obligatory fan that would rather sprinkle dust than stir even the slightest of breezes (should it ever be switched on, which thankfully it never seem to have been, going by the massive arachnid civilization that seemed to be flourishing in and around it) and the increasingly popular compact fluorescent lights that seem to leave the insects confused as to whether they were coming or going. What made a screaming difference between Meals Carner and its brethren (Popular names include Sai Prasad Mess, King Star Bakery and Meals, Cafe Abba Beel) were the posters that adorned the walls. Read the rest

In the last few days, we ended up eating at three different restaurants we hadn’t previously eaten at - Chhattees on Jubilee Hills Road number 36, the multi cuisine restaurant at Katriya de Royal, and Bowl O’ China at Begumpet. Read the rest