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Garam Masala: April 2005

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Saturday, April 02, 2005. In the last month I was reading about Marxism, Lenninsm and Stalinism. Was kind of impressed by the basic thoery of Communism. It says that no one can possess land. Land will always be a property of the government. Who cultivates on the land reaps its benifits. Ya, it was an interesting read. But I could not follow it. Actually what the heck! The point is, I am not able to digest the fact that I own the land and now possess the papers of its. It all seems unreal.

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Garam Masala: March 2005

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Thursday, March 17, 2005. Everytime you ask direction to a malayali he would say - ' nera poyi, leppta'. It would always be a left there. why? Because in kerala left is right :-). Then there is the boiler tea. Nair chaya, it is called. Simbly suberb. You would find a toddy shop in every 100 mts. Horny, drunk and people with a civic sense, they are the mallus. Of course, there are the backwaters in kerala. Everyone talks about ‘em. They are too good. You know it. Everyone knows it. Posted by Avi at 5:31 AM.

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Garam Masala: January 2005

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Saturday, January 29, 2005. And then people around me told me that there is a separate family section in most pubs. Family section! Pub is just a fancier, more expensive version of a bar. They still serve alcohol. People do get drunk here. And this has a family section! So there arises no question of acceptance or defiance. I know a 6th std kid who surfs porn. He is one of the smatest kids that I have seen( of course not becasue he surfs porn! Posted by Avi at 8:52 PM. Thursday, January 27, 2005. BJP say...

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Garam Masala: December 2005

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Thursday, December 29, 2005. Sambhandha - The pleasent bonding. I got my first push into the bride searching during this weekend. It was my cousin’s marriage, the first marriage that I attended from the beginning till the end. And there were lot rituals that I had no idea about. I don’t have an opinion about the significance of the rituals, but it’s all a lot of fun. 1 Sodu Munji/Kashi Yatra. 3 The bride’s uncle (mama) has to carry the bride to the bride’s chair ( hase mane. 5 When the bride enters the n...

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Garam Masala: December 2004

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Friday, December 31, 2004. January 1, 2005. Yes, it is January 1 tomorrow. Sitting here in office I am forced to think ‘Why am I not so excited about january 1’. After some pondering over this subject I came up with a valid reasoning. During the month of December, people find a new subject to talk about. ‘Hey, wassup! And then I decide that since there is nothing that I can do for the 31. Wish you all a happy new year. Posted by Avi at 3:56 AM. Bangalore, Karnataka, India. View my complete profile. Ford ...

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Garam Masala: July 2005

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Saturday, July 02, 2005. There are a couple of things said about the movie. Second, it is based on Bal Thackrey's life. Rubbish. Only because Amitabh has a rudrakhi mala and speaks a couple of dialogues in marathi, it does not make him Bal thackerey. All in all it is a good movie. You would like it if you watch it. But will not miss it if you dont. As far as I am concernd, this is the last ramgopal verma underworld movie I am going to watch. Posted by Avi at 7:12 PM. Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

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Garam Masala: Powercuts in Bangalore

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Thursday, July 24, 2008. Lots of instances like this. Really frustrated! How long is this going to continue. A the power we have wasted for so long, the irresponsibility of water usage is now showing up. Posted by Avi at 8:11 AM. You have been tagged! This comment has been removed by the author. Hey Avinash.your blogs good! July 2008 ge last entry unTu. How come youve not posted more entries? Bangalore, Karnataka, India. View my complete profile. This site is best viewed in Netscape 8.0 and above.

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Garam Masala: Mobile Number Portability

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Tuesday, April 06, 2010. Making a shift - from stories to opinions. An effort to incite readers (if any) to argue with me. I am waiting for the Mobile Number Portability to come through. All these players on one side, and the (corrupt) government on the other. What a contest this is going to be! So, if MNP comes through, who is to win? Consumers. Who is to lose - BSNL and MTNL! Posted by Avi at 3:32 AM. I bet not. It might lure more telecom players into the already over crowded and under priced market.

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Garam Masala

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Let me at least get my investment interest that I could have earned back. I am out of it. Posted by Avi at 9:41 PM. You've made a few mistakes . relying on friends' or anybody else's recommendations is surely no.1 - Remember "Arvind Remedies" :-) . I think I still hold that stock. Some of the classes that you take in your MBA might get rid of your stock-mania. I myself took one such course recently. Will share my learnings sometime soon on my blog. :-). Some of my thoughts on ht...

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Garam Masala: Where to invest?

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Thursday, May 06, 2010. With Greece, Portugal, Spain in the firing line, the immediate impact on India is something of a worry. 150 billion is what will be given to Greece. Just a comparative figure, the total remittances into India this year was 54 billion! Anyway, that's besides the point). So it is a project management issues! This "govt expenditure to kick start economy' works most times. Have predicted that China might collapse in a decade (or was it a year? Gold, may be! Or keep it under the pillow!