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Janaki Maami 9 May 2010 | 09:34 pm
It’s Mother’s Day today, a fact I wasn’t aware of when I made this comic. Mother of all coincidences, eh ? Easter egg hunters, connect the comic to Lawrence Fishburne.
If You Come Today : the comic 3 Mar 2010 | 01:02 am
This story is set in an alternate history Bangalore of the late 1970s. It’s a cocktail of a ‘million memories’, laced with generous amounts of kitsch, hyperbole and vernacular references. Please tak...
Allen Mendonca’s Sentinel House 16 Dec 2009 | 09:47 pm
Allen Mendonca‘s novel ‘Sentinel House’ hits bookstores today . It’s the story of a (fictional) Indian newspaper house and how its characters ‘play a role’ in the evolution of India over the years. A...
Mumbaikar! 12 Nov 2009 | 06:13 am
The Mumbai Dabbawala is as Mumbaikar as one can get. Wonder what he’d say about the MNS – ShivSena squabble over guardianship of the ‘Marathi Manoos’ identity? This work is licensed under a Creative ...
How Obama won the Nobel 13 Oct 2009 | 02:25 am
For those that came in late to the Internet, here’s an online museum of those annoying banner ads from the late 90s. Others – If only you’d clicked. Imagine. How Obama won the Nobel by Jai Iyer is ...
Indian Transformers : AUTOrickshawBOT 16 Jul 2009 | 01:59 am
ONEANDHAFF (one and a half) : In Bangalore autorickshaw parlance, ‘ONEANDHAFF’ (ie pay-me-one-and-a-half-times-what-the-meter-shows ) is a challenge the driver throws at you, signaling the start of ...
Happy Anniversary 13 Jul 2009 | 09:01 pm
Happy Anniversary, Sandhya and Allen Mendonca ( The post is a week late, but that’s just to renew the debauchery for a little while more….)
Christmas, made in India 22 Jun 2009 | 08:20 pm
I was a guest at the Madras Gymkhana Club last month. The Gymkhana’s 125 year history has many quaint anecdotes , such as this one about Santa Claus coming riding in a cycle-rickshaw to the Club’s an...
Basavanagudi – Land of the Bull Temple 5 Jun 2009 | 12:13 am
Basavanagudi. Traditional Bangalore. Where mornings begin with a walk in Krishna Rao park, past the laughter club’s guffawing women and the old men who enquire “Why you did not come yesterday?” Where...
INGA (Indian Manga) : The Secret 15 May 2009 | 06:36 pm
Today, I shift gears on my blog. I present to you the first in a series of short-stories-in-a-graphic-novel/comic-book-style. That’s a mouthful, so I’d like to call these shorts ‘Inga’ (that’s short ...