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Archive for November, 2004

A couple of problem.

Posted in Experiences, Humor, Personal on November 30, 2004 | 3 Comments »

I have been single for a long time now. Almost 28 years. That’s the whole of my existence, except for the time she was in my life. Then I was a part of being a couple. Now after her, I am back to being single.
Being single is not a problem really, except the loneliness and [...]

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Calvin and Hobbes and Me

Posted in Literature, Personal, Thoughts, musings on November 23, 2004 | No Comments »

Calvin and Hobbes, the boy and the tiger strip that comes in almost all newspaper has always facinated me. Those who don't know, Calvin is a 8-year old boy with a stuffed tiger, Hobbes as his friend.
Calvin is like every other individual who wants to break all rules and nobody lets him do just that. [...]

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9:01 FAST - Part 2 - Living Mumbai 7

Posted in Experiences, Mumbai, musings on November 6, 2004 | 1 Comment »

When you start writing about Mumbai, there is so much to talk about. If you talk about local trains then you can talk for hours about them. The following is the second and concluding part about the marvel the locals are.
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Getting down from a train is fairly easy. First you let your body relax. Detach [...]

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9:01 FAST - Part 1 - Living Mumbai 6

Posted in Experiences, Mumbai, musings on November 5, 2004 | 5 Comments »

“I had to catch the 9:01 fast other wise by boss will kill me today.”
“My boss is on leave so I will probably catch the 10:15 Slow nobody comes before me.”
Mumbaities are obsessed with the above number. The number depicts the time of local trains.
The Mumbai locals and Mumbai BEST buses, the two lifelines of [...]

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Moods Condoms - A review

Posted in India, Television, Thoughts on November 4, 2004 | 11 Comments »

TV ads in Netherlands are mostly in dutch. It’s difficult to understand if there is more of talking. But I like ads which are to the point and convey the right message through action. Remember the fevicol ad in newspaper about people sitting and sleeping in a train with the Fevicol sticker behind them and [...]

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Ek cutting aur Ek Vada Pao - Living Mumbai 5

Posted in Experiences, Memories, Mumbai on November 2, 2004 | 5 Comments »

The first thing I wanted to do after I landed in Mumbai after 3 months in Amsterdam was to have a Vada pao. But my flight landed at night by the time all the vada pao stalls had down their shutters.
Its no fun eating Batata vada pao (patato vada bread, I don’t know what vada [...]

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