The Curious Engineer

On my Om

1997–2004

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2004 86

December 2004

  1. Dhamaal NYE Party to benefit Tsunami Victims
  2. Home Entertainment To go
  3. Escape From Silicon Valley

April 2004

  1. Om Goes Home Week One
  2. For next three weeks posting only on gigaom.com
  3. My friend will be on The Apprentice II

March 2004

  1. Bollywood Fever grips Big Apple
  2. Indian wins Index award
  3. A new dance form, Bunggla
  4. Sach Much Kafi Bada Hai
  5. Desis gone wild, oh I meant well
  6. RSS vs RSS
  7. Outsourcing, now a play
  8. Sheila Makhijani: An exhibit at Talwar Gallery
  9. Indian Veggie’s Delight, Pizza
  10. A priest and a scientist
  11. Lad Rags’ Bollywood Special
  12. HinduRodeo!
  13. We only steal millions
  14. Gawker politically correct?
  15. Shahin? Who’s that girl?
  16. Samba is the new Bhangra
  17. She stole, because she’s Indian
  18. Yogis gone wild
  19. Gawker’s Multi-Culti Lip Service
  20. More Raghav Madness fodder
  21. Russell Peters, not Simmons, live in SF
  22. Nehru Book Controversy
  23. What’s on my MiniPOD?
  24. The King of Curry
  25. Dhamaal with Cheb i Sabbah, Navdeep (NYC), Janaka [Selekta]
  26. zakhm hosts kollective with special guest rajeev
  27. Siliconophobia!
  28. Another Uganda In the Making?
  29. Rise of the Gujju Massive
  30. Hollywood goes Bollywood crazy
  31. Kureishi’s latest in the New Yorker
  32. Karsh Kale at Cielo
  33. Tablatronic’s most wanted … more recent really
  34. When drag queens attack

February 2004

  1. Of Cricket, Religion and Politics
  2. Not all crap is equal
  3. Om is so trendy
  4. Nasha’s Cutting Edge Break Beats
  5. TJ Rehmi’s Warm Chill: Review
  6. Job Alert: Wanted a part timer in Delhi
  7. New Goodies @ Tablatronic.NET
  8. JayC is the new JayZ
  9. Ayurveda, the movie
  10. Samina Ali reads AT KGB Bar
  11. Indians Reunited
  12. Mallu Hip Hop Hit?
  13. New twist in Bikram Yoga copyright feuds
  14. Alia Syed’s Eating Grass
  15. Southhall is changing, and so is Wembley
  16. Bubbay Jindal running for Congress
  17. Currently Playing on My IPod
  18. Raghav rocking the charts
  19. Designer needed for a new project

January 2004

  1. Art Talk, Nickodemus and other cool stuff
  2. Yehi hai right choice baby
  3. Everything you ever wanted to know about electronic music
  4. How cheap can you get…
  5. The Anti-Diva and her new album
  6. We are going to MARS
  7. Monica fights for National Critics award
  8. Rishi Rich on Kiss 100 UK
  9. US-India Attached At The Hip
  10. If all men could be like Rushdie…
  11. Why Not New York?
  12. Are you ready for BollyIdol?
  13. TJ Rehmi brings a Warm Chill
  14. Chaat Paradise in Silicon Valley
  15. Why not to name your kid “om”
  16. Jai ho Maharaj
  17. Static Images
  18. Bricklane, on Salon 2003 best list
  19. Did someone say, NRI?
  20. Psycho Raag inside the mind of an Asian Scottish DJ
  21. Trinetere is back on line
  22. Hillary Says: Mahatma Gandhi used to run a gas station
  23. Better sex through yoga
  24. Mind Your Language
  25. Raghav, a new R&B star in the making?
  26. Tofu makes you read better
  27. Screw the Olsens, Meet the Hindes

2003 284

December 2003

  1. Ebookers boss top entrepreneur
  2. Top 5 albums of 2003
  3. Beer+Babes+Cricket=Ratings
  4. Salon is Spellbound
  5. Taxi Music
  6. Liz Hurley Goes to Bollywood
  7. Hey you want to make a movie?
  8. Malkit wants to save Bhangra
  9. Kundalini Dub Lounge
  10. India Photo Journal
  11. Mocha Flavor Part II
  12. Reality Check
  13. Bollywood gambles on P2P
  14. Harry Potter digs Brown Babes
  15. Christmas meals with desi twist
  16. Pillsbury Parathas?
  17. Not So Supreme beings of Leisure
  18. One for the old times
  19. Cheb i Sabbah sues Bollywood bandits
  20. Living in India
  21. Welcome to Tinseltown TV
  22. CFR’s much awaited South Asia report
  23. Aliya Syed’s film works
  24. Beckham bends for a Globe
  25. Bollywood Breakout
  26. New Single From MC Vikram & Ludakrishna
  27. Guess who is the new CEO of New York
  28. Mission Accomplished – Makeover Complete
  29. When honesty is a death sentence
  30. Shocker!
  31. The British Coolies of the American Empire
  32. Who’s Sari Now
  33. Back in Business
  34. US patents, now Made in India
  35. Ro Khanna for congress?
  36. Namaskar Google!
  37. New York Stories Part III
  38. Bollywood Disco & Other NYC adventures
  39. Brimful of Asha
  40. And F**K you too!
  41. Rickshaw cellphones in India
  42. Back Where I Belong
  43. Cyber Cafe’s Censored
  44. Seshu loves Brick Lane
  45. Mocha Flavor!
  46. Vote for…Asian Bloggies
  47. Pundits of Mithila
  48. Sashizzle: Minus The -izzle
  49. Weblogs will save the Internet
  50. Bollywood goes Sci-Fi
  51. Badmarsh says good bye
  52. 36. 37. 38. and further melas
  53. Next Week: New York
  54. Yoga and Greetings from Bury Park
  55. Blog Awards and such
  56. Indians caught in the Viagra sting
  57. Bahal gets a prize for Bad Sex
  58. Bollywood in Brooklyn
  59. Nitin’s Human in his words
  60. Bhangra champions of the world
  61. Talvin finally comes clean
  62. Rise and fall of Asian Underground
  63. Where have all the piggies gone?

November 2003

  1. Top ten things to thank for!
  2. Tresspassing, book review
  3. More and More, Made in India
  4. Cooler Than a Martini
  5. Kamasutra, now a travel package
  6. Who is Saira Mohan?
  7. Love, god and fresh air
  8. This Mobile Life: Broadband in Indian
  9. Chandigarh, the next big thing
  10. ancient india site from the british museum
  11. Hari Kunzru to Daily Mail: Stuff it!
  12. Panjabi Fake Squad?
  13. Devi INC = Desi Phat Farm?
  14. Oh Dear, Shove it up your Arse!
  15. Review: Nitin Sawhney’s Human
  16. Bhangra Britney gets lost in Music
  17. When Gurinder Talks
  18. Kureishi Interview
  19. Our citizens don’t line up but….
  20. Talk of the BlogSphere
  21. A musical booster shot from CyberJam
  22. Ghettostani
  23. You know your parents don’t love you
  24. Bubbas not for Bobby after all
  25. Iranian, Hungarian, but no Indian
  26. A quick view of recent essays…
  27. Brown Boy Shall Not Rap
  28. Drive and Die!
  29. One Place where India is one
  30. Pacific News discovers DesiMatrix
  31. Paki Girl cracks open Norway
  32. Britney & Rishi “In the Zone”
  33. Kazaa to Sell Bollywood Films
  34. Kaash of Khan or Kahn?
  35. Indian attorney on Law & Order
  36. Bharateeya Blog Mela #35: Closed
  37. News, Reviews and muse
  38. Why don’t we support our artists?
  39. Ten most overpaid Indians?
  40. And the Winner is… Panjabi MC
  41. Panjabi Hit Squad’s Desi Beats Record of the Week
  42. Bubbas for Bobby
  43. Bollywood King’s bollywood dreams
  44. Sharaab’s Infusion is intoxicating
  45. A nation without women review
  46. Why Indian media is so self obsessive
  47. Bobby?? Bobby who?
  48. Week in Review, 11.08.2003
  49. Bharateeya Blog Mela #35: Week One
  50. Not Really Indian on Pop Dex
  51. Nitin Sawhney Live in SF
  52. When Matrix goes Desi
  53. IAAC Festival: The Indian Diaspora
  54. Vassanji Takes Giller for Second Time
  55. Hombody/Kabul auditions?
  56. Good time sardee
  57. Cricketers in Bay Area running out of room
  58. Fast Food, Indian ishtyle
  59. J.La’s Unproofed Copies out
  60. The Princess and The Pauper
  61. Seven from South Asia
  62. Nominations for the Bharateeya Blog Mela #35
  63. Week in Review, 10.31.2003

October 2003

  1. Yet another Jhumpa Lahiri article
  2. Single In The City – Part II
  3. SF International South Asian Film Festival
  4. Why can’t we call him Mr.Charles?
  5. Another trekkie goes to Vegas, as a CSI
  6. Who dat dude?
  7. Britney on Hinduism
  8. Panjabi MC who? Jazzy B. is new
  9. Raje Shwari, shooed out of Timbaland Heaven
  10. Let those kilts fly dude
  11. Welcome to the all new NotReallyIndian
  12. Om’s Hollywood debut in Shattered Glass
  13. Happy Diwali All!
  14. When Bollywood attacks
  15. Time goes Ash Crazy
  16. Global Dreams, hop-frog collectiv
  17. Lord of the Rings’ Bollywood connection
  18. Kiran on Scrubs, nice
  19. SUVs and Soccer Moms Are Next
  20. Holy Shiva!
  21. Holy Kaif!
  22. Afrotanica, i.e a new Arabesque album
  23. Why common sense is so uncommon
  24. To Each His Own Muse
  25. Weekly Recap for week ending 10.18.2003
  26. Flying High on Hot Air?
  27. Nitin Sawhney’s new single Rainfall
  28. Lets Talk about Sex Baby
  29. Monica Ali does not win the Booker after all
  30. Copying the Latins
  31. Trick Baby Tricked Us
  32. India’s dirty little secret exposed
  33. Mira’s Musical Veda
  34. Pathaan spins Indian Sunset
  35. Jhumpa Lahiri, Sum of all things
  36. Its called Spin Cycle
  37. The Economist on Broadbandits
  38. Weekly Recap for week ending 10.11.2003
  39. In Praise of Mohamedi & Talwar Gallery
  40. Best of (NRI) New York – Village Voice
  41. Mistry’s next book sold, out in 2006
  42. Autorickshaw, the jazz band
  43. Have you heard of M.G. Vassanji?
  44. Night Shyamalan has Pi-Eyes
  45. Lahiri Mania
  46. The Cult of The Ethnic Author
  47. …we recommend Den of Thieves
  48. Thievery Corp fans, charge your cards
  49. Population boom is industry boon
  50. Karsh Kale & Dub Gabriel’s Under The Radar @ Kush in NYC
  51. A brief update…
  52. Shaanti’s Shake What Ya Mamma Gave Ya single
  53. Review: Karunesh’s Global Spirit
  54. Bush Lays Off Congress; Will Outsource Lawmaking to India
  55. Hindi-Hop Top Ten
  56. Single In the City
  57. Anil Dash + WiFi = AirDash
  58. NotReallyIndian: top search terms
  59. Karachi Vice
  60. Bobby Jindal, or Uncle RoM
  61. South Asian Literary & Theater Arts Festival
  62. Music for the masses: CyberJam 76
  63. C2It – R.I.P
  64. Forget Paparazzi, meet Pappadazzi
  65. Bombay over run by Flash Mobs
  66. Weekly Recap for week ending 10.04.2003
  67. Sporty Spice, errr Mel in a bollywood debut
  68. Ben-Lo is now RAffleck
  69. On Mahatma’s B-Day, a thought
  70. Flying while brown
  71. You have the right to remain bovine
  72. Yahoo today, NRI tomorrow?
  73. UK’s Fab Four and no they are not queer
  74. Archie Panjabi Kithe Hai?

September 2003

  1. Sisters are doing it for themselves
  2. What makes Bipasa so HOT?
  3. Where’s the Party, Yaar?
  4. When Gill Bates speaks
  5. Vinod is finally one year old..
  6. Urban Music, yet another compilation
  7. Apache is back
  8. Hindi hop with raj shwari
  9. Chill Out in Paris 3 – details
  10. Three times Jhumpha
  11. The Forgotten Raj
  12. It only happens in Amrika
  13. ..In case you missed some of these…
  14. On Film Stars, Politicians, and Gods
  15. iOM – that’s it folks
  16. An elephant sized health care plan
  17. Stop the NRI-Bashing, damn it
  18. Funny and worth it!
  19. Brits gone wild
  20. Bhappi comes back from the dead
  21. I-Tunes goes tablatronic
  22. Bend it like Parminder
  23. Yeh Love Shove kaya hai
  24. Gay-Hindu invite looks like this
  25. A new chapter in Bushisms?
  26. Nu-definASion of cool
  27. Hicksville is now Hindville
  28. Bombay Dreams, now in all white
  29. Dharma in the park
  30. Dude, don’t know how to walk or what?
  31. Buy NameSake, for GodSake
  32. Bhat a Boom, Bhat a bust!
  33. Dilbar Dilbert
  34. Chopra bends it like Beckham!
  35. When the Lama speaks, 65000 listen
  36. Brick Lane, the movie?
  37. That awkward first call
  38. Bollywood goes international
  39. Ash goes to Chicago
  40. Britney goes bhangra
  41. Free Tx: Bollywood/Hollywood
  42. F**k California!
  43. Amit Yoran, the cybercop for America
  44. 5ive songs to stream
  45. Clooney’s Ex Hiding in India
  46. Go Shopping in NYC at Pria Kataria Puri Exhibition
  47. The Simputer keeps stumbling
  48. Whatever happened to Lollywood
  49. H-1B hearing: Companies say foreign workers needed
  50. Sluts in the city, now in India
  51. (h)Indie Madness
  52. Necking Nooks of Bombay
  53. Monica Ali 2-to-1 fav for Booker
  54. Bollywood’s Tarantino
  55. Just a breakbeat bonanza
  56. How to win a free curry dinner?
  57. Dot.Net Daddy & Spam Buster
  58. So you wanna act…open auditions
  59. Bhangra and socials..
  60. Panjabi MC Blows up in US
  61. Now live at Central Park, Dalai Lama
  62. Gurinder Chaddha’s Bride & Prejudice
  63. Spotted 4 brown people in Pac-Heights
  64. A Zaika of Tamarind, of Mayfair
  65. Bollywood’s new micro-brews
  66. Monsoon cooking is better!
  67. Did ya know that Zakir can make his hands speak?
  68. Dirty Filthy Stinking …. Rich!
  69. Windy City Goes Hindi
  70. Siteseeing
  71. Channel 4’s Second Generation goes live
  72. Rishi Rich, Britney Spears, Tirlok Gurtu and Robert Miles
  73. Move over Beyonce, Deesha in da house
  74. Fading photos, shining talent
  75. Jumpha is so un-NRI, and we love her
  76. Monica (Ali) takes Manhattan

August 2003

  1. On my calendar…
  2. In praise of Arranged Marriage
  3. Travel Agent, a Gubernatorial candidate
  4. Zakaria versus Zakaria
  5. How HI-bs changed California
  6. Dalai Lama Tour 2003
  7. Dear John … no need to be a snob
  8. Hair This

2000 2

October 2000

  1. The mighty minidisc finds a niche and actually becomes profitable
  2. Backoffice India

1999 3

September 1999

  1. Message Boards

May 1999

  1. Broadband bargain

March 1999

  1. Pink Sheet Company Is Seeing More Black An Old-Fashioned Marketplace Is Going High-Tech

1998 7

October 1998

  1. Nasdaq Prepares for Web Market Making: Pilot Program Is Prologue to Trading-Cost Reductions

September 1998

  1. Bright Side of Upheaval In Order Management: BRASS, the Industry Standard, Faces Competition

August 1998

  1. Microsoft’s Competition With UNIX Is Heating Up:First Union Is Switching to Software Giant’s Windows NT

July 1998

  1. The Mixed Blessing of Technology Spending:Desks Must Spend on Technology to Remain Competitive

June 1998

  1. A Price War Planned By New STRIKE ECN: Bear Stearns’ ECN is Taking Aim at Rival Systems

April 1998

  1. A New System Promises To Police Trading Abuse:But Sending Real-Time Trade Data to Regulators Will Be Costly

February 1998

  1. Market Vendors Making Information More Usable: Open and Flexible Systems Are the Ticket for Busy Traders

1997 1

October 1997

  1. : Will OptiMark Support the Super-Anonymous Hype?

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