” Oh you brute you have dug up the lawn once again”, the all too familiar admonishment that our Labrador Retriever was being subjected to. He was at his tricks as usual digging up for some space where he can find solace in the lap of mother earth, which we city dwellers have denied him. […]
Cycling was the first major milestone after learning to walk and talk for a young lad. Cycling provided us with a sense of freedom and suddenly empowered us after all it provided us wheels and in the bargain liberated us. Cycle was a prized possession since scooters and mobikes were beyond the reach of even
India is glued to the TV when there are Cricket matches, election results and for the budget speech by the Finance Minister. While each one of us is an expert when it comes to Cricket with special comments and loads of advice for Indian Captains concerning all the departments of the game, elections come naturally
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Every time we have elections the media and ouranalysts/ psephologists go on an over drive trying to make some sense out ofthe voting patterns, caste sub caste OBC etc issues. If there is one agencywhich is responsible for the spread of downright casteist politics apart frompoliticians, it is our venerated media. By dissecting these issues
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TRYST WITH NATUROPATHY Naturopathy issynonymous with old age, “Gandhianlifestyle” so naturally people are perplexed at our act of joining anaturopathy camp for two weeks. Thefirst reactions are incredulous “Don’t tell me! ” “Are you sickor something ?””You have no weight issues!” then why on earthwould someone embark on this path. Well to be honest it
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Ours is a strange society or is it only the politicians who can resort to any means to achieve their ends, I often wonder how can suicides be eulogised and venerated when it is a criminal offence . I am aware I will be branded insensitive upper caste bigot who doesn’t understand the psyche of
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You asked for it Mr Chetan Bhagat I know you have been inundated by trolls, hate and abusive mails but did you honestly expect that the veteran community will be overjoyed at your rather immature take on this grave issue ? I am sure with your superior IIT IIM intellect and your calculating investment banker
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Train journeys are nostalgic , they invariably bring back memories of days of yore when this was the only means of long distance public transport which was affordable for the masses . The long never ending travails when one was bound for the hostel in the initial days or the joyous ones when we were
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We are typical middle class Indians, kumbh conjures an image of unimaginable crowds, mismanagement, filthy ghats , the jostling pandas and stupid fools participating in this chaos where naga sadhus and cattle rule the roost. That is precisely how I felt till a friend decided to take his mother for this holy dip. Initially even
Symptoms or theDisease Ram Singh, one of the five main accused in the infamous Delhi Gang Rape case committed suicide as reported in the electronic media today. While many of us would have felt a sort of satisfaction at this gory end of such a heartless individual, there are many who would feel, he actually deserved
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