Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Blog FAQ

A response to some of the frequently asked questions (D-oh) that have come in my direction in this blog's short existance

1. Why is your blog so Europhile?
A: Because I am Europhile. Okay ?

2. No seriously, it appears that even if you get to writing a post on a meal in a Bangalore darshini, it would still have Euro-centric allusions. Why ?
A: Okay, it's like this. My life is not as exciting as yours. But when I was on exchange, I was almost arrested (twice), spent a night like a hobo on a footpath, got spaced out, nearly got into a shoot-out, got mugged, got stuck in quicksand, snowstorms, participated in a country's first democratic revolution, while meanwhile playing for their Under-21 football team (okay a couple of those may be made up, but you get the drift). But in the past one year, when compared to stuff before, it is like Vinod Kambli's latter career as opposed to his earlier years. And you will agree that the above are somewhat more blog-worthy than "I traveled by local train to office today instead of bus". Yes, that's why I write about year old stuff. Moreover, i did not blog a year back, and hence I'm making up for lost time.

3. Does that mean that since you did not blog for the last 24 years, you will now make up for lost time by blogging about 24 years of trash?
A: Hmm, I didn't think of that, but now you're giving me ideas. And you know how my memory is!

4. Ugh, not that memory thing again.
A: Look, was the Monagesque article blog-worthy or not? What about the Oktoberfest one? If historical articles are fished out from the closet, I guarantee they will have some level.

5. Why is your blog called atulyab? Isn't Monkee either your name or your family's surname or something ?
A: No it isn't. In spite of the universal popularity of the nickname "Monkee" in both IIM Bangalore and RV, that's not really my name. I was christened Atulya Bharadwaj by my parents and my birth certificate still swears by that name. So get used to it. Swalpa adjusht maadi.

6. You seem to dislike shopping
A: You catch on fast, don't you ?

7. I am a female, I am smart, funny, nice, and I share the same interests as you. Will you marry me?
A: You catch on fast, don't you ? Hey seriously, where were you all this while ?

8: Do you have any questions for us?
A: You're kidding right? I've outgrown the age where I attend final placements and needed to answer such questions.

More as and when needed.

2 comments:

BrokenTooth said...

Good shyte cheap guy. And just as I was posting this comment, I chanced upon this: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/19/monkeys-do-mental-ma.html

It couldn't be more appropriate.

Atulya said...

What an outrage I say. Didn't you discover this ages ago.

At a young age, he displayed a prodigious talent in converting Fahrenheit to Celsius

and

Swami Sexy Sadie, who trained him in the ways of Vedic mathematics

for instance. Well, maybe you can publish your research works on the same, and get more google hits, like you always wanted!

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