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Monday, January 08, 2007

Karaoke at Turquoise Cottage

Smita (smilestop, land of the smiling sun) with a friend (sorry friend, forget your name, will get it next time).

Richa Dubey is camera shy! So only managed to capture a profile.

Sachin and Nitin belting it out.

Richa Dubey with a friend, at last!

Karaoke at Turquose Cottage, New Delhi

Smita, or one who smiles:)

Asheeth Manu, enjoying a coke!

Shalin Asher, in a serious mood!

I can't figure out who this is, though, I find the smile dazzling!

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Christmas Carols, Dec 2006

This is our chur

ch in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai. The cross is behind a glass partition.
The Choir Singers.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Spent some time last sunday with Ganga, Anita and their bitch Julie. We were then joined by Sanjeevan on the way to Felix's house. Felix is having problems and so we friends decided to go and meet him. We were all students of Adarsha Vidyalaya in Chembur. Felix lives in Tilak Nagar where I used to stay. The place has been made over, made up, or whatever!

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Congratulations and Celebrations! to me, me, me!

Today is a happy day. Yesterday at Fab India (where I buy my kurtas and ethnic clothes), I heard a girl say, "This is a happy, happy, happy, happy color, will suit you just fine." I liked that, huh, though, what she meant by "happy" raised to the power of four flummoxed me.

What do I see first thing when I open my blog? Google has upgraded my page rank of my main blog to 4 on 10 from 3 on 10 (zigzackly has 6 on 10!). Some promotion this. Yippeeee! Check it out. Out with the bubblies, no, an extra cup of coffee towards evening, perhaps, if wifey permits.

I have also staked my claim to be the most consistent solo blog and the longest running solo blog at the same URL at the Limca Book of (Blog) Records (the Indian equivalent of Guiness Book of World Records). Isn't that a reason to smile?

Thanks visitors! Do please, please visit me daily (;and give me those hits I deserve;) as I write in this space every day.
Tags: Limca Book of (Blog) Records, Most Consistent Solo Blog, Longest Running Solo Blog, Guiness Book of World Records

Thursday, September 28, 2006

A great sunset on the Kerala backwaters

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Me Reading at the Sept. Caferati meet

John
Originally uploaded by soney.

This is me reading my story "To Rachna from Rajesh" at the September 2006 readmeet of Caferati.

Monday, September 18, 2006

My Poem on Beirut

Read my poem on Beirut here

Beirut was once known as the Paris of the East. No more. Now, militaries of Israel, Syria and Jordan enter and leave it at their whim. Its streets are full of bombed buildings and its citizens live in fear of being killed. This is a poem to its brave inhabitants. "Cedars of Lebanon" is a reference to a passage in the Bible.
Tags: Beirut, Paris of the East, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Bible