happynomics

The study of what makes people happy, is apparently one of the Top 20 trends listed in the Jan 2008 issue of the Cassandra Report. The Cassandra Report is issued by the Intelligence Group and is issued three times a year covering future trends, vital facts and marketing. The report is apparently very [...]

Six months in the UK

Normally I am the kind of person who forgets birthdays, anniversaries, etc. But somehow I seem to have remembered that this month marks the end of six months of moving to the UK.
Though this is the second time in my life that I have moved across entire continents, it feels a bit different from [...]

buses and me

I have a long-term relationship with public transportation, not always by choice. Reading this article today brought memories of taking the bus growing up in India, going to school/work in the US and finally, everyday now. As much as I would like to gloat and take credit myself for not adding to my carbon-footprint by [...]

Left or Right

I knew that in the UK traffic was on the left. What I did not realize until I moved across the Atlantic is that the rest of Europe has its traffic on the right just like in the US. I was genuinely under the impression that the US was the odd one out with the [...]

Atonement

I admit to being somewhat easily influenced by the media, so the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie based on this book drove me to see what the hype was all about. The train and bus commute involved in my previous job helped me go through the book asap, which is how I read, for some [...]