if the shop ppl are sure that u r going to buy, they will come and ask for a refreshment - tea/coffee/juice/cooldrink... I prefer a saridon...

they have selected a 2.5 gram ear ring... With a small whitish purple stone... Now they are bargaining on the rate... Its a ritual to bargain on rates... Whatever it may be... Paper or aeroplane...

they have zeroed in on two ear rings... Hope they will select among these two in next 20 min...

all izz well... all izz well... all izz well... ...

they are showing me on CCTV... that too LIVE... i should become famous anytime now...

gold is sold @ rs. 1584/gram today in madurai... The gang is planning an ear ring for around 2.5 grams...

soorya, my son... Ur dad is drained of his financial property... Its high time u wake up and make a ruckus... We all can go home then...

we r now in 'thanga mayil jewellery'... soorya is still sleeping unaware of the happenings around...

alas... They selected nothing here... We r moving to another store...

'cigar makes man look manly' = 'golden jewel makes women look beautiful'

reached madurai yesterday night... reached our home and slept by 12... With dad, mom & bro after long time together at our home in madurai...

just left dindugal.... will reach madurai in an hour...

few hours to get down at madurai...

i bought 3 tamik books at erode junction... one on rajiv gandhi murder case, one on nelson mandela and another book on articles by s.ramakrishnan...

train changed engine at erode and resuming journey towards madurai...

now i am lurking around for dal wada... Yes you guessed it... I am lurking with the same desperate...

the station is Dharmawaram... And yes, i got tea...

train stopping in some station... Dal wada is the most sold item in the station... I am lurking around for tea and am desperately lurking...

just saw saravana prabhu's message that CSK had won in IPL3...

i have slept with newspapers spread on floor... comfortable than spending the entire night sitting... all others got berth to sleep...

in train... 2nd AC... 4 confirm, 2 RAC & 1 waiting list... 7 tickets in total... 5 adults, 4 kids & 2 infants travelling in these tickets... Managing somehow... It happens only 'in India...

travelling towards CST to catch train to madurai...

its better to borrow money than earning it... believe me... earning is very tough...

ECSTASY: A feeling you feel when you feel that you are going to feel a feeling which you have never felt before. Anyone dare to object?

that MRF blimp will be given to Man of the Match of IPL3... he has to keep it floating above his house till he can hand it over to Man of the Match of IPL4... it will serve as rolling trophy... Relax... Just a rumour...

second class local is much more congested... but i always get to squeeze in some seat... maybe its because i'm thin???!!!

after repeated attempts, soorya today finally broke the remote of the dish tv... you should have seen his victory smile...

everybody sweating equally in this hot weather, especially in mumbai local... is this called 'sweat equity'???!!! mba and finance grads pls explain...

debate with an intellectual... u'll always win... but if u debate with an ignorant moron, u'll always lose...

i asked for a coffee a few min ago... in return i was scolded and asked to shut-up... Who scolded me??? Come on man, i am married... Who else it could be?

SURA promo ad is relayed in tv... the song is going to be a hit... Soorya is watching it religiously... Every time...

is Europe overdoing no-fly zone (and eventual flight cancellations) that is in effect due to volcano? btw, its further sad that a developed country is so much dependent on a single technology, here flight...

tharoor tweets about external affairs; modi tweets internal affairs; modi says that tharoor has affair; throor says that 'modi, thats not fair' - eyepeeyell (twitter)

soorya has become a 'Gopal' of 'the inscrutable americans'... watches only commercials on television...

returning home after a dusty travel... need a bath... better with water, soap, shampoo be as accessories...

the luxury of AC bus is drained when you step out of it...

on the way to Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon... for REACH corner... meeting and discussion on EU-REACH...

saravana prabhu gave me a book 'THE SHOCK DOCTRINE' by Naomi Klein... A politico book on disaster capitalism... Started reading it today...

1. While returning from Navy Nagar almost post midnight, I found that mumbai railway stations are guarded by lot of policemen. 2. My in-laws are visiting mumbai today. They'll be here till wednesday. Note: I sincerely hope that above two have no co-relation and purely co-incidental.

To play it safe is not to play. -Robert Altman

To play it safe is not to play. -Robert Altman

Soorya - Chair Jump http://nvkarthik.blogspot.com 

reading 'kandupidithathu eppadi? (volume 2)' [how it was invented?]... A book on inventions in tamil...

MPRE-X: Second Anniversary http://nvkarthik.blogspot.com

i used to wonder at men saying 'i love my wife', until i read a quote by Oscar Wilde: "All men kill the thing they love"

reading a book 'kandupidithadu eppadi? Part 1' (how it was invented?) by K. N. Srinivas...

if 'pro' is the opposite for 'con' well, let 'progress' be opposite to 'congress'... but then, what about 'prostitution' and 'constitution'... i'm further confused with the english...

reading a tamil book 'vinveliyil oru payanam (a journey into space)' by kamalanathan... a book on space shuttles, missions, life, food & others in space shuttle, etc...

got a copy of AVATAR script in pdf format from internet... reading it...

"DO NOT WATCH MY MOBILE, YOU IDIOTS" two guys sitting next to me in local are watching me accessing my facebook... So i typed above message... Now they turned away....