Les Aventures de Techiemaque...

The story of my life or marriage or whatever…

abesh — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:22:53 +0000

I fell in love with a girl quite late in my life. Till then my love affairs have been strictly restricted to computers, games and gadgets. So much so that when Haimanti, my wife, who was my fiancee then, came to visit me in Bangalore for the first time, I nearly threw a fit when [...]

Helping Haiti: With Crystal of the International Medical Corps…

abesh — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:17:51 +0000

It has been in the recent news the devastating twin earthquakes that mostly flattened Haiti. While the rest of the world stared with horror and shock many people has lost their home, their family, their near and dear ones in a few minutes of nature’s whims. Help poured in from all quarters and my friends [...]

My Apostille Woes and Shashi Tharoor…

abesh — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:54:55 +0000

My book was published this July and I got my first royalty statement soon after. My contract with Galileo Press was executed in the US and hence this required me to apply for a TIN to get the actual payment as well as claim tax exemption from the Indian Government. The process, it seemed, was [...]

A Date with an Indian Minister of State…

abesh — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:17:01 +0000

It is not everyday in the “Aam Aadmi” ‘s life that one gets to meet a Minister of State. And that too not in a setting where we not only get to hear him talk but interact with him. And then definitely not someone as charismatic as Shashi Tharoor. Well I have been a fan [...]

Freebird…

abesh — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:24 +0000

If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now, ‘Cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see. But, if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldn’t be the same. ‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change. [...]

SAP MII Developement Skills podcast with Jon Reed

abesh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:11:35 +0000

We’ve been trying to make this happen for a long time and it is finally here Fellow SAP Mentor and friend Jon Reed of jonerp.com talks to me in this Podcast about SAP MII and the very first book on it, Implementing and Configuring SAP MII,which I co-authored with Dipankar Saha of IBM, SAP MII [...]

Prawn Malai Curry – With a Twist…

abesh — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:59:30 +0000

Prawns have always been a favourite with both me and my wife, Haimanti. So here’s how to make Prawn Malai Curry, an east indian cuisine and an all time favourite of mine Ingredients 500 gms fresh Large Prawns, de-shelled and de-veined. One-Half Coconut Coconut Milk, 1/2 of a tea-cup. Three small Onions. Three Green Chillies [...]

The Wincy Code

abesh — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:50:37 +0000

And more… Robert LongDan sat brooding over the naked body that lay spread eagled on the floor. His brows furrowed as he fixed his gaze on the nether regions of the body. His eyes glazed and he looked up at the glittering sky through the glass ceiling of the Loo’vre. A poke in his ribs [...]

The Alienation…

abesh — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:16:25 +0000

And one more… Scene – I “So what is the least distance the fly must travel to reach from one vertex of the cube to the one exactly opposite to it ? Remember that the cube is hollow and the fly cannot fly !” – Bang ! It was like getting shot point-blank with a [...]

To Err… is Human…

abesh — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:51:22 +0000

Another one dug out from the depths of the old blog…. Err… The baton has been passed. The colors of space have faded into the sunset. From the depths of Core Dumps the Error has risen… The slanting beam of highlight from the sole Breakpoint that was hanging beside a loop cast an eerie shadow [...]