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Polka dot Mondays and Denim Tuesdays
Are you longing for something to brighten the day or just bring back old times? Check out yellow →
Rani ne India mai kya pehna?
From a light weight polka dot blouse and casual skinny fit bike trousers from Zara’s to a delicately →
Local classifieds in USA
There has been a lot of interest in classifieds after a long period of domination by Craigslist. Yardsailr is a new initiative by our friend, Gaurav Khurana and they are doing quite well in Chicago classifieds and LA classifieds. Check them out. →
Gifts for wine lovers
In India, a “wine shop” sells not just wine, but beer, whiskey (which is really made from molasses not grain, so is rum), rum, vodka and almost no wine. As Yo yo Khayyam Omar says A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and →
Desi look mein phoren maal
If you have been on a traffic light in any Indian city, you have seen the peddlers hawking this bug-buzzing-bat. One of the major benefits of bats (the upside-down-mammal type, not the hold-it-up-when-you-get-a-century type) is that they keep insect pests in check. Seeing one of these always reminds me of the →
Note counting machine
I check purchases happening on Gludo daily. When I see anything above 10,000 INR, I check if it was an “internal” sale. Today, a Sun-max note counting machine showed up. So I asked the team if one of them had purchased it. “Not yet”, says our VP of Engg. Ah… Ha ha ha! →
Lizard repellent for milk
Going through the Google query logs. There are people searching for “Mikado lizard repellent”. And the first thought that goes through my mind – Reena Roy could have used that. →
How a walking stick can be useful when you stop walking
The final accessory in the gentleman’s wardrobe is the walking stick. Given that a gentleman, possibly of a certain age, was likely to always have a walking stick, various additions that increased utility found their home on the stick. The stick of the rich, powerful gentleman who may be prone →