Sripathi's diary

I was trying to use Hong Kong airport's internet to the maximum when an elderly Indian gentleman approached me. He was searching for hi...

Time flies! It has been an year since I left IBM. Frankly, there was a time I thought I might stick to IBM till my retirement. After all, I...

Life in a big city can be very hectic and I am sure it is the same in Hyderabad too. Cities offer various means for us to unwind. On my rec...

Once, a Himalayan trekker, a marathon runner, a serious Yoga trainee and a lazy guy went for a trek of 3500 steps. Oh wait, that is not whe...

Seen in the food court of a mall.

Update 8-Jun: Translation posted. ಅದೊಂದು ಶನಿವಾರ. ಬಹಳ ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಬಾಕಿ ಇದ್ದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಗಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ನಾನು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಒಂದು ಶೂ ಖರೀದಿಸಬೇಕಿರುವುದು ನೆನ...

If you see this strange bunch of onions hanging in a house you visit, it is likely that you are in the house of people from the coastal ...

This is a long post, please bear with me. I was driving alone in a jungle route, probably at around 9 in the night. I had already driven ...

Any guesses what happens when it rains?

What next? Green chillies?

Offer valid till we keep finding gullible people

So what should "Computer Sambrani" smell like? Freshly unboxed laptop?

If you have enough money, Police is yours!

I found this in a private bus near Shimoga. Prevents passenger's head from banging against the window and helps them sleep safely. I ...

I don't know whether the abominable snowman really exists, but I am completely convinced that an incredible monster lives in my car. H...

The specimen on the left: Kodak DX3600. My first digicam, purchased in mid-2001 in UK. The specimen on the right: Fujifilm C20. M...

This video and the code behind was all developed by my team. Some of the code I wrote is running here :-) Play this at 720p.

I am usually in favor of change. It takes a lot for me to say "This is too much of a new thing". However, recently there was one ...

I had been to Meke Daatu / Mekedatu / ಮೇಕೆ ದಾಟು recently. There are enough travelogues that cover this place, so I will restrict myself to...

Whenever I take an auto or a taxi ride (which is quite rare... I usually take my own vehicle everywhere or I take the bus), I chat up with t...

I am sure each one of us has heard about incidences where foreigners, especially westerners, asked us some questions about India that are ge...

I was in a training session. During a break, the people in my table group started chatting. As it is usual in casual conversations in Bangal...

It was one of the days when I had spent unusually long amount of time on the road. The ordeal seemed to be finally getting over as I approac...

It all started a few weeks ago when my 3 year old daughter started singing and dancing to a particular Kannada movie song (Gaalipata). We in...

I have often heard from my colleagues that the "politics" in Tamilnadu is far "advanced" compared to other states. They ...

Recently I did a trip to Pondicherry that I had been thinking for quite some time. As a typical techie, I did a lot of research on the inter...

While I was studying college, most of my class-mates were vegetarians. Later, while working in Bangalore, it just turned out that the majori...

Save 2 paise per Kg of atta. Worth 4 minutes of talk time!

These are a type of cucumbers popular in the coastal belt of Karnataka. What is unique about them is that they can be preserved for months w...