The Puppet Master

Began Watching the addictive TV series Prison Break (I’m outdated all right) and upon finishing it (late runner, but i do go for a quick kill), I got so dragged into the concept of ‘The Company’, I did a small time travel to discussions with Shiv about the idea of a Panopticon during my junior [...]

Brewing Lifestyles

There’s Big money to be made in the Indian Coffee Market and the Amalgamated Bean Company is the first to realise this. While ABC always had a variety of beans and an interesting concoction of brews to offer both from their own plantations and from other imports, the indian consumer wasn’t so coffee wise. Put [...]

Incredible India & The Butterfly Effect

Advice from the most unusual of people can sometimes be the most interesting. I was at my optician, seeking a new pair of spectacles. Now he is way too senior for me to strike up a casual conversation so i was sticking to the normal stuff when my Mom bustled into the store, visibly distraught [...]

Vive Le Roi

Two cases:
a. Find a farmer, and tell him he is a king; he shall humbly ask you not to joke and that he is but a mere farmer. Ask a King, well truth be told, you won’t have to ask; a King will pronouce his Kingship.
b. If a person is being compared to another who [...]

Pride and Sensibility

As one grows old; time accelerates for him so this may be a disconnect for many but i can’t remember when was it last that I saw people with a sense of pride in someone/thing or a sense of self-respect… hmm… can’t remember… query returns zero records. It used to do at some point of [...]