Posts in Category: Asides
Mumbai losing its taste for Udupi
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
    Phonetics teacher Avani Shah sat sipping her hot coffee – a twice-a-week ritual for 30 years – as attendants at Matunga’s Mysore Café buzzed about meeting the rush of orders.   Â
Rod Garrett, the Urban Planner Behind ‘Burning Man’
Source: www.nytimes.com
    Rod Garrett, who laid out Burning Man, the annual festival of self-expression in Nevada, drew accolades for his approach.   Â
Krugman v/s Rumsfeld
Source: www.slate.com
    Early on Sunday morning, as the rest of NYTimes.com was turned over to 9/11 anniversary, Paul Krugman vented his spleen. Years of columns were condensed into a few pithy lines. “What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shame…   Â
Caution: Don’t let Dhoni become a martyr to Board’s greed
Source: epaper.hindustantime…
    The television commentators are doing a splendid job of instilling hope in the despondent viewers by building up the Champions League as a compensation for this massive embarrassment. So what if MS Dhoni and his men failed to entertain us in England? We now have a great opportunity to watch some of …   Â
The Parent Trap | CanYouth
Source: canyouth.com
    Cindy was simply leaving to go to the mall with her friends. Her friends were going to pick her up, and then they would spend the whole day drinking bubble tea and chilling one last time before the end of summer. They’d talk, laugh, shop and reminisce. Just as Cindy left her front door, her mother f…   Â
Singing out of the box – Hindustan Times
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
    Judged the Best Band at Malhar and Kaleidoscope, Spud In The Box looks forward to recording originals, playing gigs.   Â
Architecture body president charged with corruption – Hindustan Times
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
    The CBI has filed a chargesheet against Vijay Srikrishna Sohoni, president of the Council of Architecture (COA). He is accused of flouting norms by approving an architecture college in Goa — run by his wife Nandita. Rajesh Ahuja reports.   Â
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