tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post2702081098623596813..comments2024-03-20T15:50:48.991+05:30Comments on Compulsive Confessions: God's own country, my asseMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-38484886262311298672007-12-04T17:02:00.000+05:302007-12-04T17:02:00.000+05:30After wondering for ages why I’m subscribing to th...After wondering for ages why I’m subscribing to that Sunday supplement (which one reads in the morning-after haze and then dozes off, only to forget some of the best bits when I wake up later) instead of just buying it at Crepe Station later, if one’s up to it…I finally remember to put the sheet with the article (which must be familiar enough to you by now to be called just “the article) under my pillow for later devouring..<BR/><BR/>Am glad I did.<BR/><BR/>Especially that pre-historic post about a certain library with tall wooden shelves, where I remember discovering probably the nicest thing that ever happened to sarcasm, also called Wodehouse… In the frenetic need to keep a bit of the magic with me beyond the summer break, I remember borrowing, a lil permanently, a moth eaten copy of “Aunts aren’t Gentlemen”, which adorns my old steel trunk to date…. (You ain’t the snitching kinds..are you:-)<BR/><BR/>Wrote this three days back. Managing to send today. I think the Saturday-from-hell-followed-by-sadness thingie is catching..<BR/><BR/>Adios !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-13886508189127344132007-05-05T15:41:00.000+05:302007-05-05T15:41:00.000+05:30how/why did you feel bad for him??? he sounded soo...how/why did you feel bad for him??? he sounded sooo sidey no?Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133327365229582743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-6052396427596653812007-05-03T11:51:00.000+05:302007-05-03T11:51:00.000+05:30i was in trivandrum for my summer internship at th...i was in trivandrum for my summer internship at the world's largest condom factory! <BR/>language is the biggest issue there. one month into my program, i catch my boss singing a pure hindi film song. I was surprised he knew Hindi! and he says, "hindi bolne mein sharm aati hai"Abhinav Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008615081630648355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-14322998257884087082007-05-02T15:29:00.000+05:302007-05-02T15:29:00.000+05:30I know exactly what you mean. When the extended fa...I know exactly what you mean. When the extended family is breathing down your neck,it would be difficult to be who you are in Bombay. But it's a whole lot better now. You just haven't managed to meet the right people:-)<BR/>P.S. Cochin's my home and I like the place and am happy here but I so get what you mean.3inonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654697900060677144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-5066027493444897382007-05-02T15:11:00.000+05:302007-05-02T15:11:00.000+05:30cochin's a mixed bag. it's home for me, so i'm no...cochin's a mixed bag. it's home for me, so i'm not exactly objective, but it's got a lot of great things to see and do. Fort Kochi including Kashi Art Cafe and other excellent eating places would definitely be one of those. I regretfully agree about the mallu men. The orthodonty point is something that never struck me but now that you mention it bloody hell yes!! While i wouldn't echo Sherry's sentiments exactly, it might not hurt to open the mind...just a crack.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650593961643360643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-22855450086978280472007-05-02T15:09:00.000+05:302007-05-02T15:09:00.000+05:30i'm a bit ashamed of this being my favourite line ...i'm a bit ashamed of this being my favourite line in the post....... The kind of rain poetry is written about, and the kind of rain, even in this day and age that you can run outside, head turned upwards and catch in your mouth....... awesome description man!Zeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124938389441103859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-85934654079274187122007-05-02T06:14:00.000+05:302007-05-02T06:14:00.000+05:30Loved the book shop with the jute bags.. Incy Bell...Loved the book shop with the jute bags.. Incy Bella!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-60006525596752598792007-05-01T18:37:00.000+05:302007-05-01T18:37:00.000+05:30really? i live in cochin and smoke whenever i feel...really? i live in cochin and smoke whenever i feel like it, drink like a fish - am a known dipsomaniac - and also walk down the road when i feel like it. maybe you were giving out vibes of "i think you people are so uncool", so OF COURSE they felt they had to be ultra conservative to live up to your expectations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-58904139850011032632007-05-01T16:41:00.000+05:302007-05-01T16:41:00.000+05:30rain!!! wow. delhi is lava central right now. may ...rain!!! wow. delhi is lava central right now. may has just started. 6 more months to go. oooof!!Musings on Indiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602132786290539455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-79934781038707822032007-05-01T13:38:00.000+05:302007-05-01T13:38:00.000+05:30I don't think it's so much about the place itself ...I don't think it's so much about the place itself as much as about the things you have come to associate with it: conservative, no-smoking zone, relatives you couldn't care less for.... Happens to all of us!Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279878087585603554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-13951979624221153022007-05-01T10:02:00.000+05:302007-05-01T10:02:00.000+05:30same with benny on the pictures request. and i wan...same with benny on the pictures request. and i want a starfish!!!! hmph!hedonistic hobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693480297800328494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-31194590103713038562007-05-01T07:44:00.000+05:302007-05-01T07:44:00.000+05:30Mongrel... that's a word I use all the time to des...Mongrel... that's a word I use all the time to describe the kind of people you described, yours truly included... I've spent as much time in the country as out, and I really need to see more of it... really really really do... very much so... really. <BR/><BR/>Zfuzl said word verification... well zfuzl you too!Renovatiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287413128345582022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-38624031615192326922007-05-01T02:33:00.000+05:302007-05-01T02:33:00.000+05:30Kochi is one of the few places I've been to and li...Kochi is one of the few places I've been to and liked. Loved, actually. Fort Cochin and Mattancherry and the Jewish bits. There was a killer bookstore in Fort Cochin that gave you yuor books in these adorable jute bags. You been there? And this place called Kashi Art Gallery that had a cafe that made killer chocolate cake.La Figlia Che Piangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054189552538980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-11596403913825835682007-04-30T22:01:00.000+05:302007-04-30T22:01:00.000+05:30Wow! You dad is super cool.Wow! You dad is super cool.Rohinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234347487003665907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-85743229532185592432007-04-30T21:43:00.000+05:302007-04-30T21:43:00.000+05:30BOM COK?? bhwaaaahaaa :)I've heard such horror sto...BOM COK?? bhwaaaahaaa :)<BR/><BR/>I've heard such horror stories about mallu men in kerala. Apparently the mundhu (mudhu right? the lungi?) makes for easy flashing!! Ewwww. But Cochin was supposed to be all hep and cosmo no?Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133327365229582743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-12983508035650993142007-04-30T20:33:00.000+05:302007-04-30T20:33:00.000+05:30mallu men, though quite excellent elsewhere, are i...mallu men, though quite excellent elsewhere, are incredible leches in kerala itself man. after having travelled to all sorts of places across the country, i was quite horrified on my first trip to kerala last year. it makes zero sociological sense to me - you'd think all that education would do otherwise, no?Rukminihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214895742836083587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-21403527115510361442007-04-30T19:21:00.000+05:302007-04-30T19:21:00.000+05:30hey starfish!so much for a surprise:Pam mentally m...hey starfish!<BR/>so much for a surprise<BR/>:P<BR/>am mentally makign space on bedside table for it...<BR/>I think this whole must get a present when I travel thing is a fine, fine idea...<BR/>hug hugChrisannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042246117211331999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-73985053493260080632007-04-30T18:40:00.000+05:302007-04-30T18:40:00.000+05:30Can you please please take some pictures. I've be...Can you please please take some pictures. I've been to Kerela once about 9-10 years ago and it was rather sunny weather. I got odd looks from my mother when I said i wished it were raining. Somehow imagined it would be betterZaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277471797381952739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-6950986549947871782007-04-30T12:26:00.000+05:302007-04-30T12:26:00.000+05:30u poor mongrel! i know that feeling. happens when ...u poor mongrel! i know that feeling. happens when i visit calcutta and do not feel at all at home even though the language is mine and the effusive relatives are (regrettably) mine too!!Thinking Crampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956076662080144333noreply@blogger.com