About City Boy

This is Amortya Ray’s personal blog. He is passionate about technology, all things Apple, New York, Dunkin Donuts and of course Scarlett Johansson. Amongst others.

Imminent nuptials and superstar lookalikes

Today my Mum was asked to be judge for a dance competition at the local Saraswati Pujo in Lokhandwala Complex, Bombay. And for some reason, she had been insisting all day that I accompany her to the event. And as much as I didn’t want to go, I decided to be a good son for once, [...]

New Life, New Moon and New Year

A few hours ago I tried importing all the posts from my old Blogger blog (all 66 of them) into this one. And as I was painstakingly rearranging the newly imported posts, categories and tags, I realized that a majority of those articles were from a past life. A life that has long left me [...]

Choo choo!

The Path train that countless working professionals take to get into the city every morning

Sometimes when I miss my morning train into the city by a few seconds, my quant obsessed brain nearly goes completely anal trying to figure out how I could have made the train. Here are the top 10 reasons I feel [...]

A Bollywood Dream and Burn

So I’m on the phone with a buddy of mine and suddenly it occurs to me that if they were to make a movie on my life, I’d insist Ranbir Kapoor play my role. Why, you might ask? Because just like me, he’s good looking, well read and physically fit. My friend bursts out in a [...]