I hate this template. HATE it. But too lazy to tweak it - lets see.

Hmpf. Now I like it. So im keeping it.

T Nagar is beginning to resemble the everglades ( - minus the alligators, i guess) like they say here and because i dont own a boat - - iam pretty much marooned at home -

All thanks to Nisha - (as theyve godawfully named this storm thing) - so i am chumma ambling online - answering the phone - trying to bring myself into mood to do some work - but with our office called off today - we're on the weekend already.

My trade fair in Bombay scheduled to start today has been called off - so there nothing really in terms of daily chores to do - but a good chance to get through pending, long, boring gigs that need concentration (and sadly, also,the Mood - as ive come to realize)

For the past hour or so ive been:

- munching on semi frozen aloo methi

- Listening to this song far too many times to not to mention it. Such a nice song - such a RIDICULOUS video :)

- Trying to write code to publish my bit of telescopic fiction : An illustration is, of course, here (ps. click on all the orange bits of text) [ Courtesy: This guy ]. But i cant get it to work. :(

- Trying to get in an entry to this contest. LOL

- Trying to complete a bit of my review of 'The white tiger' - i wont. I erased the draft and put it in here instead: Here -

"" I guess Adiga did not write with the booker in mind - so we wont blame him - but this book also adds to my long held belief that prize winning books are, more often than not, disappointments.

That said - the book - after the 'booker monkey' is taken off its back - is quite interesting to read, albeit being based on a cliche'd theme - and it being long winded and aimless towards the end.

The narration has been handled brilliantly - and i loved Balram's language - 'half baked indian', 'pinky madam', 'the stork/buffalo', 'dipping beaks' and the likes.

But its a kind of surreal look at the Indian scenario - i read a lot of reviews written by Firang types - and they say it captures the 'indianness' 'real india is revealed' etc. - all crap.

Adiga would have gotten a bit of a pat on his back from me for the sheer wit, entertainment value of the book.

But then he said this : " Where this Shining India everyone’s talking about? It was time someone broke the myth,” and this “The world needed to see the other side of India"

- Now, thats bad and wrong dude - coming from some NRI type guy who hasnt been in India during his formative years (as this says).

Closing comments: The White tiger is a very entertaining read.Nothing more. And as for the booker, i wont be fucken suprised if blokes like him wins one next for ridiculously light stuff like "The 3 mistakes of my life". Period.

""

Maybe il fucken write "Autobiography of a half baked indian" (à la, Balram halwai) and try for a Man Booker :)

- Now, i read this - and i cant help but feel that i ought to slap Barkha dutt's face a few times. She, even Rajdeep sardesai, and one other Shiv (or somename like that) guy from another news channel - are the worst journalists i know. Even normally, i HATE the type of 'hi iam a bitch and il do anything do my story. Il jut into the middle of every comment u make during my interview' kind of attitude in a journalist. Its ok if ur doing a show like Hardtalk or Karan Tapar's Devil's advocate - but for primetime news, christ!

Its awfully boring -but nothing a quick trudge down to the bookstore wont remedy -