August 16, 2002

Under the staircase of Bandra station lies a two-storeyed apartment. Dupleix layout, single room. East-facing, with elevated entrance. It’s 8:00am. The man on the ladder is a boot polish-walla. He’s picking up his box, getting ready for work, while his colleague watches. Their families is still asleep in the single room. And in the room, along with them, is a rather cramped storage space. I wonder how many live in such conditions. Of course, it’s much better than the slums around Mahim. Still, it looks like a rather difficult life. ...

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Now, if you earn dollars, you can keep the dollars. Interesting that this move comes at just the time when the dollar is falling.

Intel vs Hamidi raises the issue of whether sending an e-mail could constitute “trespassing”.

Here’s a new problem with the online format of GRE tests: leaks! Bad enough that they’re expensive, tough to write, …