An Internationalist Indian in the World's Greatest City
Blog URL http://mcgillianaire.livejournal.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags london, life, enfield, cricket, football, trivia, useless information
It's more than eighteen months since I moved to the city that once ruled an empire where the sun never set. It's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. Follow my journey in this journal. The future begins here.
Latest Blog Posts
- 2192 days since... on Nov 23, 2009 in anniversary-milestone public misc
I made my first post. Or as it is better understood, this blog's sixth year anniversary. 1778 entries including this one and going strong. Thanks to all of you for keeping it alive. I never expected this to survive six years, will be really interesti...
- Glastonbury 2010 Lineup - Announcement 1 on Nov 23, 2009 in 2010 glasto uk public music festivals
U2 have been confirmed as next year's headline act. It's their first Glastonbury and their first festival appearance in 25 years. No other official confirmations, though Andy Williams has announced he will be performing. Cannae wait to join the other...
- A Passage from Khalil Gibran's The Prophet on Nov 17, 2009 in poem misc
'THEN a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow. Andhe answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And theselfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimesfilled with your tears.And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves intoyo...
- "I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India." -Matthew Hayden on Nov 16, 2009 in anniversary-milestone pics public indian sport cricket
"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped for a few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing his century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to comp...
- India 6/385 in 90ov (Dravid 177* [SR 71!], Dhoni 110) v SL, Stumps, Day 1, 1st Test (of 3) @ Motera on Nov 16, 2009 in pics public indian sport cricket music link
Rahul Dravid majestically guides it past point. [SCORECARD]If he doesn't score in the final Test, I'd say it's high time they dropped him for a youngster who deserves an opportunity and time to settle into Test cricket. Dravid's demise has been appar...
- Remembering Chacha Nehru (Uncle Nehru) on Nov 14, 2009 in india anniversary-milestone public
Exactly 120 years ago, India's first and longest-serving Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was born in Allahabad in the modern north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A student of Harrow and Trinity College (Cambridge), Nehru like Gandhi was then called...
- Tube Etiquette - Why We Stand On The Right, Walk On The Left on Oct 27, 2009 in pics public london transport video movie
It's a daily ritual. Annoyed Londoner telling-off and shoving ignorant tourists to stand on the right-side of the escalator as they hurry down the left-side on the way to work (or back from it). But why do we do it? Well a piece of restored video fro...
