“Freshly minted veteran”, just a day old, and facing the all too familiar expected query,” How does it feel?” “Has the feeling sunken in?” Not sure how to respond to this, as one really doesn’t know. It is just a normal holiday or a Sunday kind of feeling, may be in a few days it […]
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31st March 2023, a day which seemed so distant a couple of years ago, as though it was in the realms of future somewhere, but ‘time and tide wait for none’, so here I am all of 56, just celebrated my birthday ten days ago. Human beings are strange we celebrate our growing age, balding
“Enough is enough” or is it? My father said this while we were chatting about something. I was wondering whether enough actually was ever enough and who decided as to what was just enough or a little too much or may be just not enough. How does one conclude if something is adequate, who is
Holi is the most colourful time in India literally and figuratively, with use of colourful and bawdy language accompanying the rich spectrum of colours which adorn the faces and the attire of the people it is obviously amongst the most popular in the myriad of festivals in India. Memories associated with Holi take you back to your
Why is yellow associated with fear? Do the origins lie in colonialism..”Yellow yellow dirty fellow!”, as a kid this rhyme was recited with gay abandon and God save the kid who was dressed in yellow that day. Orientals are normally different from the black or white people, they are yellow and then there are the South
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“Giving meaningful looks to the teacher”, was the charge read out to a cadet in the academy. Squadron Leader Malhotra himself a Rimcollian and an ex NDA burst out laughing on hearing the charge, the cadet in question was a bright scholar. He decided to send the erring cadet on liberty to the town to ogle
Mercury the Roman God of communication and messages, whose Greek equivalent Hermes was adopted by the Royal Corps of Signals as its Cap Badge. “Jimmy” as it is popularly known has a caduceus (a staff), in his left hand, with its feet on the earth and the right hand pointing towards the star, thus depicting
This morning Jug Suraiya the famous columnist took to Speaking Tree, rather than his usual third editorial space on the universality or otherwise of ‘universe’. The point to ponder is whether there is a single universe or many universes which emanated from the Big Bang. Well, honestly, if there are more than one, then
There was a time when News travelled across the world through either the print media or later Radio. Today, Newspapers are no longer the only means of information of the happenings around the world, the electronic media has been the spoiler. With the ubiquitous mobile internet connectivity, perhaps it is only the old fogeys like us
Khaki Drill, KD in short or just KD Shorts, form part of NDA working uniform; incidentally the erstwhile uniform of RSS also comprised Khaki shorts, they have now switched to dark brown trousers in conformity with the times. The Police forces have Khaki uniforms as against the Olive Green for the Army personnel. Khaki was
