Archive for January, 2006

Why God Why?

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

I am living in a democratic country. I am sensible enough to vote to elect my representative in the government. But if I want to buy a beer at 4 am in the morning, I cannot. Not because people don’t want to sell it, but because the government thinks people should not drink after midnight. [...]

Funny thing about India

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

I can vote to choose the country’s prime minister at 18. I can choose to die a painful death by marrying at 21. But, pubs in India cannot serve me beer till I am 25! Damn… How do you expect a 21 year old married guy to survive through his 4 years of marriage?

Republic Day???

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

So, today is India’s Republic Day. Great. But someone needs to tell me why our national holidays are actually holidays? Is it the right way to celebrate the greatness of our country by sitting (or sleeping) at home doing nothing productive?
Right. I do agree that when I was a kid, we loved to have more [...]

Middle Name?

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Sarcasm is my middle name.

Embassy Restaurant in Connaught Place

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

We were roaming aimlessly when we thought of trying out a new restaurant (for us of course). I called in Samrat and Arun but found both of them to be mysteriously missing. Puneet came to our rescue and recommended us to try out the Embassy Restaurant.
Well, the experience was exceptionally good considering the environment [...]