Andhra Curry!

Shrimp pulusu made easy!

The Jumbo election

'The Economist's' lead story on India's marathon democratic exercise. Tomorrow is round three.

Bigger than the IPL!

Gossip served hot, complete with funny nicknames and every ingredient of a Hindi masala movie. Fake or genuine, it's the most popular blog on the IPL.

Chuck the shoe!

The epidemic is in full flow this election season !

Cartoon courtesy the Deccan Chronicle.

Lonely Planet should bookmark this!

A lone voter in the wilderness with 300 lions around!

Ha!

Players in the cricket IPL2009 are not happy with the 7 1/2 minute break after 10 overs (ostensibly to strategise but in reality to advertise). But those playing in the Indian Political League should be happy, according to Deccan Chronicle.

Wives in the poll game, husbands campaign!

A tale of an all women - an ex-actress vs a minister vs a greenhorn- contest for the Andhra assembly. The winner will be decided on the 23 rd.

A for आम चुनाव!

Interestingly, the general elections began in the states (AP, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh) and union territory (Andamans) whose names start with A. This kicks off the month long democratic exercise.

Happy New Year

It is Baisakhi in Punjab, Poila Boisakh in West Bengal, Bohaag Bihu in Assam and Visu in Kerala. In short, Happy New Year in many languages.

35th among democracies!!!

For once, Indian political parties have good reason to sneer at the 'Economist's Democracy Index'. India is ranked 35th overall and 5th among 'flawed democracies' just below South Africa, Chile, Taiwan and Cape Verde. The combined population of these 4 countries would barely equal a couple of Indian cities not to speak of the diversity of religion,culture and language that exists in India. In an election year with 741 million eligible voters, all we can do is snort!

Earthquake in Abruzzo

The deadliest earthquake (6.3 on the Richter scale) to affect Italy in 3 decades hit L'Aquila in Abruzzo this morning at 3:30. Strong tremors were felt in Rome and plenty of us woke up to buildings shaking. While little or no damage has been reported in Rome, there has been heavy loss of life and property in L'Aquila. We sincerely hope that your near and dear ones are safe.

Chandni Chowk vs China!

Chinese chowmein and Indian curry account for 70% of the ethnic food market in Britain with the Chinese dish ahead. The battle continues!

Surf and browse and be better employees!

Given the obsession that most firms have with blocking easy Internet access,blogging and social networking, this may come as an eye-opener. Allowing workers to browse in moderation may actually make them more efficient. This is the link to the results of the study done at the University of Melbourne. Sounds reasonable that surfers have varied interests and may be good multi-taskers.

April Fool!

Deccan Chronicle posts its annual spoof headline. Too bad, though, that the IPL will not be held in India. Better to play safe by exporting the event than risk sullying India's election process with overstretched security.