Any idea about the politics behind not making helmets compulsory in Indian roads – especially in Tamilnadu? I remember that helmets were made compulsory from 1984 and until late 1980s, before they were made ‘optional’. Sometime in 1999, New Indian Express campaigned for making helmets mandatory and even organised signature petitions to the then DMK [...]

There was a fire accident yesterday in the building next to my work place. Three fire engines were pressed into service to put out the fire. It wasn’t a major one and fortunately, there weren’t any injuries to anyone. Fire service personnel cordoned off the road as soon as they arrived and left the way [...]

Had a tough time today explaining my neighbour that being a campootar engineer doesn’t mean that I would be able to set right his troublesome PC. Worst thing is – after all the explanations in layman’s language about electronics & programming, that fella said “I don’t want you to do it for free. I would [...]

Watched Chandramukhi last evening. One of the biggest mistakes I did in the recent times was to have watched ‘Manichitrathazhu’ few weeks back. The problem while watching CM was that I was always a step ahead of the movie and knew about the next frame, that spoiled the fun a lil’ bit. Had it been [...]

Made the first purchase for our newborn yesterday. In fact, it happened without any planning. I was out on the street, doing the usual weekly shopping when a smart dress displayed at the window of the kids’ wear shop caught my eye. Instinctively, I entered the shop, scanned the varieties and made the quick purchase. [...]

A big Thank you to everyone for your wishes over the comments, e-mails & phone calls. It was truly overwhelming to hear from people whom I have never met till date. Thanks again.
Right from the time I heard that my wife has been admitted in the hospital and till the time I got the news [...]

Forwarded to you by a proud dad!

—– Original Message —–
From: Anirudh Chakkarapani
[mailto: anirudh@chakkarapani.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005
To: All of you!
Hello
How are you?
I am Anirudh. At the time of typing, I am just about an hour old, as I was born at around 7:38 pm (IST) on Wednesday, 20th of April 2005 at Trichy, [...]