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Kumbakonam Degree Copy « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

There is plagiarism afoot in the blogosphere, and one must get to the bottom of it - http://wp.me/p4d5d-j4 And then realized that our Lavanya Mohan had, in Nov 2008, deviously time-traveled to Jan 2010...

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Epic FFFFUUUUUUUn « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Epic FFFFUUUUUUUn - http://wp.me/p4d5d-jb #jalsajilpa .C'mon folks. Bring on the rage. I'll feature the funniest ones on the blog The internet is filled with memes, and some memes have this annoying...

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Mile Sur Mera Tomorrow? Fail « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Ranbir Kapoor – More R Kelly + Nightsuit. An finally. Shah Rukh, you *really* need to stop doing that wide-open-ha... http://bit.ly/c5TXMv I woke up today, did my morning ablutions (Freshen teeth,...

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Mile Sur Mera Tomorrow? Fail « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Some people have 20/20 eyesight - http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/mile-sur-mera-tomorrow-fail/#comment-11928 I woke up today, did my morning ablutions (Freshen teeth, Refresh Twitter) and...

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A day in the life of an I.T. Bachelor, chapter 1: Wake up « Doing Jalsa and...

A day in the life of an I.T. Bachelor, chapter 1: Wake up http://wp.me/p4d5d-kB #jalsajilpa I recently unearthed an old diary of mine that, to my surprise, contained a few short stories I had written a...

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A day in the life of an I.T. Bachelor, chapter 2: Check up « Doing Jalsa and...

A day in the life of an I.T. Bachelor, chapter 2: Check up http://wp.me/p4d5d-kK #jalsajilpa Here is part 1. As I was transcribing part 2, I realized that the ponderious dadabudality of Ashok from 7...

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Iyer Vs Iyengar « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

An Iyer is a Fourier transform of an Iyengar. For proof, please see http://bit.ly/d2edL2 Azhwarkadiyan Nambi and Eesaana Bhattar presumably had descendants. And perhaps they lived in the New Thanjavur...

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A day in the life of an I.T. Bachelor, chapter 3: Break up « Doing Jalsa and...

A day in the life of an IT Bachelor, chapter 3: Break up http://wp.me/p4d5d-kQ #jalsajilpa Here is part 1 and part 2. Barring the occasional edit, this is more or less untouched, although I have cut...

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A day in the life of an I.T. Bachelor, chapter 3: Break up « Doing Jalsa and...

For all you IT people, http://bit.ly/cPEOd1 Apparently typing "onsite" with T9 suggests "morgue" Here is part 1 and part 2. Barring the occasional edit, this is more or less untouched, although I have...

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Controversy is the new advertising

The History of Advertising (featuring @rameshsrivats) - http://wp.me/p4d5d-l0 #jalsajilpa Sometime last week, I wrote a column for the New Indian Express that I felt deserved a bit more visual...

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Web 2.0 at work, chapter 1:The Meeting « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Web 2.0 at work, chapter 1: The Meeting http://wp.me/p4d5d-l7 #jalsajilpa (co-created with @skodithala) A while back, Sangeetha Kodithala (@skodithala ) told me that Slacker’s dilemma turned out to be...

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My experiments with tooth « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@venkatananth http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/my-experiments-with-tooth/ #jalsajilpa Revolutions tend to begin silently, and secretly, and often start small. Secrecy is like a nanny, often...

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Obligatory (from Benny Lava #kvlt #youremember

Obligatory http://bit.ly/blsmeT (from http://bit.ly/ahCdZw) @adityar Benny Lava #kvlt #youremember Obligatory http://bit.ly/blsmeT (from http://bit.ly/ahCdZw) @adityar Benny Lava #kvlt #youremember...

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S Meenakshi (1917-2010) « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Brilliant new post by @krishashok http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/s-meenakshi-1917-2010/ As I sit here, in yet another quintessentially Tambram function, observing several folks busying...

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A quick roundup « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Nice read folks: http://tiny.cc/h9ew2 As many of you might have assumed, I have not been slacking off, lazing around and being generally unproductive. I’ve just been slacking off and lazing around...

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Epic FFFFUUUUUUUn « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Blog comment of the day: http://bit.ly/dcqYlI The internet is filled with memes, and some memes have this annoying habit of not going away, like the Hitler downfall meme for instance. Just when we all...

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The Tale of Gregory, part 1 « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

New KA post alert!! - http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/the-tale-of-gregory-part-1/ @krishashok If you are wondering what this post has to do with some one named “Gregory”, it will be...

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Rupee only is the God

KrishAshok is back!! Excellent stuff http://wp.me/p4d5d-lA I hear that the Cabinet is going to decide what the new symbol for the Rupee is going to be. Apparently, after a long and arduous contest...

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Rupee only is the God « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

I always love it when unkilled photoshoppery results in a fractious debate between 2 flavours of Iyengars - http://bit.ly/9lkvk0 I hear that the Cabinet is going to decide what the new symbol for the...

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Kentucky Fried Creation « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Kentucky Fried Creation: It is rather uncommon of me to spend more than a couple of days in any city I visit on wo... http://bit.ly/bHLgMe It is rather uncommon of me to spend more than a couple of...

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Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D: Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids, I gave it ... http://bit.ly/bjKHnq Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids,...

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Indianizing the Facebook “Like” button

Indianizing the Facebook “Like” button: In India, we do things differently. And in keeping with the rich tradition... http://bit.ly/cnhXnA And in keeping with the rich tradition of orally imparted...

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Indianizing the Facebook “Like” button « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Here is some @krishashok funny to start your day with http://bit.ly/cZKJ0V And in keeping with the rich tradition of orally imparted knowledge and MMS scandals, we rarely like to write things down, and...

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(black) race to the white house, part #1 « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@rameshsrivats http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/black-race-to-the-white-house/ They are lower rung party workers (and part-time poster designers) and have given their bodies to the soil and...

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Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Alright, now who reported my blog to http://bit.ly/ctaiRi ?See last 4 comments - http://bit.ly/bCyHaK Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids, I gave it up the moment I realized...

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Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Sorry - see last 4 comments on http://bit.ly/a3zhUy Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids, I gave it up the moment I realized that I wasn’t very good at it. This whole business...

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Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@cgawker @onejubb Read from this comment onwards - http://bit.ly/9SokbT Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids, I gave it up the moment I realized that I wasn’t very good at it....

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Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Nice try HJS http://bit.ly/cRZ1Bg but you might want to get the grammar right if u want me to think this is from Wordpress Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids, I gave it up the...

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Jalscifi #1 – Sabarimala, circa 2287 A.D « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

This is my favourite blog comment in the history of blog comments. http://bit.ly/cIkbk2 Like most kids, I used to love sketching. And like most kids, I gave it up the moment I realized that I wasn’t...

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Jolly K Beach eh? « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@raytida http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/jolly-k-beach-eh/ Every time I see the news, I am informed that India is rising in the world. Our IT is complicating everybody’s life in the west,...

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Asian Vegetarian Hell « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Asian Vegetarian Hell - by @krishashok http://bit.ly/hwkR2K Single celled organisms swimming around in the primordial ooze met up with each other for dates, eventually forming multicellular organisms...

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Saree-ya Thavaraa « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@NameFieldEmpty From long ago - http://bit.ly/h1byLk (For the Tamil challenged, the title is a pun on “Sariya-Thavaraa” which means “Right or Wrong”) Link - Trackbacks

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Fiddle away the moments that make up a dull day « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Fiddle away the moments that make up a dull day: Hello everyone. Just in case you thought I was wasting my time ... http://t.co/F7Uw4FN Hello everyone. Just in case you thought I was wasting my time on...

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I eat another kind of cell. « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

i'm pondering upon this.If eating NV is to balance eco system, we should not be breeding animals for meat? http://t.co/ok3xhLe There are 2 issues that are dividing our great nation today. Issues that...

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Offerings « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@NameFieldmt I have better imagery to describe the flower offering habit - http://t.co/DpWKA1Co Imagine this scene. A group of walking trees, each one looking somewhat like this Link - Trackbacks

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On Valentine’s Day

On Valentine’s Day: Ever since I was 14, Valentine’s Day has always been interesting for me, and not necessarily... http://t.co/n6VPVYNx Ever since I was 14, Valentine’s Day has always been interesting...

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An Expectant Father

An Expectant Father #jalsajilpa http://t.co/HIByyaas For a country that is mostly conservative, elderly family members are sure able to suspend any and all manner of delicateness when it comes to the...

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Every day, I wake up & make a vow to stop chuckling at rediff comments, but...

Every day, I wake up & make a vow to stop chuckling at rediff comments, but then everyday, I see something like this - http://bit.ly/4q2Nk3 Every day, I wake up & make a vow to stop chuckling...

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The Adventures of Darth Vaadhiar, episode 1 – A New Hopelessness « Doing...

@sumants Inna? http://bit.ly/Fj2SN The Imperial March plays. With a slight twist. And 2 extra sangathis to boot. [EMBED] Link - Trackbacks

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The Making of Mile Sur Mera – the uncut documentary « Doing Jalsa and Showing...

The Making of Mile Sur Mera – the uncut documentary: One of the side effects of growing up in a media starved er.. http://bit.ly/1piJEm One of the side effects of growing up in a media starved era...

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Sigh Fie, Chen High, episode 4: The Parallelogue « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Ok peoples. Sunday morning posting duties completed. http://wp.me/p4d5d-h2 . Thanks and regards Writing Science fiction is hard, because any good sci-fi worth its crystalline Sodium Chloride has to...

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Dear Lonely Planet

What do you call a biased, poorly written travelogue on Madras? Correct. Blogpost material for lazy people. http://bit.ly/1XBp1G Update before you read this: Lonely Planet seems to be in the process of...

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Vote for Me « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Vote for Me: http://wp.me/p4d5d-hR I realize that it’s been a while since my last blog post. As I sat around airports and hotel rooms over the last couple of weeks wondering when to publish my next...

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Mr Michael Moore is ignoring my country « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

@iyermatter @shenoyn @i_r_squared Speaking of Ayurvedik Chikitsa - http://bit.ly/6eOh1c (slightly old post of mine) I recently saw Sicko, by Michael Moore and I was completely appalled by his assertion...

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Iyer Vs Iyengar « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

Oh cha...just realized @krishashok has posted on this long back http://tinyurl.com/ydv6s9q Sorry saar. #latepickup Azhwarkadiyan Nambi and Eesaana Bhattar presumably had descendants. And perhaps they...

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The Slacker’s Dilemma « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa

The Slacker's Dilemma: http://wp.me/p4d5d-it There’s a scene from my all-time favourite TV show “The Wire” where one of the drug kingpin’s lieutenant grabs hold of a sheet of paper that one of his...

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Top Technology Trends That Transformed Tamilnadu This Tecade

The Top Technology Trends That Transformed Tamilnadu This Tecade - http://wp.me/p4d5d-iC #jalsajilpa The first decade of the new millennium has come to an end. As a reader, you are typically presented...

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The quick Dan Brown foxes and jumps over lazy reader dogs « Doing Jalsa and...

The quick Dan Brown foxes and jumps over lazy reader dogs - http://wp.me/p4d5d-iN #jalsajilpa (warning: slightly long post) My first Dan Brown book was The Da Vinci Code, which when translated fully to...

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The Dummies’ Guide to the US Elections

#usaelection albeit written for the last election this is pretty accurate! http://t.co/5lCFpWZ0 It’s well into 2008 and another US election is around the corner, and therefore, like any other dutiful...

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Madras Map

Apart from the salaries offered by companies,IIT is an exciting place to be because it is the JEE spot. Inspiration --> http://t.co/E6SO0LUh Life, the universe and a few other things Link - Trackbacks

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