Abhinav Agarwal

The only time I went whitewater rafting was in August 1999 with three other friends (Subhash, Zahid, and Ramesh), in the Wenatchee river (...

This photo of Multnomah Falls, that I took in 2000, is one of my favourite photos, and have an enlargement that hangs in my house. As I rem...

Some seven years back (1999), when I had a lot of free time on my hands that summer, I travelled a lot around the Pacific Northwest - the C...

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini (Collins Business Essentials) Had I not read "Fast Food Nation" last...

Jayadeva Flyover in Bangalore - the night before it opened to the public. If you see the flyover now, and the traffic that flows through t...

Lots and lots of signs to be seen in and around the Golden Gate. Including this one, on the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which als...

This cartoon had also originally appeared as a "Science Smiles" cartoon by RK Laxman. © 2006, Abhinav Agarwal (अभिनव अग्रवाल). A...

While in the US last month, I managed to eke out a couple of hours to visit the Stanford University campus. One of the more striking things...

The Brethren  by John Grisham ( Flipkart ) Finished reading Grisham's The Brethren last weekend, and The Partner this Sunday nig...

This RK Laxman cartoon appeared in a Science Smiles compilation, and was re-published in the Sep 10 2006 Sunday Times edition. Reposted ...

Golden Gate and Muir Woods, 2001 - from my photo archive, so to say. This and the rest of the photos were taken on a trip to Muir woods. T...

State of Fear by Michael Crichton ( Kindle e-book , Flipkart ) The book is like other Cricton novels in that it is eminently readable, fas...

Barista in Koramangala - combine a fairly quiet environment for coffee, a newly acquired digital camera and the realization that the margin...

"Please do not commit nuisance here" - prudishness meets well.... you can see for yourself. Nuisance kind of keeps it vague and ...

As many, many surveys have revealed - people do not mind paying a little more at a store as long as they feel that everyone else is paying ...

Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT  by Chetan Bhagat ( Buy Five Point Someone: What Not To Do At IIT from Flipkart.com , Kindle e-b...