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Mega crowd in Mall

December 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is the photo that I took on 25th of December, 2007, in Forum Mall in Bangalore. It was so crowded that one could not walk.

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Today’s morning commute

September 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday night it rained all night. So morning commute was full of detours and water logged roads. See for yourself.

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How does a Tech MNC catch mice

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

The first surprise is that the MNC has its facility completely infested with MICE. The second surprise is that they seem to be using a home built mouse-trap. I would think they would be using some high-tech solution to get rid of mice.

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Bizzare traffic in Bangalore

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

You can never guess the direction of traffic.

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Mother of all traffic jams

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

I generally try to get to office very early in the morning to avoid traffic jams. But it seems the big bad world has figured out my plan. See this traffic jam at 7AM.

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Is organized retail really good thing?

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

I don’t think so. See the really bad quality of potatoes in Big Bazaar on old madras road in Bangalore. If you can’t really get decent potatoes, then who needs shopping experience.

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Forum mall launches free Wi-Fi

August 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Forum mall in Bangalore (Bengaluru), India has launched free Wi-Fi. I tried to access it with my N95, it did not work. May be I need some setup.

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Coffee in south india

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

I am not a coffee drinker. But if I am in a South Indian restaurant, I prefer coffee to tea because I have always found the quality of coffee to be better than the quality of team. Another thing that has always fascinated me is the way coffee is served in any South Indian restaurant. [...]

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Deserted forum mall

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is the forum mall in Bangalore at 11:50 PM on a Sunday. You won’t find space to walk at any other time.

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Decline of a restaurant

July 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

There used to be this great eating place called Ramana’s on Cunningham road on Bangalore. I always liked it very much and quality and taste of food there used to phenomenal.
I used to visit them regularly and then for last six months or so I did not get a chance to go to that part [...]

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