Assuming that you are perfectly well and not in any grumpy mood, what do you normally say if someone asks you the above question? While in India, a simple ‘Fine’ would be fine. Over here in UK, most likely you would get “not too bad” as an answer. In fact, the question itself would be [...]

Something wrong somewhere.. err.. something right somewhere. I am getting mails addressing me as “Dr Chakkarapani”. Someone somewhere has realised my potential and have decided to award a doctorate. Wish they send me some legal documents conferring me of the same, rather than using the coveted title in the junk mails.

I have heard of people making note of things they eat for consulting with the dietician to make adjustments to their eating habit. But, ever heard of anyone who photographs every single thing he eats and even post them on his blog? Check out this blog and see for yourself. What a way to keep [...]

Only on reading today’s news, I came to know about this law that has been in existence since 2003 in Britain. Seems that one could be fined for swearing in public. A police officer has overheard a private conversation among two friends and handed over a penalty notice of £80 to one of them for [...]

If you put chick peas (கொணà¯?டகà¯?கடலை) in salted water, how long do you expect it to be good enough for eating? Few days or may be few weeks, perhaps? I found that the expiry date for the above stuff bought at Sainsbury’s is December 2010. That is nearly 5 years from now. Isn’t that [...]

I never had any good opinion on Arundhati Roy due to many reasons. Very often I have felt that she is misusing her ‘Booker’ fame by poking her nose into everything. Only over the weekend, flipped through few pages of her Booker winning ‘The God of Small Things‘ and I couldn’t proceed beyond few pages. [...]

I had to apply for a Tax Credit with Inland Revenue. When I rang them up to find out about the online facility, the link for which I couldn’t find in their website, they told me that they have got rid of that part of the website as they are receiving so many spam registrations [...]