Media
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Polls In Karnataka – A Quick Note
As someone who follows Indian politics very closely, it is a tad disappointing that I haven’t been able to follow the build-up to the elections in Karnataka as closely as I’d have liked. But still an opinion or two, or perhaps a couple more. Contrary to what these people have to say, the Congress will… Continue reading
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The Best Band Name Ever
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. Yes, that’s the name of the band. Well guys, you love Boris Yeltsin and we love your naming abilities. Though SSLYBY comes very close to beating !Xobile as the most ingenious name, !Xobile still takes the cake, or the click rather. From Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s Wikipedia… Continue reading
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Bliss – Dil Indeed Dance Maare Re
It has always been my dream to make a song like this. Write it, get someone to put the song to music and shoot it. But I’m glad one among Piyush Mishra, Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan or Kausar Munir(from what I gather, Vishal it is) wrote a masterpiece like this and Vishal-Shekhar gave such… Continue reading
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The State Of Indian Politics – Post Gujarat Elections
The state for now is definitely Gujarat. Much has been said, written, heard, spewed, vomited, acted, faked, dramtised before, during and after the elections in Gujarat. There was never any doubt about Narendra Modi’s victory in Gujarat. Perhaps what was to be keenly watched during this election was Modi’s victory margin, in Maninagar constituency where… Continue reading
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To Ms. Suhasini Haider, Senior Anchor and Correspondent, CNN-IBN
Dear Ms. Suhasini Haider, Warm greetings. I’m writing to you regarding comments made by you during the night bulletin you were presenting on CNN-IBN on Dec 6, 2007. At the outset, let me share something with you, which hopefully, you will be glad to know. A lot of young people in this country watch you… Continue reading
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Teetotaller Of A Different Kind
It’s a very proud moment for all of us at CircusMouse. And we wear that pride up our sleeves, literally. Hence the t-shirt.What the bloody hell is this? From the world’s best blahg comes the world’s best t-shirt. To cut the long story shirt short, here’s the t-shirt for you. Do not get distracted by… Continue reading
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The Long Tail in radio
I’m no rocket scientist(I’ve never wanted to be one), or an economist(which I’ve sometimes wanted to be) or a social scientist(which I want to be), but one doesn’t need to be any of the above to figure this out. For Jaane Do Na from Cheeni Kum, Illayaraja uses one of his earlier compositions, Jothe Jotheyali… Continue reading
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Thinking beyond Google and the search for the next big thing in search.
Search begins and ends with Google, or so you thought. Ofcourse, there are the other search engines which you never really bothered to visit – Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and Ask. But there are a slew of other search engines which are sure to make search more interesting. Whether they’ll be able to give Google a… Continue reading
Nikhil Kulkarni 