For ITI employee Muniyappa (51), Gowramma was more than a wife. She was the motivating force and, as he says tearfully, “she was the Goddess who transformed me from a wayward alcoholic to a responsible family man. A person who gave new meaning to our married life. I swore by her love.” And as if …
PS Arora (45) wanted to become a doctor. But destiny had other plans for him and today, he is a pilot. Flying for Indian Airlines over the past 10 years, Arora is a happy man. This writer caught up with him at Computer Shop on Brigade Road in Bangalore where he was hunting for game …
Sai Sethuram (58) has spent most of his life on the pavements of Bangalore’s Kamaraj Road, providing balm for both the body and soul of people who stop to seek his counsel. His ‘office’ is under a tree in the car park and for the past twenty years, he has read palms and dispensed traditional …
These are scams you are likely to see on the Internet. Be aware and avoid them like the plague. Business opportunities scams: These offers make it sound like it is very easy to start a business that will earn piles of money without much work, selling or cash. Many of these “opportunities” are actually illegal …
In my 12 years in journalism, this 1999 story on the scams perpetrated by the American Biographical Institute, stands out… Sadly, this scam continues to happen till date though the frequency is much less now. Here is an extract from my 1999 report for a weekly tabloid called “Bangalore Weekly”: Do you want to become …
Shoot them dead with your look. Remember a garment company called Viagra, that ‘stood up’ in the market with shirts for men. What’s in a name, you may ask. Plenty, says Shekhar (320 who owns Jeans Sequence in Alankar Pearl Plaza on KG Road. “I’ve named the jeans ‘AK 47’ and ‘RDX’. Names like these …
At Bangalore’s famous sperm bank, demand far exceeds supply. The thirteen-year-old Cryo Bank in Jayanagar has been approached by childless couples from politicians to scientists, film stars and CEOs of big companies, all of whom have one objective. A child to complete the picture of domestic bliss. Cryo Bank officials say these couples insist that …
Old Poor House Rd, near Commercial St, is where you will find one of the oldest working clocks in the city. On a wall in the Jumma Masjid is a clock that has been keeping time since 1907. It was presented to the mosque by M. Yousuff Sait, one of Bangalore’s only watchmakers at that …
Here are a few vignettes I came across that I find extremely handy. Try them out. * Your tools will stay corrosion-free if you apply automobile paste wax on the steel parts. * Some chalk pieces and a few moth balls in the tool box will keep moisture away. * Sticky drawers, in tables, cupboards, …
Business @ The Speed of Thought Bill Gates / Tech / Rs 856.80 The world’s biggest geek strikes again. And this book, like all the books written by those who became rich, will be bought in large numbers by those who want to become rich. “Business…” states its premise in the opening sentence itself, which …
I am eagerly looking forward to SRK’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi slated for December 12, 2008. Directed by the magical Aditya Chopra, his first outing as director in ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ was mythical (a theatre in Mumbai is still playing one show of the film for the last ten years – an all-time …
It’s official. Akshay Kumar is Kinng! And so is King Khan! Both have managed to command a price of Rs 9 crore as male Bollywood leads till date. So who will topple whom? My bet is that both will do well in the near and distant future. However, I believe that Akki will be a …
