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  • The English Movies Review Thread

    Watched a slow burn movie after a long time, it is difficult to find one in the quintals of 'Netflix Originals' being thrown at us every weekend. The lead actress is especially good, and the court…
  • Mutual Funds instead of Bank FDs

    Just because you are deferring taxes, your retirement portfolio is worth 50% higher after 20 years, despite offering the same 8% pa returns. Now post-retirement, you can just withdraw a certain amount…
  • Rants on Bangalore's traffic...

    What’s with the new AI traffic lights installed at the Lalbagh gate junctions and inside the roundabout (beats me!) on Double Road/KH Road? I had been there early morning couple days ago and I was…
  • Which compact, rugged Android?

    Are there any decently specced compact Androids that DON'T have a glass back? I don't put phones in cases, and while I'm not the drops-it-often kind, I don't want a delicate darling device. My reference…
  • On Credit Cards & Rewards

    Redemptions on Credit Card Reward Points from one person who spends about 25-30 Lacs annually (Discretionary + Essential Spends) on the right set of Credit Cards. Yes, there will be some places where…
  • My Triumph Trident 660 Review

    Even though any of these small-capacity bikes would've made me just as happy as I am now, the thought of riding a multi-cylinder bike always had me excited. So what I ended up getting as my first…
  • Gujarat adventure in a C5 Aircross

    Gujarat was on my mind and I always wanted to visit the Rann salt plains and drive on the "Road to Heaven". Upon researching a bit, found out that Gujarat has a lot to offer, from wildlife, to historical…
  • BMW 520d (F10): My daily workhorse

    The buying experience is straight forward once. The car was advertised for an amount and I had a car to trade in. So we looked at an amount which was decent enough for me to accept for the Qashqai.…
  • The 2024 Scale Model Challenge

    It appears quite a few members appreciated model building. Probably quite a few of us have done it whilst growing up. So I thought I would share my visit to the SCM this weekend, together with our…
  • Road-Trip in my Porsche 911

    Went on a quick family trip to Jungle Lodges River Tern Lodge. The state highways from Hiriyur to JLR via Hosadurga are not in a great condition. Nothing major to complain about but the roads via…
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