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Kimi – The Car Wrecker
MP4-21 (Photo credit: dawvon) The current F1 season is turning out to be one of the best in recent memory. For once we have not one or...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 25, 20072 min read
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Talking to the Gods
As I sat down to write the piece on Harry Potter a set of loudspeakers started out outside my window. As I write they blare out...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 22, 20071 min read
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Much pottering about nothing
English: made it in mspaint (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is that time again when the purists line up against the populists and debate the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 22, 20071 min read
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Is India Free?
Wrote this as a reply to a post on Orkut asking the question in the subject line. *** Is India free? The answer is an emphatic Yes and...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 27, 20072 min read
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Evolution Today
For decades now the war has ranged between the supporters of the Creation theory and the Theory of Evolution about who is right. For...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 18, 20072 min read
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The Tomb of Jesus
As expected, it drew many reactions from around the world. To find the tomb of Jesus who supposedly rose from the dead three days after...
Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 9, 20072 min read
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Seattle
English: The top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington Deutsch: Turmkorb und Spitze der Space Needle, in Seattle (Photo credit:...
Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 28, 20071 min read
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Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Under the boardwalk out of the sun, under the boardwalk we’ll be havin’ some fun The rides on offer are wonderful, though not cutting...
Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 23, 20071 min read
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So Who’s Watching This Crap?
I used to think television journalism in India was frivolous, but these guys make NDTV look like a serious news channel. Everywhere I go...
Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 23, 20071 min read
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San Francisco
16-Feb to 20-Feb My first evening in SF also happened to be the Chinese New Year. So the city was full of activity and there was an air...
Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 22, 20072 min read
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Hyderabad – Amsterdam – Seattle
I am finally on my way. Of course, there are shadows over my journey. For one, I am not too happy to be leaving my family behind. Just...
Vinay Payyapilly
Feb 22, 20073 min read
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Watering Down Our Rights
Section 161 deals with examination of witnesses by the police during investigation and Section 162 provides that statements of witnesses...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 22, 20072 min read
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Remembering Dec 6
History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. – Etienne Gilson All through our history the moments...
Vinay Payyapilly
Dec 6, 20062 min read
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In Fairness to the Indian Cricketers
Fortunately I stopped watching cricket quite sometime before the debacle of the second ODI of the South African series. But be that as it...
Vinay Payyapilly
Nov 24, 20062 min read
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Michael Schumacher
7 world title, 91 race victories, a fierce competitor, but most of all a builder. Schumi was not one of my favorite men on the grid....
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 27, 20062 min read
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The Korean Nuke Test
Should the world be worried? I say it should, not because there is another nuclear-capable country now, but because of the statement put...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 10, 20061 min read
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Sep 20, 20060 min read
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An Existence Called Arjun Singh
I have been troubling my memory for the past 15 minutes and I am unable to remember one act of sense from this person. His two most...
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 13, 20061 min read
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Hyderabad’s Finest Sloths
The traffic police in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad must rank as the most slothful and inept set of humans on the planet....
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 13, 20061 min read
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How To Buy a Motorcycle – Tip 1
Parking space used to be a point to keep in mind when buying a car. But with the increasing number of vehicles it needs to be considered...
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 13, 20062 min read
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