Suyash Sharma

 Not again! Here we are, in the Military Hospital at Mhow, with my Achilles tendon probably torn and in pain trying to be brave about the injury, after all we are from the “mard ko dard nahi hota” generation.  The last about an year and a half we have been doing the rounds of hospitals […]

  Idiot box, that’s how Television has been described since the 50s, the exact coinage and its origin has not been ascertained, but it was an apt description of this device which used to be dumb and converted those watching into even dumber people. Since then TV has become smart but unfortunately our own intelligence

It is  Teacher’s day today 5th Sep being the birthday of Dr Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan, India’s second President and a well known scholar and philosopher. Traditionally Indians have always been reverential to their ‘gurus’, most of us would recall the couplet of Kabir, where he places the Guru even above the Gods, “गुरू गोविंद दोऊ खड़े काके लागू पाय,बलिहारी

No this is not a rip off of “Sharmaji Namkin”, the last hurrah of Rishi Kapoor, this Sharma ji is the best Kulfi-wala in Mhow. On his trademark Lambretta scooter with an earthen pitcher (matka) on the carrier full of kulfis, adorning a white helmet calling out the potential customers for their favourite post lunch

 Vikram had become a part of the lexicon after Chandrayan- ll, named after the father of Indian space programme,  appropriately christened, though odds were heavily stacked against it succeeding in the first go. But our scientists were not cowed down by the challenge and rose phoenix like in a stupendous achievement, who have proved it

 “God is omnipresent”, please don’t be alarmed I have not embarked on the path of renunciation as yet! This is my usual reaction when I observe people of all faiths devoutly paying obeisance to the deities even when they are not in the premises per se, but just happen to go on the road, which

 Kiss became the bone of contention, an act which is the precursor of love and affection suddenly became the cynosure of some eyes. That too one,  which  was almost a fleetingly flying one where there was no lip-lock so to say or even intended. Oh for our Victorian prudishness that an act purportedly in jest,

 I wonder how many old timers from our time can recall the presence of Benny in our Campus at RIMC. Benny was a typical tramp, dark complexioned, matted hair, scraggy beard, sunken eyes, clothed in tatters carrying an empty can for food, a stick in hand, in short the perfect tramp. He was a mysterious

 Taxes and death are a certainty in one’s life so said Benjamin Franklin in 1789, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy”  We the middle class, salaried citizens of our

 Morning walks are not just an exercise, it is much more than that, it prepares you for the day ahead, a breath of fresh air and if you have a keen eye, plenty to register and take note of. The walkers are of all kinds, some who just amble along glad to be away from