Chindu Sreedharan, an ex-colleague (we’ve both left rediff.com since), makes his entry into blogdom. He has left India’s sunny shores to get himself a doctorate in not-so-sunny England. His experiences in the country make for interesting reading. Happy blogging, Chindu.

Between running errands on Monday, I finally caught up with the talented Mr Nandi in the afternoon. He wanted to know whether that salutation was meant as a compliment or an insult. Apparently, Mr Ripley was a murderer and imposter in the movie (I haven’t watched it)! Ah, well. You never know, Arnab; I see a lot of potential in you and it’s good to keep more options open just in case engineering doesn’t work out! I had met Arnab at the rediff.com office over a year ago and that was for exactly 5 seconds. He seemed really shy and literally ran away after saying hello. This time I made sure he got beyond 5 seconds! Thankfully, he liked Just Around the Corner, where we went for a bite. But I think it was the pretty *sights* (more than the decor) that warmed him to the place! Like my earlier meetings with young bloggers like Anand, Ari, Vipul, Lazy (do you see a trend here?!) what I enjoy most interacting with these ‘bachas’ (okay, okay, …