The Higginbothams Book shop
Higginbothams (P) Ltd, Commercial Road, Ooty, Tamil Nadu Established in 1844 Higginbothams bookstore in Mount Road, Madras (Chennai) is India’s oldest bookstore that’s still open. I have fond childhood memories…
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Simla Special (1982)
With a few of my friends around the world we have a small “Telegram” group to share and discuss Tamil Film songs and Western classics, yeah, I know they both…
After 27 years I met my schoolmate
After 27 years I met my schoolmate Mahesh Kumar Ramachandran today for breakfast in Bengaluru. We both studied together from 7th standard to 10th in Shrine Vailankanni Senior Secondary School, T.Nagar…
Great Loss for India- RIP Dr.Kalam
It’s a sad day today. Mother India has lost one of her beloved son. Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Former President of India & an inspiring leader for youngsters, is no more with…
Dial Up and Roaming
The rumours about Microsoft rebranding Skype Wi-Fi Hotspots offering, which allows you to connect to paid Wi-Fi hotspots around the world with your Skype credit, set me on a nostalgic…
Books on wheels
In today’s The Hindu newspaper there was an article on a new initiative “Education on Wheels” which is taking a mini library of books in a van to far parts…
Apple iMac Summer 2001
Today I had my computer gallery moved from office to my home. After unloading the boxes in my room, I remembered an old iMac G3 being in one of the…
Celebrating 30 years of Murasu Anjal
I wrote the below article for “Inaimathiyam” – a celebration to mark the 30th year of Murasu Anjal Tamil software, to be held on Saturday 14th March 2015 in Kuala Lumpur. Murasu…