India
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The Nuclear French Kiss
A few days back, I was going through the pages of The Hindu and came across the an interview with Anne Lauvergeon (aka Atomic Annie) , CEO of Areva, the French nuclear giant. I was aware that the French President was visiting India soon and the primary purpose was to sell the French nuclear capability Continue reading
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The Great Indian Middle Class
Tonnes of newsprint, miles of television tapes, years of television airtime and millions of calories of energy(ok, that was a bad one) have been spent on analyzing, debating and arguing about the Indian middle class. Honestly, all this noise got to such nauseating levels that people who constitute the middle class have ended up becoming Continue reading
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Why Film-making Is Such A Wonderful Experience
You’ll know what I’m talking about if you have been involved in any form of film-making. For those of you who haven’t, you will perhaps understand what I’m saying in about 20 minutes after watching the two videos below. Add a minute or two to read what I’ve written before the videos! These videos are Continue reading
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And Then One Voted
What I had to go through to get my voter ID card will take up two and a half blog posts, but after having cast my vote now, I feel it was worth all the effort. Here’s to Indian democracy – Wrong finger? Thank you very much, DNA. Huh. Old Airport Road, Bangalore at 6:45 Continue reading
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It Is The Time
While a few very insignificant things have happened since this blog saw a post, like meeting Shri Thomas Friedman, frequent trips to the Western region of the country, getting the best deal on Douglas Coupland books, rediscovering music on a wonderful mobile phone, the earth still continues to revolve around the sun and it’s still Continue reading
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The Trip To Talakadu
Photos from the trip to Jaladhama, on the banks of rivers Kaveri and Kapila at Talakadu, about a couple of hours drive from Bangalore. Flower Power Photos taken during the breakfast stop-over at the Kamat Upachahra on Mysore Road. Scattering of Light? Barb Wire? Photos of the fields on the way – the Well Fielded Continue reading
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Mysore Dasara Trip 2008 Or Why I Can Now Die A Happier Man – I
The Theory of Happening Trips has been proved once again. That the best trips are those which are decided at the spur of the moment with minimum fuss about the planning, stay, travel and the company. And that the ones that are planned and thought over, over and over, never quite happen. The Mysore Trip Continue reading
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Why I Can’t Have Enough of Gujarat
I find it quite strange that during the four years I was at Surat and even during my trips to Gujarat before that, I had not come across Sanedo. I had not even heard or discussed about it with any of my friends from Gujarat. It was only at the Garba here in Bangalore that Continue reading
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Dear Aniruddha Bahal, It’s Not Funny
Dear Aniruddha Bahal, Not a week passes in my life without I mentioning strongly recommending Bunker 13 to people I come across and who seem even remotely interested in reading among those. If I were deeply religious, one would have observed that I go back to Bunker 13 more often that I go to the Continue reading
Nikhil Kulkarni 