“The queen is dead, long live the King”, Queen Elizabeth II has finally got her date with her Maker, after having had the longest reign by any British Monarch. Monarchy is probably as old as human civilisation is or may be as old as the recorded history is. The immortal quote from George Orwell’s Animal […]
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“Life is a sham” should be adopted as the anthem of Rimcollians, of course the credit goes to Stephen Wrench for penning the lyrics and even composing it for us. Some of us have just shammed our way through our lives unabashedly. Shamming is not merely hoodwinking your nemesis, incidentally we Rimcollians have perfected it
On the occasion of Teacher’s day today, it was the Speaking Tree (Times of India) which caught my attention, which laid more emphasis on ‘Intuitive knowledge’ vis-a-vis ‘Intellectual’ one. While in Vedic times it was the former which was sought, the Colonial era focussed on the latter. I often wonder ,as to why do we
Partition means different things to different people, an interior designer looks at it from the point of view of creating space, improving the aesthetics. A carpenter will be looking at pieces of wood with carvings , a mason would be doing the same thing with bricks and mortar, create a wall, which would be more
Dumb and Dumber was a 1994 Hollywood comedy starring Jim Carrey which many of us would recall, the Bum episode reminded me of the movie. The Bum and the Bummer or should I say Bumper, as, to my surprise I discovered that Bummer is a brand of couple inner-wear, which may again be offensive to
Games We Played as Kids: Where was Boredom! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, an adage which the colonial masters not only believed in but also practiced it. This is amply illustrated by the sports facilities in small towns, which were princely states in the pre-independence era. The resident military officer
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It’s 13th Jun again today, 35 years done and dusted. The OG that we got wedded to 35 years ago, has acquired a skin like affinity to our bodies and soul. Sans uniform, we feel naked somehow. We are aware that soon it shall be time for us to grow out of this acquired skin,
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Thomas Cup Champions! Indian shuttlers have created history, whitewashing the fourteen times Champion Indonesia 3-0 in a thrilling final. Is this the 1983 Cricket World Cup moment for Badminton? Badminton has unfortunately been the poor cousin of Tennis, a sport, which has a much larger following and with that comes the moolah. In India, we
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What makes 50 pluses behave like 15 year olds wannabe, travel miles ? Well; just a call from their course mates… to be with their brothers in arms, arm in arm, just like the good old days, reliving them, guffawing without any perceptible reason, pulling each other’s legs over their appearances, balding pates, expanding girths and generally
The world rejoices when a child is born and mourns when a person dies, in both the cases the person concerned is oblivious to the happenings. In the case of marriages, people celebrate, so do the bride and groom, once again oblivious of the consequences. Most normal people decide to tie the knot at least
