aditya's blog

Writings on Opensource, WordPress, Technology, Books, Movies and more.

  • Flowchart to Happiness!

    It is said that to be truly happy you need to do what you enjoy. Not all work is exciting but it could still make you happy. I came across this flowchart on Typecut, which gives the most ridiculously simple yet powerful advice. I need to follow this.. 🙂

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  • Bombay Pirate is now on WordPress

    When I started Bombaypirate, it was without any thought or goal. The idea was to just write things I would like to write about. I ended up writing about people, society, my views and even movies. Yes, it was a post about a movie, that got me a job at rtCamp, and I was suddenly…

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  • Ode to the Kingdom

    I was bored and a old friend from school and his gtalk status quotes made me chuckle for they were senseless to the extent of being brilliant. I decided to comment on our country in a similar style. Then I totally stretched it way out of control I think. Here is the Ode to the…

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  • Black and Iqbal

    The other day when I was flicking channels I caught a scene from the movie ‘Black’ starring Rani Mukherjee as a deaf, mute and blind charachter (a take on Helen Keller) and Amitabh Bachchan playing her eccentric teacher. I saw this scene in which Rani Mukherjee walked like Charlie Chaplin and apparently there was nothing…

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  • Déjà vu – Motorcycle Diaries

    Was on my motorcycle late in the night when the cold wind hit my face in a precise manner. It was a strange night, one of those not so cold and not so hot ones. Looks like winters gone without making much of a fuss. Back home from work and spending time in front of…

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  • Slumdog Millionaire

    Came back from work and switched on the TV and tuned into News. The news is full of Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars. Ive seen the movie, felt it was shot, edited brilliantly and the music is pretty good even though AR Rahman is the same as ever which only means he has kept up…

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  • A meaningless walk…..

    It was around 9.45 pm and my friend called up. He felt it would be a good idea that we could meet over dinner. Now I already was full with a pretty decent dinner so I declined. But he was adamant that we should meet. So I said okay I’ll join you. I was online…

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  • The Television Box and a blogging experiment

    The Television Box and a blogging experiment

    The morning of 15th August on Indepdence Day, I conducted a blogging experiment. I write down below whatever I heard while clicking through channels in front of the television box.

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  • Valentine’s Day

    Valentine’s Day

    A short walk on Valentine’s day, leading to an encounter that makes one wonder what is the meaning of the day.

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