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The Vietnamese Sandwich | Banh Mi in AmericaSource: nyti.msA primer on where to find the best of these Vietnamese-style baguettes, stateside.

Seems some people just don’t learn. Its been about a year and a half since the whole IIPM fiasco exploded on the Indian Blogosphere. IIPM was found out to be the crooked institute it is. However, they think that public memory is short and hence this advertisement in today’s DNA. If you are wondering what… Continue reading IIPM Crooks at It Again

Its that time of the year again, and it seems that the scumbag machinery is in stealth mode. Indian bloggers will remember October 10, 2005 as the day they came of age and stood up to a scumbag institution that forced a blogger to quit his job, all because to highlighted the truth. Gaurav Sabnis… Continue reading IIPM: Crooks At Work to Sanitize Image

In the middle of this week I migrated my blog from Movable Type to WordPress. The migration was not as easy as I would have hoped for and I had to tweak a lot of stuff to make sure that it all went well. Firstly the reason for my move. If you remember, in the… Continue reading Why I Moved from Movable Type to WordPress

Dilip D’Souza has a great post on Death Ends Fun about scrupulous advertising by the favorite management instutute of the Indian Blogosphere. Here is the ad he is talking about. Read his entire post for the whole dissection. IIPM Ad in Hindustan Times

Jamshedi Navroze is one of the three main festive days in the Parsi Calendar. The others being Parsi New year in August and Khordad Saal, the birthday of Zarathustra. Navroze falls on March 21st, which is also Spring Equinox. It is celebrated the world over in various manifestations. It heralds the coming of Spring. In… Continue reading Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak

Over the past couple of days, I haven’t had the chance to blog here. In case you thought something was wrong with your RSS reader, do not despair. There was nothing to update as I was busy catching up on my other blog in the blogosphere. Besides being a group blogger on Metroblogging NYC, Metroblogging… Continue reading My Other Half in the Blog World

Coming to Bombay after an extended period of time, and you have a direct assault on your senses. And the biggest one, according to me is the noise pollution. Or specifically, the honking of vehicles. It is incessant. More like a national pastime, or as if its some involuntary action necessary, like breathing on the… Continue reading Honking, the National Pastime

It was announced today that Sir Norman Foster will design an office tower in the WTC Complex. This is great news for the city of New York in many ways. After the horrendous “Freedom Tower” monstrosity that is being designed by David Childs, this is a great boost for quality architecture in a city that… Continue reading Norman Foster at WTC

Thats the new parking lot I shall use from today onwards. Do not worry. I havent abandoned either of my primary parking spots; nVa or pK. Being the global traveller I am, I am also keeping a parking place in NYC and now this new one in Bollywood. Bollywood and me….aaah !!! Yes, surprises do… Continue reading Naachgaana