Suyash Sharma

“Ram was a bad husband!”, “Rahul Gandhi is like a groom’s mount”, “Kejriwal’s expose’ are like those of Rakhi Sawant, both lack substance”, these are some unquotable quotes of our worthy politicians. I have just picked up the latest gems, of course there are even more priceless ones which have been uttered by these so […]

A visit to the dentists’ is a dreaded affair for most, naturally so, like death and taxes the third certainty of life is the dentists’ chair. I have often wondered whether the electric chair would be as dreadful, may be less, because you do it just once as against the dentists’ where you are doomed

“Ram was a bad husband!”, “Rahul Gandhi is like a groom’s mount”, “Kejriwal’s expose’ are like those of Rakhi Sawant, both lack substance”, these are some unquotable quotes of our worthy politicians. I have just picked up the latest gems, of course there are even more priceless ones which have been uttered by these so

Kala Pani, the image conjured is of freedom fighters and the yoke of colonialism and our pride in the hard fought and won freedom. The archipelago is mesmerising in their appearance especially from the air craft windows. All our dreams associated with the Caribbean or Mauritius or even Seychelles seem to come alive. The pristine

Why are we so emotional by nature? Is it because our “EQ”, as it is referred to these days, is genetically in the lower strata or is it something else? God only knows! But every time we go for a movie and especially when it happens to be “Tare Zamin Par”, it is a rarity

Mathura-VrindavanI was actually looking forward to this train journey, as it has been a while since I last boarded a train and Shatabdi series are supposed to be the most comfortable of the lot. Since I was late in booking my seat, I had to be satisfied with the normal chair car as against Executive

PUNJAPURA Punjapura is a small sleepy hamlet in the remote areas of Madhya Pradesh, a state which still had a fair share of forested area in those days, when my uncle was posted there as a Forest Ranger. A Forest Ranger is a small time govt officer, but like all govt officers, they enjoy the

                                  Every time that I glanced at the ribbons of an officer and noticed that he had the UN ribbon(s), I admit I was green with envy and felt that this was one opportunity which had passed me by. The reasons were obvious, apart from greenbacks, which

What a Tour Our first halt was at Pune, the stay was reasonably comfortable, with individual rooms (no sharing;).Glorious ! India from first world glitz and glitter, state of the art technology Reliance Petroleum Refinery to the third world, the familiar stench, the water logged streets, muck thrown around all over, highly polluted congested township

How often have we had this feeling that in a discussion, it seems we are banging our heads against the walls literally? I am sure we have all gone through this ordeal a number of times. Sometimes it is the stupid sales clerk who just doesn’t listen to any reason but just goes on blabbering