Friends

An Unknown, Goldmine…

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The response to my previous post was pretty awesome. So here is the follow-up post with all the great unknown movies as recommended by my friends :) The Road Home (Chinese movie) – Ashwin NanjappaBefore the Rain – Thaths My Cousin Vinny – anantj In which annie gives it those ones (Watch Online) – thenitknumbskulls … Read more

Whats the best movie that practically nobody else has ever heard of?

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When pramodbiligiri sent me this link, I was pretty thrilled with a new list of movies to watch. I decided to save a bookmark of the page on Del.icio.us and that bookmark got picked up by my Friends feed page. I received a couple of comments for the link and got thinking that maybe its … Read more

The Kid…

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The one thing that is common between my sister, my cousins and me is that we all joined school a year earlier than most children. In India (atleast in the mid 80s) children joined school when they were three years old, so frankly I have no idea why my parents decided to usher me into my initial schooling when I was two. Oddly that one decision dictated a lot about what sort of friends and peers I would have for the rest of my life…

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Those Conversations…

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Someone finally figured out about the Conversationsoptical amplifier… Lot of people tried and some came decently close… Ironically the person I least expected to figure out the identity, managed to do it :) So what does this mean? Well, Im sorry but I still love the anonymity and that means things will remain as they … Read more

The Namesake…

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I dont know of a better way to start talking about the last twenty five years of my life, than to talk about the one thing that has been with me for almost every single moment of that time…

What would you say if I ask you “who are you?” Most people to whom I have asked the truly philosophical question, have always chosen to respond with a similar answer… Their name.

My parents have always been strong believers in astrology… From the moment I was born one of their biggest concerns was to know what my future held for me and how to improve it. Even now, twenty five years later they jump at the first opportunity to ask questions to respected astrologers(not those fancy guys that come on tv) about how my current “time” is.

Apparently the time and place of my birth sort of determined my name(this procedure is extremely common in my family). Under the consultation of an astrologer who determined the mathematical positions of the planets at the time of my birth, my name had to start with the syllable “Cha”.

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