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Category Archives: Bangalore

French Cuisine in Bangalore: The Medici

5th
May. × ’11
By Rindo

Here are a coupla fun things you can do, if you have a friend who’s French: 1. Get her to say “Government Hospital”. 2. Get her to speak about wine. 3. Take her to a French restaurant in India. No, the last point was not to treat her to some good French cuisine, after 3 [...]

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Street Food

28th
Apr. × ’11
By Rindo

Hello, blog. I haven’t been good to you this year, I know. 2011 has been quite a ride. And far from half done. Iron Maiden. Pencil Jam. Singapore. Love. Old science fiction movies. Naked angels. Hampi. French lessons. Amorous gods. Wayanad. Tiger-slaying legends. A hundred story ideas and experiences, all swirling inside my head, crying to [...]

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The Prodigy, in Bangalore

15th
Jan. × ’11
By Rindo
The spotlights must've fried Vishal's bald head. Pentagram, at the Invasion Festival, Bangalore. January 13, 2011.

I have never seen so many foreigners in one place, before. They were at the Invasion Festival, in all shapes and sizes. In fact, at one point, there were more blonds and redheads than black-haired heads, swaying and bobbing to campy electronica during the soundcheck, early in the evening. It was like something straight out [...]

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Miscellania III: On Harry Potter, iPhone Art, and Manchester United

1st
Dec. × ’10
By Rindo

Random stuff about “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows”, the movie: Bellatrix Lestrange needs to change her hairdresser. Stat. Any more of her in the next movie, and people are bound to die of horror. Or bewitched dandruff. I don’t see what’s the big deal about Emma Watson. The second she shows up in a [...]

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Nov 23, 2010: Swarathma And Folks, At The Hard Rock Cafe, Bangalore

24th
Nov. × ’10
By Rindo

There’s a certain charm about The Hard Rock Cafe, Bangalore. Housed in the almost-hundred-year-old Book Society building, the Cafe sports a rustic stone-block, red-rooftiled steakhouse look, which is pretty much what it is by day. Good (if slightly expensive) food, and a cozy atmosphere to help you sit back, relax and focus on your date [...]

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