His Master’s Toys

Amongst the most insane places to visit in Mumbai is Chorbazar (or, ‘thieves’ market’), where you could purchase everything from parts of dismantled ships, to statues stolen from dilapidated monuments, from original hand-sketched posters of extremely old bollywood films, to books and magazines that date back to early 1900s.
This image was taken in an [...]

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This image was part of the article on serial terror in Tripura as reported by Indian Express here.

What’s going on in his head?!!

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In my delirium yesterday night, I dreamt that Desoumal is nothing but an extravagant jigsaw puzzle. I could see vivid glimpses through his life in sepia, spread over the years and how they fit together seamlessly to reveal a strange meaningless existence. Not surprisingly, the vision broke the moment the flu left me, but few [...]

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I am in fever-induced delirium today. Apparently, there is a strand of flu-virus floating around in the Mumbai air, infecting anyone who comes in contact. The body constantly feels like a battlefield in this city, with an unfolding war between the immune system, the germs and ever present pollution and dust. Its a contagious city [...]

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Phoenix lander may have uncovered ice on Mars! From Foxnews…
TUCSON, Ariz. — Sharp new images received Saturday from the Phoenix lander largely convinced scientists that the spacecraft’s thrusters had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian surface, team members said.
That bodes well for the mission’s main goal of digging for ice [...]

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I just finished watching Oliver Hirschbiegel’s outstanding film ‘Downfall‘ which is based on last 12 days of Adolf Hitler’s life in the bunker where he killed himself, narrated through the eyes of Traudl Junge, his secretary. The film portrays the human side of the ‘Third Reich’ (which created much controversy), and the events surrounding the [...]

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The Three Gorges is a scenic area on the Yangtze river, between cities Chongqing and Yichang. The historic river came into wider attention due to controversy surrounding the dam that has been built on it.
After escaping the bandits in the bus in Huaihai, and soaking in the outstanding old-town riverside scenery of Fenghuang, we [...]

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Yangshuo. A cluster of villages in the middle of outstanding karst scenery, right on the shores of Li River, and full with caves, limestone peaks, and foggy cloudy weather that adds to it. Biking through the muddy village roads purged me of all the sins of liquid and smoke consumption committed in the last few [...]

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In China right now — Guanzhong to be specific.
This place is crazy. So, after traveling out of Hong Kong (which was
really a gaint chinatown slapped on top of a New York + San Fran +
London aesthetics), we reached mainland china today, to this city. It is apparently one of China’s fastest growing cities —
so we [...]

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It is not important to ask ‘when’ the first heart device will be hacked. As is always with any innovation, universal acceptance happens sooner rather than later, however controversial it might be.A more interesting discussion is — what happens if the heart devices allowing open access. What is it that changes? 
As with every change, the [...]

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