http://kaisare.org/blog Because Spanish sounds cool Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:27:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A decently wrong run of good cooking finally came to an end, and I started cooking again like an amateur that I am. Still, a few things I learnt over the past month or so: You can't screw a Chinese dry dish so bad that it cannot be salvaged by adding ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2010/06/19/a-few-things-i-learn-about-cooking/ In discussing about my post on boilerplate arguments by role models, someone mentioned to me that he agreed with me when I said Mr. Narayanamurthy was just there at the right time to take advantage of the overall IT boom. There is no question that Narayanmurthy was there at the right ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2010/04/12/narayanmurthy-just-the-right-person-at-the-right-time/ Sakshi asks: "So do you know a recipe that fits in that criteria - 5 spices (6 at the most)?" An year back, P and I visited a restaurant called Basil Ikon on 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar. They claimed to serve simple dishes with fresh ingredients, which embody the concept of ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2010/02/23/nouvelle-cuisine/ Twenty one years ago, when I watched QSQT, Aamir became an instant favorite. Jo Jeeta still remains one of my favorite movies. When he refused to accept the Filmfare award for Raja Hindustani, I "cheered" his decision. Then came Lagaan and "perfectionism" (I didn't see it) and RDB and his ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2010/01/05/three-idiots-and-five-point-someone/ A colleague and a close friend of mine from our department, Prof. Tanmay Basak, has won the NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist award. Tanmay works in the areas of microwave processing, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. He is considered foremost authority on microwave driven flows and visualization of heat transfer through Bejan's heat ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2009/12/18/an-iit-m-faculty-bags-the-nasi-scopus-award/ Via Pharyngula, a perfect punchline delivered at the last second: http://kaisare.org/blog/2009/12/07/what-an-arsehole/ Barack Obama essentially smacked down the White-House Press Corps, much like Jon Stewart did in his Crossfire interview five years back: Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy. I was asked several times about had I read Sarah Palin's ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2009/12/07/crossfire-like-smackdown-by-bo/ ... so asks Rahul S. My reply: Everything. This is what you get when you let ideology get better of your judgments, rather than facts. http://kaisare.org/blog/2009/11/28/whats-wrong-with-indian-left/ This week, Andrew Sullivan posted this beautiful view of the Golden Gate bridge from a home in San Francisco in his series "The View From Your Window." I spent my last six months prior to returning to India in the Bay Area. One of the things we wanted to do ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2009/11/27/the-golden-gate-from-a-downtown-window/ We were just discussing what constitutes "geeky jokes." Here is my opinion, based on the following examples: Exhibit 1: "My fingers do not have cholesterol because I type too fast". Exhibit 2: "The meeting lasted for almost an hour. He just got caught in a limit cycle before reaching to the central ... http://kaisare.org/blog/2009/11/26/geeky-jokes-or-not/