The first WordPress theme that blew me right away was Manji, though it being sidebarless made me feel odd. So Rin was made, and I adapted 🙂
Anyway, Khaled, the daddy of these themes, was recently interviewed by Hindi mag Nirantar. He posted an english version of the article here.
Little known WP fact (from the article): Manji ‘… was the first theme for 1.5 apart from the classic and default‘ 
Also, he posted in the support forums that he will be addressing my layout issues 😀
[Listening to: Sieve-Fisted Find – Reclamation – Fugazi – Live at Border – Burlington, VT – 1991 (7:15)]