Though Raja, Shobha and I visited the Qutb Shahi tombs after we visited Chowmahalla palace, I'd rather start with these tombs because they appear first chronologically, in the history of Hyderabad. In fact the city of Hyderabad came into existence during the reign of the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (who also built the Charminar). An unfinished tomb outside the tomb gardenSet outside the Golconda fort, the Qutb Shahi...
Sunday, 31 March 2013
The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande
Posted on 00:31 by Unknown

Now this book written by an oncologist and a bestselling writer ('Complications' and 'Better' being his other two bestsellers) certainly makes one reach for a paper and a pen to make out a checklist right away. Yes, checklists are a must and one must do what one's grandma's did so well for so many years. One tends to forget, miss or ignore important steps in every process and one cannot afford to do that if one wants greater efficiency and / or is...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
The Bucket List - Movie Review
Posted on 21:35 by Unknown

Watched 'The Bucket List' again recently. I'd watched in but in bits and pieces and never got down to watching it fully at one go. So when Raja came down for a day we decided that the bucket list should be watched.A cast that has Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman is too tempting to let go and when it has a title like 'The Bucket List' its even more so. The veterans take it all to a new level living the roles of an intellectual car mechanic Carter,...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Shimoga in pictures
Posted on 00:05 by Unknown
In Shimoga, now on the way to become Shiva Mogga, in Karnataka last week.Statue of Keladi Shivappa NayakaIt is the district head quarter of the district of the same name. Shimoga was historically the southern tip of Emperor Ashoka's Mauryan empire in the 3rd century, then was part of the Kadamba empire (4th century), the Chalukyas (6th century), Gangas, Rashtrakutas (8th century), Hoysalas (11th century), Vijayanagara (15th century) and got its independent...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Watson vs Clarke - The Effect of a Good Captain
Posted on 23:28 by Unknown
My take on captaincy has always been that the right bloke can add 35% to the result. I concluded from what I saw in Hyderabad that Michael Clarke is too unimaginative and unadventurous to be a successful captain in hostile and alien conditions. He belongs to the let's-wait- and watch-and hope-the guys do something. For one, it is an uncharacteristic style of leading an Aussie side which is naturally full of aggression, and that is what gets them about 30% of its winning edge. Clarke is probably one who prefers to bat and contribute his best for...
Who Let The Dork Out – Sidin Vadukut
Posted on 23:17 by Unknown

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Sunday, 24 March 2013
The Snow Leopard – Peter Matthiessen
Posted on 23:36 by Unknown

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