tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21419845856818687832012-02-16T13:15:11.578+05:30. . . Straight from the Devil's Workshop . . .Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-44104234829863085542012-02-08T19:47:00.002+05:302012-02-08T19:48:33.525+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The Assembly is in Session... It is Boring... What do you do? Pornography to the rescue!!!<br><br>This is a short post to thank our media for reporting <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article2869723.ece">this</a> piece of news. This is definitely one of the funniest front-page news in recent times. I just opened the morning paper and fell off the chair laughing. </span><br></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2012/02/porn-to-rescue.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-4410423482986308554?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-29475113213670993712012-01-17T09:47:00.000+05:302012-01-17T09:47:48.048+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Hi, I am &quot;When Da Sun Goes Down&quot;!</span><br><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Today is 17 January, 2012. First of all, thanks to <a href="http://www.blogoversary.com/">Blogoversary</a> for reminding me that today is my Birthday! And that I am One Year old! Yippee!<br><br>So I have decided to take a few moments for myself and reminisce.</span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-1-year-old-today.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-2947511321367099371?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-38173943786472102282012-01-11T15:41:00.002+05:302012-01-11T16:41:10.757+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">I don&#39;t know why I am probably the last person to get this information (probably cos&#39; I haven&#39;t touched a Newspaper since long now). It seems some <a href="http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&amp;sectid=10&amp;contentid=201106072011060700050557789635d05">dumbo</a> in Karnataka came up with this genius idea that everyone who is in Bangalore for a year has to pass the VII grade exams for Kannada language.<br> <br>I say, this is ridiculous. Don&#39;t get me wrong. I have utmost respect for the language, the city, the state, and its people! And during my years here, I have managed to speak enough Kannada (out of my own interest) to bargain at shops, with autowallahs, and to ask for directions. But do you not feel that this is a little extreme?</span><br></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2012/01/you-have-to-learn-kannada-to-settle-in.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-3817394378647210228?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-75781539544137897692012-01-10T13:21:00.001+05:302012-01-10T13:21:29.778+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Somehow, being a South Indian, my North Indian friends find it surprising that I even know a lot of old Hindi songs, maybe even more than they do. Thanks to my Dad who introduced me to the <a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-fav-indian-song-of-all-time.html" target="_blank">old melodies</a> at a very young age. But that is probably the material for another post... Later...</span><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">So, the other day, while talking with a friend, I suddenly had a realization. The conversation was as follows:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">&quot;So, do you watch Hindi movies?&quot; he asked</span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">&quot;Of course, I do!&quot;</span></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2012/01/oh-so-you-are-shah-rukh-khan-fan.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-7578153954413789769?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-75276014322782603032012-01-09T12:43:00.003+05:302012-01-09T13:07:40.681+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">That&#39;s right!!! I love my Job! And I have no idea as to why that is a problem...<br><br>Oh yeah, it is a problem. For family, for friends, for everyone who knows me...<br><br>Not just my current job, I loved my previous job too. I only left it so that I can continue my education. For no other reason.<br><br>But from the very first day at my first job, I have had people tell me, &quot;Don&#39;t spend too long at work. Then they will expect you to do the same always.&quot;</span></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-love-my-job-is-that-problem.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-7527601432278260303?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-77443349148216835892011-12-31T11:08:00.000+05:302012-01-02T11:23:51.906+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Here is a teeny-weeny post for New Year&#39;s eve!!! :)</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">To say that 2011 was a mixed bag is an understatement, cos&#39; I couldn&#39;t have asked for a better (or worse) mixture of happy and sad!</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The year started off pretty good, at <a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-new-hair.html" target="_blank">Tirupati</a>! Then with a lots of <a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-happens-when-you-do-blog.html" target="_blank">ups </a>and <a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-happens-when-you-do-not-blog.html" target="_blank">downs </a>the year dragged on! Sometimes it reached the peak of happiness and sometimes exactly the opposite! Thereby, ending in a really confused place where I don&#39;t know if I should be thrilled and excited or extremely down and sad. Yup! I am confused, and rightfully so!!! But I will save the reasons for that in another post, on a another day.</span><br></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/2012-please-go-little-easy-on-me.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-7744334914821683589?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-15758289489116283702011-12-25T11:57:00.000+05:302011-12-26T19:08:53.619+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b>Mallmunity -</b> Derived from the words &quot;Mallu&quot; (for Malayalees) and &quot;Community&quot;; it simply means the Mallu Community!</span><br><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b>Crimes Against Mallmunity (C.A.M) - </b>Things that happened to the people of Kerala though they never wanted to be a part of it.</span><br><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b>CAM Scale - </b>A lot like &quot;Richter Scale&quot; this is used to measure the damage done on a mallu mind. Therefore a 5.0 on the CAM Scale is less destructive than a 10.0 (which is total annihilation!)</span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/crimes-against-mallmunity.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-1575828948911628370?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-20380241510283886042011-12-22T12:51:00.002+05:302012-01-12T10:00:17.088+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">It all started with a post doing the rounds on Facebook saying, &quot;If you were born in the 80s you are the greatest generation!&quot;. It got me thinking and it actually made sense.</span><br><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">I always thought that old people expect their next generation to go through hell, just cos&#39; they went through it themselves. But now that I am old(er), I realize that maybe we did go through hell comparing to everything you have now, but it was so much more fun to have actually gone through it! Together!</span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/80s-best-time-to-be-born.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-2038024151028388604?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-90130102594820427892011-12-16T17:19:00.001+05:302011-12-16T17:22:16.931+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">On 08 November 2011, <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/">IndiBlogger </a>opened my eyes. It showed me that if you have a blog, do not ignore it!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">And thus I wrote </span><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-happens-when-you-do-not-blog.html" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">What Happens When You DO NOT Blog!</a><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br>Today, Friday, the 16th of December 2011, after a month of doing a hell lotta things - from changing the whole layout of the blog to writing a number of (some really crappy) posts - IndiBlogger has taught me a new lesson...</span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-happens-when-you-do-blog.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-9013010259482042789?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-27350552964560648092011-12-09T12:16:00.001+05:302011-12-12T09:13:37.499+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The Year is 2000 (or Y2K as it was known then). I was in the 9th Grade. :)</span><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">We drove all the way from Muscat (Oman) to Dubai (U.A.E) for the Dubai Shopping Festival like we did every year. It was something that I looked forward to a lot. Spend time with family and a long drive. Dad was the driver. Mom occupied the front seat and the controls to the music system (which was a cassette player). Me and Sis&#39; were on the back seat, screaming along with the lyrics of the latest Tamil and Hindi songs.<br><br>Y2K was the year when Casio&#39;s G-Shock watches were so popular that every hand sported one. Boys wore huge black ones while girls had small pink or red ones - but everyone had it. I secretly longed for one too, but did not ask!</span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/12/it-is-not-just-watch.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-2735055296456064809?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-75256199518973122172011-11-29T15:04:00.001+05:302011-11-29T16:18:53.734+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Ever since I was a kid, I was clear about one thing, I did NOT want to become a Engineer! No, Sir! <br><br>It is not because I thought Engineering is a lowly profession! But because I knew that engineering is not my cup of tea. <br></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Why? Cos&#39; I hate Mathematics. Period. Dobara Mat Poochna... (Don&#39;t you dare ask &quot;Why?&quot; again)<br><br>I wanted to steer clear of anything that was even remotely related to Mathematics. <br><br>Mom clearly understood. She felt sorry for me as I wrestled with 12 Grade C.B.S.E. Mathematics, trying to figure out the height of a frickin&#39; lighthouse using Cos and Tan!</span></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-engineering-why.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-7525619951897312217?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-53593638450193402742011-11-24T16:36:00.001+05:302011-11-25T10:49:48.019+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b>Note: This post is NOT TRUE! Not yet, anyway! But given the state of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullaperiyar_Dam">Mullaperiyar Dam</a> this could be breaking news right now!</b></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b><br></b>Special Correspondent<br>Any Time, Any Date, 2011<br><br>The never-ending dispute between the State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam has finally come to an abrupt end (as expected!) with the collapse of the Dam, killing millions of Keralites and washing away 5 complete districts (and partially affecting surrounding areas), into the Arabian Sea in under 10 minutes. The water from the reservoir is said to have reached speeds of ~120 kmph and above, as it seared through the heart of Kerala, washing away everything that stood in its way and completely flooding the districts of Idukki, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam and some parts of Alappuzha.</span><br></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/kerala-dam-bursts-millions-dead.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5359363845019340274?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-24269986713600512902011-11-23T15:28:00.001+05:302012-01-10T15:12:20.473+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">I watch TV! I spend a lot of time in front of the darn box! What do I watch?</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Television Commercials!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Yup! I am not kiddin&#39;!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">I watch the commercials in one channel and then as soon as a (usually lame) programme starts, I switch to another channel. Mom thinks I am mad. My friends think I am mad. You too, probably, think I am mad.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"></span><br></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/beauties-and-beasties.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-2426998671360051290?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-26109838475535609042011-11-21T16:52:00.001+05:302011-11-24T11:29:36.539+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">&quot;Blogging for contests is lame!&quot; My friend said</span><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">&quot;What? Why???&quot; I was shocked<br><br>&quot;Cos&#39; it is lame... That&#39;s why!&quot;<br><br>Come to think of it, I have been having this thought since the time I started blogging!<br><br><b><i>&quot;Should I or Should I Not Blog for Contests?&quot;</i></b></span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-blog-for-contests.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-2610983847553560904?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-153283918000319102011-11-14T21:20:00.001+05:302011-11-15T10:47:12.973+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">November 14 - Children&#39;s Day in India! A very special day for me, not just cos&#39; I love kids, but cos&#39; it is also my Dad&#39;s Birthday! :)<br><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dGZEWTPe0M0/TsFC_54tXmI/AAAAAAAAEak/2MHZCugyCX8/s1600/rayan.jpg"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dGZEWTPe0M0/TsFC_54tXmI/AAAAAAAAEak/2MHZCugyCX8/s1600/rayan.jpg"></a></span><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">So what made 14 Nov&#39; 2011 so special that I had to blog about it - Organized by my workplace (who are also sponsors), I spent a few hours with the kids at WARDS - Welfare Association for Rehabilitation of Disabled and Society!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wardsbengaluru.org/"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfEkwGoJQB4/TsE9wgn9RkI/AAAAAAAAEaU/QpP3OKZiAN4/s640/wardsheaderstyle_final2.jpg"></a></span></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dGZEWTPe0M0/TsFC_54tXmI/AAAAAAAAEak/2MHZCugyCX8/s1600/rayan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dGZEWTPe0M0/TsFC_54tXmI/AAAAAAAAEak/2MHZCugyCX8/s1600/rayan.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">What is the first thing that amazes you about WARDS?</span><br></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/wards-brotherhood-based-on-equality.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-15328391800031910?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-68124560173882506632011-11-12T09:14:00.001+05:302012-01-10T15:11:54.882+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">This is the story of &quot;The Year of the Hair&quot; and it is not a year in the Chinese calendar...</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br>It is the year of MY hair... For someone who cared two hoots bout his own hair - 2011 was an eye-opener!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br>Thankfully I was blessed with great hair since I was a kid... And that is nothing special... Cos&#39; like every mother, mine too took care of it... All I had to do was sit down and look cute for the camera as dad clicked away... :)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"></span><br><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-new-hair.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-6812456017388250663?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-84103052494112854612011-11-08T15:07:00.001+05:302011-12-16T17:06:03.852+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DK-s_ccDuM4/Trj21yiniVI/AAAAAAAAEYk/ZxKUIzEoNmQ/s1600/IndiRank.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DK-s_ccDuM4/Trj21yiniVI/AAAAAAAAEYk/ZxKUIzEoNmQ/s400/IndiRank.JPG" width="400"></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Well, this was bound to happen! And I totally deserve it...</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br>For those of you who dunno what the above pic signifies, it is the <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/indirank/">IndiRank</a> (Out of 100) progress of this blog from June to October!</span><br></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-happens-when-you-do-not-blog.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-8410305249411285461?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-2631311182853822122011-09-01T16:44:00.000+05:302011-10-15T10:23:53.985+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LM-MZ_fW6jM/Tl9mpuyh1wI/AAAAAAAAEXE/jqYPNiFwsaU/s1600/28+-+How+Crazy+Indians+Drive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LM-MZ_fW6jM/Tl9mpuyh1wI/AAAAAAAAEXE/jqYPNiFwsaU/s320/28+-+How+Crazy+Indians+Drive.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">August 2009, I shifted from the peaceful little town of <st1:city w:st="on">Trivandrum</st1:city> (capital of the state of Kerala) to thebustling metro that is <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city>(now <i>Bengaluru</i>) in Karnataka. Unlike the last time I was here (for 3years, before I shifted back), this time I brought my motorcycle with me. But Iwas not prepared for the traffic here.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">It was all fine, as long as it was only the ride onweekends. But on 01 August 2011, I joined my new job. It is about 28Kms fromwhere I stay. So, I approximately travel about 60Kms per day since the last onemonth. And after a month of travelling in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:city></st1:place>traffic, I guess I cannot be wrong about what I am about to say.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-crazy-indians-drive.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-263131118285382212?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-2766233934515893432011-08-22T23:28:00.000+05:302012-01-10T15:10:43.193+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJ7O9ANzdPY/TlKYP85xh3I/AAAAAAAAEWw/F_bCTWnFfLk/s1600/27+-+India+Against+Petroppution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJ7O9ANzdPY/TlKYP85xh3I/AAAAAAAAEWw/F_bCTWnFfLk/s320/27+-+India+Against+Petroppution.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Disclaimer: This post is not intended to hurt thepolitical or patriotic sentiments of fellow Indians. Please consider this to bemy feeble attempt at humor. Thank You!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b>Location</b> – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b>Scenario</b> – The nation is corrupt. Scam after scamrocks the faith of the people in the current government headed by the politicalparty called <b>Petroppution!!!</b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The people of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> are troubled and arehelpless. They are scared to even follow the daily News for the fear of anotherugly scam rearing its head…</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/india-against-petroppution.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-276623393451589343?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-53436110182657558952011-08-22T00:10:00.001+05:302012-01-10T15:11:23.736+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZV86vxU-ZjA/TlFPjucFoHI/AAAAAAAAEWo/Mij73RW7Az4/s1600/26+-+The+Wrath+of+Angry+Birds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZV86vxU-ZjA/TlFPjucFoHI/AAAAAAAAEWo/Mij73RW7Az4/s320/26+-+The+Wrath+of+Angry+Birds.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">If you are looking for entertainment – LEAVE NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">For, the situation is serious!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">BREAKING NEWS – EGGS HAVE BEEN STOLEN!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The pigs feign innocence!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">AND THE BIRDS ARE ANGRY!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">&quot;Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned/nor hell a fury like a bird scorned…”<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">They are out for blood… And they will stop at NOTHING!</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/wrath-of-angry-birds.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5343611018265755895?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-66987788779479893782011-08-18T00:20:00.001+05:302011-09-16T16:02:55.916+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6xqcln4Yk4w/TkwNVQ4oRnI/AAAAAAAAEWk/BwoDIo-zUec/s1600/25+-+The+Cool+New+Freedom+Struggle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6xqcln4Yk4w/TkwNVQ4oRnI/AAAAAAAAEWk/BwoDIo-zUec/s320/25+-+The+Cool+New+Freedom+Struggle.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">You are probably wondering why all your Indian friends whoposted only about their new-born calves in Farmville, are suddenly sayingthings like “Anna Hazare”, “Jan Lokpal”, “Freedom”, etc.. Do not be alarmed. Wedid get our <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Independence</st1:place></st1:city>in 1947. If you are planning to travel to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, please do, because it isstill peaceful and beautiful as ever (and we need the money you tourists bring,too! Hehe!!!). This is all about putting an end to the extremely corrupt stateof our motherland. One man, Anna Hazare, started it. But thanks to the cool newstyle of freedom struggle, not only things are peaceful, but it is spreadinglike wildfire. We are people from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">land</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Mahatma Gandhi</st1:placename></st1:place>and we believe in peaceful revolution.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/cool-new-freedom-struggle.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-6698778877947989378?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-14165344683373821052011-08-15T18:21:00.005+05:302011-09-16T16:02:38.922+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0KHZTg0phnA/TkkVXvQlOiI/AAAAAAAAEWg/SVELHiIdyuI/s1600/24+-+What+the+Hell+is+Freedom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0KHZTg0phnA/TkkVXvQlOiI/AAAAAAAAEWg/SVELHiIdyuI/s320/24+-+What+the+Hell+is+Freedom.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">It is a lazy <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city>evening. I and my friend are on the bike, hunting for houses for rent in IndiraNagar area…</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“Dude, we have been roaming since morning. Let’s go home.Will come back again tomorrow.” My friend moaned. Riding in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city> traffic is not an easy task.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“I have gotta go to office tomorrow, bro” I said throughclenched teeth. The anger was at our lack of luck in finding a house. </span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-hell-is-freedom.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-1416534468337382105?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-58461586495884991072011-08-13T23:59:00.001+05:302012-01-10T15:06:07.475+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SM2xp6-0ph8/TkbCcjiNSzI/AAAAAAAAEWY/iaG-hbu0ghc/s1600/23+-+I+am+Samsung+Galaxy+Tab+750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SM2xp6-0ph8/TkbCcjiNSzI/AAAAAAAAEWY/iaG-hbu0ghc/s320/23+-+I+am+Samsung+Galaxy+Tab+750.jpg" width="220"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">[Since this is about the launch in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, I amgonna keep it <i>Desi. </i>Please bear with me!!!]</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Arre Gadgets ke Deewano, Mujhe Pehchano… Main hoon Kaun…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Simple language mein bole toh…</span></i></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/baap-of-tablet-pcs-is-here.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5846158649588499107?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-89415515717185219372011-08-08T11:06:00.004+05:302011-11-24T14:47:16.112+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Edit on 14-08-2011 --&gt; Now that the launch is done, you can read more about the features of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 <a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/baap-of-tablet-pcs-is-here.html">here</a>!!!<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_766898658"><span id="goog_766898663"></span><span id="goog_766898667"></span></span><span id="goog_766898671"><span id="goog_766898675"></span><span id="goog_766898686"></span><span id="goog_766898697"></span></span><img border="0" height="232" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1cN8kWtBoA/Tj9zGxyeCcI/AAAAAAAAEV8/oop_L7MDE4o/s320/Tab.png" width="320"><span id="goog_766898698"></span><span id="goog_766898687"></span><span id="goog_766898681"></span><span id="goog_766898682"></span><span id="goog_766898676"></span><span id="goog_766898672"></span><span id="goog_766898668"></span><span id="goog_766898664"></span><span id="goog_766898659"></span></div><br><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Samsung has announced the launch of <i>Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1</i> in India (as Samsung Galaxy Tab 750) on 10th August, 2011.</b></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2141984585681868783" name="goog_766898690"></a><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2141984585681868783" name="goog_766898702"></a><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2141984585681868783" name="goog_766898718"></a><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2141984585681868783" name="goog_766898721"></a><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2141984585681868783" name="goog_766898722"></a><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2141984585681868783" name="goog_766898719"></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b>You can also watch the launch live :) The launch willbe live on the <a href="http://www.livestreampro.com/samsung/">website</a>from 12:00PM to 02:00PM IST on 10th Aug.</b></span> </span></div></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/08/samsung-galaxy-tab-750-india-launch.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-8941551571718521937?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-54964109728550992842011-07-31T13:20:00.000+05:302011-09-16T16:01:12.539+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvWRpIkVcAQ/TjUH_MdhjFI/AAAAAAAAEVs/C1d8hUdvOp0/s1600/22+-+Ravi+Varmas+on+Rails.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvWRpIkVcAQ/TjUH_MdhjFI/AAAAAAAAEVs/C1d8hUdvOp0/s320/22+-+Ravi+Varmas+on+Rails.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Indian Railways</b> –The central government-owned <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BharatiyaRail</i> is the fourth largest railway network in the world. It owns andoperates most of the country&#39;s rail transport.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Raja <st1:place w:st="on">Ravi</st1:place> Varma</b> – An Indian painter – His works areconsidered to be among the best examples of the fusion of Indian traditionswith the techniques of European academic art.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The connection between the two – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NIL!</b></span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/07/ravi-varmas-on-rails.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5496410972855099284?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-40871760616738080202011-07-27T22:40:00.000+05:302011-09-16T16:00:52.134+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WoFFL5x1qt4/TjBF8OTBliI/AAAAAAAAEVo/Vdlx5UNJuRo/s1600/21+-+If+I+was+a+Cop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="90" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WoFFL5x1qt4/TjBF8OTBliI/AAAAAAAAEVo/Vdlx5UNJuRo/s400/21+-+If+I+was+a+Cop.jpg" width="400"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">This is a simple message. So I will keep it as simple aspossible…</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">If you are looking for grandeur, you will find none here –cos I am just here to say – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If I was aCop, I would be Corrupt!</b></span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/07/if-i-was-cop.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-4087176061673808020?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-91321583379185566752011-07-08T03:53:00.000+05:302011-09-16T16:00:11.525+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mGeKhG2Weas/ThYwaeeCABI/AAAAAAAAEU0/xj3nF73tf9Q/s1600/Series+That+Rock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mGeKhG2Weas/ThYwaeeCABI/AAAAAAAAEU0/xj3nF73tf9Q/s200/Series+That+Rock.jpg" width="200"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Declaration: Yup! I amstarting with a declaration! The below list is my list – MY LIST! So if youdon’t like it, well, I could not care less. <st1:place w:st="on">Cos</st1:place>’these are the ones I like. A’ght? Here we go!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Below are the ones thatI CANNOT get enough of. According to me…</span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">THE TOP FIVE TVSERIES’ ARE:</span></b></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/07/tv-series-that-rock.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-9132158337918556675?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-82675499732987914982011-07-03T21:43:00.002+05:302011-09-16T15:59:46.588+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zu6pCTNbqIs/ThCTIqdNs0I/AAAAAAAAETI/SfHnIDBW-PM/s1600/Attention+Everybody.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="104" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zu6pCTNbqIs/ThCTIqdNs0I/AAAAAAAAETI/SfHnIDBW-PM/s320/Attention+Everybody.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">All Tomb Raiders and Treasure Hunters sit up and pay attention!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trivandrum</st1:place></st1:city> is RICH!!!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The little city, where I was born, located at the southern most tip of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> is suddenly under the spotlight. Why???</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/07/attention-everybody.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-8267549973298791498?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-69425824938587395802011-06-23T20:27:00.003+05:302011-09-16T15:59:16.760+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-30hyZaOizDY/TgNTDLFmfOI/AAAAAAAAERg/bmA7Z1-OBtE/s1600/Prajwala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-30hyZaOizDY/TgNTDLFmfOI/AAAAAAAAERg/bmA7Z1-OBtE/s400/Prajwala.jpg" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">I have been an avid follower of <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TED</a> ever since the beginning. One lazy afternoon I watched a simple young woman walk on to the stage and the next 13 minutes were the biggest shock of my life.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/06/prajwala-eternal-flame.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-6942582493858739580?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-58257605808214372582011-06-20T19:01:00.001+05:302012-01-10T15:10:09.929+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThnEoLLPJ18/Tf9JTQrbTOI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/w-uqVouLXD8/s1600/Welcome+to+the+Real+World.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThnEoLLPJ18/Tf9JTQrbTOI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/w-uqVouLXD8/s320/Welcome+to+the+Real+World.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Yes, I do know that the title is from the famous movie – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Matrix</i>. And there is a reason for that. We now live in the time in which the line that divides the real world from technology has become so wispy that it is difficult to distinguish between the two.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/06/welcome-to-real-world.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5825760580821437258?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-63164030022181695892011-06-14T22:22:00.004+05:302012-01-10T15:09:48.418+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFZlRgvndyU/TfePjzBwR5I/AAAAAAAAEPA/YOUOTzV99F0/s1600/Color+me+crazy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFZlRgvndyU/TfePjzBwR5I/AAAAAAAAEPA/YOUOTzV99F0/s320/Color+me+crazy.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Color [<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C</b>] and Black and White [<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BW</b>] sitting at a coffee shop, sipping well… hot coffee!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C:</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Aah!!! What would the world do without me?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BW:</b> *Sighs* <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“We have had this conversation a countless times. Could you just drop it already?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C:</b> *smiles* It is true. But C just loved picking up a fight with BW. She knew that it always irritated BW who thought very highly of himself. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“No, come on! Am I right or am I right?”</i></span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/06/color-me-crazy.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-6316403002218169589?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-30687475886760160142011-06-13T21:21:00.002+05:302011-09-16T15:58:04.680+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7pGx0q4fvuc/TfZw2EJEDVI/AAAAAAAAEOs/T1ToKdcvpyY/s1600/Blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7pGx0q4fvuc/TfZw2EJEDVI/AAAAAAAAEOs/T1ToKdcvpyY/s320/Blog.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">A guy named NiX...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Loves to write… </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Hardly finds time and good topics to write about…</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Starts a blog. (“Everybody is blogging – why not me!!!”)</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Writes 5 posts…</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Waits…</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Nothing happens…</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-about-blogging-and-blogs.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-3068747588676016014?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-979937522182096512011-06-13T01:28:00.004+05:302011-09-16T15:57:39.376+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3Mjukpd3OQ/TfZvJX9aZ3I/AAAAAAAAEOo/h94FMEpX9PI/s1600/Economics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3Mjukpd3OQ/TfZvJX9aZ3I/AAAAAAAAEOo/h94FMEpX9PI/s320/Economics.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Please take 20 minutes off your schedule to watch this highly informative video.</span></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/06/story-of-stuff.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-97993752218209651?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-33343838602713022712011-05-27T13:19:00.003+05:302011-09-16T15:57:16.711+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R94hzl9f6Ro/TfZtdeDIIuI/AAAAAAAAEOk/qhNeJxl3RFw/s1600/Indians+are.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R94hzl9f6Ro/TfZtdeDIIuI/AAAAAAAAEOk/qhNeJxl3RFw/s320/Indians+are.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The daily timetable of an average Indian:</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">0700-0730 –    Wake up, brush, take bath</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">0730-0830 –    Pray to a cow (obviously, every house has atleast one cow)</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/05/indians-are-crazy-b.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-3334383860271302271?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-51171374225899383392011-05-02T15:09:00.001+05:302011-09-16T15:56:13.263+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qducIPt2VI8/TfZo1r8nloI/AAAAAAAAEOg/3dnQsPrD4WU/s1600/Announcement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qducIPt2VI8/TfZo1r8nloI/AAAAAAAAEOg/3dnQsPrD4WU/s320/Announcement.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">You are now reading the special bulletin of The Al-Qaeda Times. First of all, we would like to clarify that this bulletin and its contents were pre-approved by the United States of America and hence we cannot be held liable to any misquotes or wrong facts given here.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/05/announcement.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5117137422589938339?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-52537561491937180892011-04-27T09:03:00.002+05:302011-09-16T15:55:40.726+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBcMXh0fJoY/TfZml33pnHI/AAAAAAAAEOc/HO8oBY4Mc_c/s1600/Endosulfan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBcMXh0fJoY/TfZml33pnHI/AAAAAAAAEOc/HO8oBY4Mc_c/s320/Endosulfan.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Hai! I am Endosulfan! I am sure that recently you are hearing a lot about getting rid of me. Well, to be honest, I am not worried. This has been going on since a very long time. As long as there are politicians, I am safe. So why do you hear so much about me these days, anyways? Let us start from the very beginning. </span></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/hai-i-am-endosulfan.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5253756149193718089?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-57937615072168533672011-04-23T06:11:00.004+05:302011-09-16T15:54:54.614+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j46mGSycmyI/TfZlEj6Vw7I/AAAAAAAAEOY/vpJRfymYgIY/s1600/Fav+Indian+Song.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j46mGSycmyI/TfZlEj6Vw7I/AAAAAAAAEOY/vpJRfymYgIY/s400/Fav+Indian+Song.jpg" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Info:</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Movie: Anari</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Lalita Pawar, Moti Lal, Mukri, Tiwari, Shobha</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music Director: Shankar-Jaikishan</div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Singer: Mukesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Producer: <a href="http://www.dishant.com/producer/l.b.films.html"> </a>L.B.films</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lyrics: Shailendra</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Year: 1959</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Click &quot;Read more&quot; for the video and the lyrics to the song:</div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-fav-indian-song-of-all-time.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5793761507216853367?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-9864738762497827572011-04-19T07:27:00.008+05:302011-09-16T15:54:36.752+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-glBwdyFB4J4/TfZjaNLduPI/AAAAAAAAEOU/1zcC2yxEt5c/s1600/United+we+stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-glBwdyFB4J4/TfZjaNLduPI/AAAAAAAAEOU/1zcC2yxEt5c/s320/United+we+stand.jpg" width="238"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">Cricket needs no introduction in India. And everyone who knows cricket – knows the Indian Premier League (IPL). Also mocked as the Indian <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paisa </i>League, the IPL became famous due to a number of reasons other than cricket – players from all over the world, cheerleaders, auctions, scams, Lalit Modi etc. People say that the gentleman’s game has been commercialized and that the IPL has nothing to do with quality cricket anymore.</span></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/untied-we-stand.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-986473876249782757?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-42579858950025749752011-04-18T00:35:00.006+05:302011-09-16T15:53:58.182+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b9dkQKOYAds/TfZgbUjvGoI/AAAAAAAAEOQ/Y9CvaW70DAg/s1600/Out+of+Loo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b9dkQKOYAds/TfZgbUjvGoI/AAAAAAAAEOQ/Y9CvaW70DAg/s320/Out+of+Loo.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“The next round will be Group-discussion”, she beamed as she said it as if she knew that she was screwing with us. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“What the…”</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“Excuse me!” She looked at me with wide brown eyes</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“No! My friend said that there will be no GD for this interview!” I stammered</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">“Well, that was the rules until last month. Our new HR manager has changed the process altogether. Is there a problem” It wasn’t a question. It was a statement.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/out-of-loo-ideas.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-4257985895002574975?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-47050220641533235622011-04-16T01:30:00.003+05:302011-09-16T15:53:32.208+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn-TyEfl_Zo/TfZecQ_NDkI/AAAAAAAAEOI/2e8oxqOg_mI/s1600/Superman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn-TyEfl_Zo/TfZecQ_NDkI/AAAAAAAAEOI/2e8oxqOg_mI/s320/Superman.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">I am no Lois Lane. And this is no Metropolis. So this is not going to get me the coveted Pulitzer! But I had to say this. I owe this much to my childhood (and adulthood) superhero.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-world-needs-superman.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-4705022064153323562?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-65980945070903494372011-04-11T03:51:00.006+05:302011-09-16T15:53:07.866+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-97uYZazwEdU/TacgA7vzlnI/AAAAAAAAEFU/9OO46Adyk5w/s1600/hushposter.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-97uYZazwEdU/TacgA7vzlnI/AAAAAAAAEFU/9OO46Adyk5w/s320/hushposter.png" width="184"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">My nights have been sleepless since long. I blame it on fast unlimited internet connections and something called Peer-to-Peer networking. Movies and TV series have filled my life for the past 2 years that I forgot how nice it was to hold a book in my hand and read. That did not stop me from buying books.</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/hush.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-6598094507090349437?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-21598421668960939912011-04-01T19:26:00.004+05:302011-09-16T15:52:45.566+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mOZzhngWg5g/TfZcF9_AGHI/AAAAAAAAEOE/Pmcnfqo5_qU/s1600/Women.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mOZzhngWg5g/TfZcF9_AGHI/AAAAAAAAEOE/Pmcnfqo5_qU/s320/Women.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">The year is 2003. Final year of graduation. Exams were a good one month away. There was a lot of time to study. There always is until the day before the exam. Me and my roommate decide to go for a walk. It is a cool Bangalore evening.</span></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/women-arrgh.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-2159842166896093991?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-50718085060509224962011-03-09T01:23:00.006+05:302011-09-16T15:51:52.703+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;">A few weeks back I joined a few [new] friends at a party. A bunch of really great guys. They welcomed me [and a friend of mine] with open arms; it never felt like it was the first time with them. May I remind you something about “<i>mallus</i>”! We party! We party hard! And when we do, it most certainly involves alcohol! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hXogqHdjDM4/TfZZDlsRN9I/AAAAAAAAEOA/GwQSKjAHzwQ/s1600/Politics+Movies+and+Religion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="135" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hXogqHdjDM4/TfZZDlsRN9I/AAAAAAAAEOA/GwQSKjAHzwQ/s400/Politics+Movies+and+Religion.jpg" width="400"></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;"><br></span><br></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/03/politics-movies-and-religion.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-5071808506050922496?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-69324842192779380052011-01-18T01:57:00.005+05:302011-09-16T15:51:10.339+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-trjdsmMWG8I/TfZW8MtZArI/AAAAAAAAEN8/gMWgrr14H94/s1600/The+Quarrel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-trjdsmMWG8I/TfZW8MtZArI/AAAAAAAAEN8/gMWgrr14H94/s320/The+Quarrel.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Why do I have to go?”</span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">“You have to!” Mom was red and I could see that she was grinding her teeth together – she is really angry now.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">“You know I hate all our relatives” I pleaded</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/01/quarrel.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-6932484219277938005?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141984585681868783.post-17459900484885004402011-01-17T22:48:00.007+05:302011-09-16T15:49:49.078+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkWhNrYfC4g/TfY6dTrU4iI/AAAAAAAAENs/II19Z_afMEM/s1600/Letter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkWhNrYfC4g/TfY6dTrU4iI/AAAAAAAAENs/II19Z_afMEM/s320/Letter.jpg" width="320"></a><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was really weird!</span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why? I don’t know. </span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Somebody else would have been thrilled to see something like this.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Take it. Read!” Dad raised his voice to bring me back to earth.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I gingerly extended my hand to take the very old piece of paper from him.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">He beamed at me. “This was probably the last letter your grandfather wrote to me”, Dad said</span></div></div></div><a href="http://whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com/2011/01/episode-i.html#more">Read More . . .</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2141984585681868783-1745990048488500440?l=whendasungoesdown.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nikhil Harindranathhttps://profiles.google.com/116247367030941376454noreply@blogger.com4