Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose – the name strikes a chord of patriotism which lies buried deep in our sub-conscious somewhere. For our generation and those preceding ours, who were brought up on the staple diet of 26th January and 15th August brand of patriotic fervour he was always an icon, a legend but an enigmatic […]
‘Attend C’ or ‘Sick in Quarter’ were the most sought after categories sought from the Doctors on duty, during our Academy days or even as a youngster whenever there was an event which was to be skipped for some reason. What heavenly bliss it was, everyone dressing up and getting on with their daily
Vaccination is the new buzz word, with the onset of the pandemic the race for vaccine had commenced, Russia was the first off the blocks to announce its Sputnik, but the most promising one appears to be AstraZeneca. This race is akin to a derby, where the punters are betting on their respective products, at
‘Love jihad’ is an oxymoron like the ‘wise fool’, although “All is fair in love and war”; obviously this ‘love yudh’ or ‘ishq jihad’ is highly unfair, as decreed by the powers that be. We shall soon criminalise these cupid struck wannabe ‘Love jihadis’. So will this then be a dharm yudh against jihad…..Holy crusades(!).
Consequent to the latest round of Sino Indian LAC standoff, I am contemplating changing my profile, I can no longer be a “Confused Confucious”, that is obviously anti-national, I could be a Confused Chanakya or Cunning Chanakya, or may be even Keen Kautilya even at the cost of being labelled as a “Keen kumar”, a
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RaGa is miffed, or at least his coterie are; how dare Barack Obama call him names. After all it is ok for Indians to refer to him as Pappu, but a rank foreigner, he has no business to refer to him in such a derogatory manner. Indian classical music is pretty rich with its
The Trump(ets) of the world have heaved a sigh of relief after four years of having been blown non-stop, no wonder all that they produced these days was ” Vivekamunandan…” When they were queried on their misery, they responded tongue in cheek that “They were ‘biden’ their time”. The other instruments in the repertoire of
It was such a deflating moment, 10000 Indians were being targeted by Chinese Data Mining Agency, it had the Who’s who of India, the politicians, entertainers (Cricketers are no longer sportsmen, they are simply entertainers, after all they have mingled with the Hindi Films and Advertising agencies in such a seamless manner that they have
Those were the days when, toilets were simply called “Toilet” and not the polished, refined and politically correct term in vogue these days “Wash room”, as though by merely calling it by any other name, the activities undertaken there would undergo a sea change !In today’s day and age when the honourable Prime Minister himself
Moksha in the Toilets of NDA Read More »
Location : Ground floor Central lobby, Juliet Squadron NDA Khadakwasla, 1800 hours 14 August 1984. The Cadet Sergeant Major (CSM)was presiding over the routine evening dressing down. It was a Tuesday, Cadets were in different attires based on their seniority profile,the second to fourth termers were in mufti, ready for the evening ante room session,
Independence Day the NDA way Read More »
