Author Archives: Aditya

The GoT rant

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Aditya

I have a thing whereby I decide I’ll get back to writing every January, write one post and next get back to writing the next January. The one good thing to come out of the GOT final season is that … Continue reading →

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Solskjaer and the ‘United Way’ – Competence and Culture

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Aditya

Since 2013, post the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United – have had 3 full time and 2 caretaker managers. The same story follows the three full time managers – all started with great optimism, but somewhere along the … Continue reading →

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New Years

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Aditya

I am not the type of person who cares for events – things like religious festivals celebrating long lost, outmoded traditions and rituals, capitalist mercenary nonsense like Hallmark holidays or even personal milestones like birthdays and anniversaries. To me, these are all artificial … Continue reading →

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Trip to the western edge of eastern Europe: Chapter 9 – …and back again

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Aditya

We took our bus from Paris at 11pm and reached Aachen at 5am. After getting home, popping more painkillers and sleeping till 2pm, we finally got up and started to go about the last leg of the journey – seeing … Continue reading →

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Trip to the western edge of eastern Europe: Chapter 8: The one in which we do not see the Eiffel tower

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Aditya

The road to Pula was long and winding and generally very uncomfortable. We barely slept throughout the night and reached Pula totally zonked. The decision to get some sleep and check into a hostel for a day was taken nearly … Continue reading →

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Trip the western edge of eastern Europe – Chapter 7: What do you mean Singapore is not in India?

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Aditya

Our trip from Budapest to Zagreb was quite eventful in that the itinerary changed midway through the first half an hour of travel. We started at the Budapest Central Station and immediately we realised that this could be an extremely … Continue reading →

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Trip to the western edge of eastern Europe: Chapter 6 – Budapest

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Aditya

Our bus trip to Budapest was memorable for several reasons – one, it was easily the most luxurious bus rides we have ever taken – with large seats, in bus entertainment, free tea and coffee, magazines etc. and two, because … Continue reading →

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Trip to the western edge of Eastern Europe : Chapter 5 – Bratislava

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Aditya

This is not the chapter I had originally written, but one which evolved into this piece which was carried by Mint Lounge on 23rd May, 2015 “Bratislava? Did you buy a hotel there?” one friend laughed when I told him I … Continue reading →

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Trip to the Western Edge of Eastern Europe: Chapter 4 – Zis is all ze fault of ze Breetish

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Aditya

The next morning, we left for Vienna using a popular carpooling service called Blablacar. The guy was chatty but thankfully spoke only German. This helped both of us – as Enthu never gives up on a chance to show off … Continue reading →

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Trip to the Western Edge of Eastern Europe: Chapter 3 – Weltmeister!

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Aditya

Some of the most memorable hours of my trip (life perhaps) were spent in the Eastern German city of Dresden. We reached the central station at around 6pm and made our way to the hostel and checked in. We had … Continue reading →

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