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February 22nd, 2008
Resident Aliens - Claim Additional Tax Deductions
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February 14th, 2008
Bajrang Dal Virgins
Heard about that suicide bomber who went to heaven and asked for his virgins? He was directed to the 72 Bajrang Dal activists protesting Valentine’s Day.
Patrix | Asides, Recommended | 2 Comments »
February 12th, 2008
Are Super Delegates democratic?
The primary season to elect the nominees for the Presidential election for both the Republican and Democratic parties has been pretty interesting this time. Usually the primary candidates battle it out for the first few states and then after those states vote, the nominee is all but decided. traditionally it has been Iowa, New Hampshire, [...]
Patrix | Politicking, Recommended, United States | 2 Comments »
July 1st, 2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom - your quintessential Bollywood movie
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom is an enjoyable Bollywood musical that doesn’t shy away from being bold in its song and dance sequences.
Patrix | India, Movies, Music, Recommended | 10 Comments »
June 26th, 2007
Beckham tries out American Football
The media blitzkrieg begins as David Beckham begins his transition to LA Galaxy. First up, learning American football from Reggie Bush.
Patrix | Fun Weird, Media, Recommended, Sports, United States | 2 Comments »
June 2nd, 2007
First-timer at Softball
I have been complaining about the lack of any outdoor sports to exercise my lazy muscles. My gym routine is pretty erratic and frankly I don’t fancy the treadmill much. I long for the summer days when I could head out as soon as the sun turns off its harsh glare. the evening playtime was [...]
Patrix | Personal, Recommended, Sports, United States | 5 Comments »
May 30th, 2007
Beastly Men with Hot Wives
Just treat this as a minor quibble (maybe it shouldn’t be) from my web surfing observations yesterday. I was scrolling down the front page of Indianpad and noticed a story that had already amassed ten votes. The story was headlined ‘In pics: Beauty and the Beast’ so I assumed either it was someone’s tongue-in-cheek commentary [...]
Patrix | India, Observations, Recommended, Society Culture | 10 Comments »
May 25th, 2007
Krishna as a dating icon
Earlier this week I posted an image of Lord Krishna sucking on a cow’s teat citing that I found the image weird (not offensive, mind you). The post generated lot of comments some of which found nothing wrong with the depiction. I understand their perception and thus lack of any feelings of being weirded out [...]
Patrix | India, Rants, Recommended, Religion, Society Culture | 16 Comments »
May 24th, 2007
Sexual Predators
One of the worst things that can happen to anyone these days in America is not landing up on the TSA’s No-Fly Terrorist watch list but rather on the sex offenders list. Chris Hansen even assumes the role of our children’s protector though his popular TV show ‘To Catch a Predator‘. Parties that have such [...]
Patrix | Law, Recommended, Society Culture, United States | 10 Comments »
May 19th, 2007
Panvel to get GIS-powered records system
Ever since I have become familiar with the possibilities that GIS presents for local city planning and development, I have wondered why hasn’t it been utilized yet in medium-sized towns in India. GIS, or Geographic Information Systems is a way to store and process data that can be easily presented in a graphical format. All [...]
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May 14th, 2007
Desi Blogging Cafe Interview
Gauravonomics has refurbished his Desi Blogging Cafe by asking 11 questions to prominent desi bloggers. The fact that he places me in that category is indeed flattering (or the real biggies were vacationing). It is an interesting exercise and Gauravonomics is trying to do what Daily Blog Tips is doing with the international blogosphere i.e. [...]
Patrix | India, Personal, Recommended, Weblogs | 3 Comments »
May 13th, 2007
Visit to Kemah Boardwalk
Yesterday, we finally took mom out on a full day excursion. Lack of places to go out to and our busy academic schedule had us just making quick trips around College Station and an occasional drive to Houston. We had driven down last December to Galveston, the nearest waterfront. But upon the recommendation of couple [...]
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May 3rd, 2007
Wedding Gifts
I hadn’t realized that the wedding was upon us until mom arrived with a sense of mission and piles of preparatory notes. Decisions had to be made, clothes to be stitched (or bought), and at least for proprietary sake, my opinions were asked (regarding the least important aspects). On the other hand, Ash is deep [...]
Patrix | Personal, Recommended | 25 Comments »
April 19th, 2007
2000 Posts at iPatrix
Yet another landmark was passed recently when I published my 2000th post on this blog. Of course, that also includes the 376 ‘Asides’ posts (now retired). I have blogged on Rediff and Typepad before moving to my own domain (iPatrix). My first post was on my then-regular hangout Starbucks and was a lot shorter than [...]
Patrix | Personal, Recommended, Weblogs | 30 Comments »
March 20th, 2007
Traveling to Austin
As mentioned earlier, Ash and I spent most of spring break week in Austin. We were down there for work-related training but thankfully, we could sneak in a few glimpses of the quaint little city. Austin is the capital of the state of Texas but culturally it is far from being representative of Texas. Distinctly [...]
Patrix | Personal, Recommended, Travel | 7 Comments »
Movies I've Watched...
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2008-07-02 21:00
Another tribute to Rashomon. Exciting at times although the end could've been a little more than just an 'accident'.
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2008-06-28 21:20
If you love mindless violence and relentless action, this is the movie for you.
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2008-06-28 15:00
A much subtle anti-war message and focuses on the oft-neglected state of the returning soldiers.
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2008-06-27 23:00
Has its comedic moments but largely an uninspiring slapstick comedy.
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2008-06-27 21:00
The only movie I'll admit to going Awwwww. Pixar has perfected not only animation but also story-telling.
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