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 […]
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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
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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
Kennedy, no not JFK, but our very own indigenous Tamil anna; our Tamil friends are unique and they adopt the names of dignitaries from across the globe, naturally it is a mark of respect for the country in question as also the person. We have quite a few of them, Stalin for example. Can you
I am a confused person these days, to be honest have been in this state all my life, except for brief periods of revelations when I thought I had discovered my calling. These interludes were rather brief and interspersed at various stages of the four odd decades of my existence on this planet. I can
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This mid-term break proved out to be a real blessing in more ways than one, the time that I got to spend with folks at home was indeed precious but there were other benefits as well. I own a small plot of land at Mhow, which was about to re-enact the “Khosla ka Ghosla”, “encroachment”
