Author Archives: Nikhil

Huh?

I thought mixedbag.in was down, since I haven’t been able to access it for two weeks now. Been a very very busy two weeks, so I wasn’t able to fix it. Sat down today to figure things out and - lo! the back-end is accessible.
Not sure if anyone still reads this blog, but - in […]

More problems with Tata Indicom Internet Card…Cancelling Conn today

My experience with Tata Indicom has been dreadful. Others may have had a better, less troublesome time, but I’m probably never going subscribe to any Tata Indicom service again - just as it is with Sify (their broadband sucks). This is going to be my barometer for all of Tata Indicoms services - because apart […]

Brilliant

Aditya sends across this link from Fark.
My favourites:
I compressed five motorcycles into one, it was a .rarley-Davidson.
I bought my motorcycle from a pirate. It’s an Arrrrly-Davidson
My Bike used to be a marine drill Sergeant, It was an R. Lee Davidson.
I once made a motorcycle out of 45 pounds of ganja. i called it the Marley-Davidson
Hmm…maybe […]

Such Piety

Image sent by Jugal via email

The N95

First up: the battery life sucks…rather - the phone sucks the life out of the battery. It lasts around a day with regular usage, and if you’re using GPRS (as I am trying to do now), forgetaboutit. Barely lasts half a day. The N95 8GB is supposed to have better battery life, but for a […]

On Rick Rubin and the future of the music business

A couple of days ago, Shyam pointed out to me a well crafted article in the New York Times, romanticising Columbia’s appointing Rick Rubin for producing great music; it appears that he’s the savior for big music labels, that Columbia, in an act of desperation, isn’t playing the big bad music studio anymore, and Rubin […]

quote

“Just because there’s a gap in the market, it doesn’t mean there’s a market in the gap.” — Rony Zibara, Creative Director of Fahrenheit 212.
Haven’t seen the video yet, but will do in the evening…from PSFK

On chaddi logic

Random chat published without permission:
Aditya: hey
Nikhil: yo. ’sup?
Aditya: suggest a name for a blog. serious stuff
Nikhil: for you?
Aditya: yeah
Nikhil: twinkle toes
Aditya: keep in mind most of the good names are taken

Nikhil: twinkle toes is not
Aditya: and just what makes twinkle toes a good name?
Sorry, this blog address is not available
Please consider one of the following:
* […]

Eating Out In Delhi: Parsi Food!

Just got back from a full-filling meal at Parsi Anjuman, a parsi guest house on Bahadurshah Zafar Marg. Had dhansak, excellent apricot chicken and something that was similar to biryani. I’ve forgotten what the sweet dish is called, but that and the apricot chicken were brilliant. I’d write more about the food, but I’d rather […]

Hema Malini, Office of Profit and issues of representative democracy

I believe that the recent development regarding Hema Malini requesting excise cuts for water purification equipment must be seen in the same light as the “Cash for questions” expose, wherein parliamentarians were paid to ask questions in the house.
While Malini is being singled out for this, every parliamentarian should be under scrutiny for the questions […]