Niedhie
Apr 3, 2009
The Protests & the G20 Summit
“Storm the Banks”, “Hang the Bankers”, “Claim the city back”… I hear these slogans being shouted while on my way to work. As a banker who...
Niedhie
Mar 30, 2009
Introducing Beatboxing
I render my apologies for being away for so long without any communication. I had actually not planned that I will not write. It’s just...
Niedhie
Mar 12, 2009
I am a woman
Let me raise my head with pride, For I have worked hard to reach here – Let me walk straight and unveiled, For I have lots to show and...
Niedhie
Mar 5, 2009
Emergency service exercise
I was watching BBC the other day and found out about the concept of emergency service exercise. The report talked about a simulation of a...
Niedhie
Feb 26, 2009
Bollywood Award Functions
Since a child I have always had a fascination for Hindi Cinema. Due to time constraints, educational priorities and the fact that we had...
Niedhie
Feb 24, 2009
Tagged
Thank you Renu for tagging me to write on the above picture. The picture above is a similar picture (in essence) that I came across last...
Niedhie
Feb 11, 2009
My Raiganj Trip
I had a genuine reason to be away from blogging for a while now. I was in Raiganj for a two week holiday. It has been the best holiday I...
Niedhie
Jan 15, 2009
The Derren Brown Show
What could be more scintillating than knowing that the person standing in front of you can read your mind, that whatever crap is going in...
Niedhie
Jan 7, 2009
A pending tribute to Raiganj
I am born and brought up in Raiganj, a small town in the district of North Dinajpur in West Bengal. I remember as a kid my perpetual...
Niedhie
Jan 3, 2009
A new year gift to you!
Found an old manuscript containing some of my poems I had given to special friends at different points of time in the past. Before...
Niedhie
Dec 25, 2008
Happy Christmas and New Year 2009
Time flies faster than we think we can keep a track of… Here’s wishing all a very happy Christmas and New Year 2009! May the world...
Niedhie
Dec 20, 2008
The Young Revolution
I have been following the debate that has followed the Mumbai blasts in the country. A lot has been said about the inefficiency of the...
Niedhie
Dec 12, 2008
Personal Inflation Calculator
We are in an era of computing. 80% of my time in office goes into computing and 20% into thinking. The 80% I spend into computing I am...
Niedhie
Dec 5, 2008
Mumbai – I feel for you
I can’t think anything other than the Mumbai blasts. Each time I sit down to write, I think of the huge mockery on Indian resilience that...
Niedhie
Dec 3, 2008
Jaago
Utho Bharat, jaago dosto, Kis baat ka intezaar hai – Yudh ki bigul bazi dekho, Hamari vinamrata par kara prahar hai. Sahanshilta ki seema...
Niedhie
Nov 28, 2008
Parinaam kya?
Ro raha hai dil, Ankhen nam hai, Kya sthiti hai duniya ki, Aatank mein fase hum hai. Ek jut hona hoga hume, Yeh ek kathin yuddh hai,...
Niedhie
Nov 26, 2008
Sleepy, yet no sleep
I have always given a lot of importance to sleep in my life. In my dreams I have figured out proofs of some theorems, mugged up rules of...
Niedhie
Nov 24, 2008
The new face* of woman
*Dedicated to the unknown face I saw yesterday in London Underground Like any other thousands of commuters on London tube on a weekend, I...
Niedhie
Nov 21, 2008
Darr
Aaj baithe baithe yunhi, aankhen bhar aayi – pata nahi kis khayal se, dharkan tham gayi. Kal raat dekha jo sapna, kahi woh sach na ho...
Niedhie
Nov 21, 2008
Microsoft – Not Responding
I had an unveiling experience. I was working on getting a piece of code working since morning. It was evening and I had just cracked the...