Vinay Payyapilly
Shopping at Nike
On Saturday I had an experience which is very rare in India – I was delighted at the knowledge of a salesman. With my flat feet, buying a...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 1, 20101 min read
Missing the forest for the trees
Classic example – http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/motorists-use-bluetooth-stereos-escape-cops-601 Truly, the question is not...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20102 min read
A Tale of Two Books
Once in a while a rare event happens – I am moved enough to write about a book or movie that I watched. Once, long ago, I tried...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20101 min read
Thank you Chetan Bhagat
His books are breezy. The English is actually Hinglish, Tinglish, and many other variants. He doesn’t write about superheroes, he just...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 8, 20103 min read
April 7, 2010
Today’s newspaper is easily the gloomiest I have seen in a long time. The main headlines read as follows – Maoists kill 76 in savage...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 5, 20102 min read
Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramalu
October 1, November 14, October 31, November 19….. Any fifth grader will tell you the significance of these dates to India. October 1,...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 1, 20103 min read
The Church in the Dock?
Molesting a child is the most reprehensible crime a person can commit. The saddest aspect of this crime is that it is often committed by...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 22, 20102 min read
3 Idiots is an understatement…
There are a lot many more out there and it is cause enough to worry. Anybody born in the 70s would have grown up hearing that India’s...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 18, 20102 min read
Why Madhu Sapre Was Right
The year was 1992, and three young women were asked one question – “What is the first thing you would do if you were the head of your...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 17, 20101 min read
Why India is a Blueprint for the Future
In 1947, as India awoke to freedom and self-governance, the world sat back and waited. Everybody waited, smug in the knowledge that India...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 15, 20102 min read
My religious journey: How it felt to meet God
I guess my journey began with the book Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. I agreed with the author that someone who has seen God can only tell...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 11, 20102 min read
Celestial Events in Hollywood
Hollywood loves its celestial event movies. Be it Lara Croft or Armegeddon, rare celestial events are for ever threatening life as we...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 10, 20102 min read
Roads to nowhere
Hyderabad now has a greenfield airport. It is a box of glass and metal that sits at the outermost reaches of the city it serves. While...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 4, 20101 min read
The Tiger Drama
So Tiger Woods cheated on his wife. Question, how does that matter to anybody except the Woods? Question, why does it deserve to make a...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 4, 20102 min read
On Protesting and the Right to be Heard
The right to protest and make one’s voice heard is a fundamental right and ties very closely with the right to be free and the freedom of...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 17, 20091 min read
On Walking
Sumi and I have begun walking in the evening. We walk up and down the road in front of the house for about 30 min. Apart from being good...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 17, 20091 min read
Where does money come from?
Sumi wanted to tell him how hard his parents work to make the money to get him things. Sumi: Where do you think all this money is coming...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 6, 20092 min read
Inviting Racism
Over the last two weeks our TV sets have brought home news and images of racist violence against Indians in Australia. Our noise brigade,...
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Vinay Payyapilly
May 25, 20091 min read
Yet Another Farce
Cricket seems to be hellbent on shooting itself in the foot. Instead of making itself more competitive, the old men upstairs seem to...
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Vinay Payyapilly
May 7, 20093 min read
The boat is leaving the dock Mr. Obama
Moments of crisis hold a very special place in history because they are the moments when man steps up to the plate to bat with the...
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