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The sandwiched generation. The best generation!

The sandwiched generation. The best generation!

June 06, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: The author of this post, Rajat Mukherjee, lives in Silicon Valley and works for Google. This post originally appeared on his Silicon Thoughts blog and is reproduced here with his…

The Darndest Things You See in India – Part 4 (Park Signs)

The Darndest Things You See in India – Part 4 (Park Signs)

August 25, 20101 mins

Sign inside a Koramangala park. Quick! How many DO’s and how many DONT’s? Another park! Another sign! Easier on the eye. Too bad it’s still prohibition time! Additional commentary Park timings seem to…

The Darndest Things you see in India – Part 3

The Darndest Things you see in India – Part 3

August 05, 20101 mins

Bhurka (abaya) beyond your imagination! ‘nuf said. Emblem of a Tier 1 Bangalore school. Lalbagh nursery has a mobile garden unit… Marketing collateral inside Lalbagh nurserymen’s office. Am…

Why Indian drivers might never take to automatic transmission in a big way

Why Indian drivers might never take to automatic transmission in a big way

July 30, 20102 mins

Pic: courtesy team-bhp.com During our initial months in Bangalore, as we ploughed through the dense urban traffic (being driven around by auto drivers and cab drivers), the biwi and I speculated that…

The darndest things you see in India – Part 2

The darndest things you see in India – Part 2

July 22, 20101 mins

The previous post of this series is The darndest things you see in India and the next is The darndest things you see in India – Part 3. Lessons in user interface design! Gotta admit Boca Grande…

The darndest things you see in India

The darndest things you see in India

June 11, 20101 mins

1 year 10 months and 3 non-SLR camera phones later, below is a partial collection of India-defining frames I’ve found interesting. Yes – there ARE parking signs in Bangalore. Just try finding them…