When Little Was More… (An Observation)

This dates back to the years when everything seemed to come in limited quantities. This was before the world was hit with so called Affluenza. When little was more. Or at least, enough.
In the lane outside our home, mum used to light the charcoal clay cooker (angeethi) early in the morning. Often, my brother and I would sit next to her and lazily watch the smoke […]

The Namesake (What’s in a name, anyway?)

I have had to deal with the case of mistaken identity for as far back as I can remember. I am in fact, the John Smith of India. Okay, more the John. For some reason Amit is probably the most common name in India. Especially, among the males born in the seventies.  I disagree that […]

Overriding Functions - JavaScript

 
I have been around in the sysdev scene for a fair bit. However, I have been able to very skillfully steer clear of this beast: JavaScript.
I could take my fair share of middle-tier, cross-platform integration, design patterns, and anything OO in just about any programming environment. However, ask me to write more than a couple of lines of JavaScript […]

Blogmania (Amit Chawla’s First Post)

I am now officially part of the community. After owning this domain name for nearly three years and seeing several friends cave into the temptation to join the ‘blog-world’, I have decided to give it a go…
I don’t know what I am going to do here or how long this will last. I would […]