Suyash Sharma

 Merry Xmas folks! It’s Christmas time, a week of festivities world over, irrespective of the region, race, warfare or strife. During First World War, one Christmas in 1914 widely known as Christmas Truce, (unofficial of course) as the Armies were still at war, the British, the Germans and the French Armies stepped out of their […]

“God made mothers because He couldn’t be everywhere”, so said John Rudyard Kipling; in Sanskrit, “Janani janmabhoomi Swargadapi Gariyasi” meaning mother and motherland are greater than even Heaven itself, I am sure all of us express similar sentiments when it comes to their mothers. “Ma” is a universal word, syllable and a complete sentence in

There is an old fable about a rat and a mountain which many of you may have read as a kid. The mountain boasts to the rat that “you are such a tiny creature and see how majestic and huge I am”, in response the rat smiles and says I can bore holes into you

The morning of 23rd Nov broke with heartrending news of casualties suffered by Indian Army in an ongoing operation in Rajauri in Jammu and Kashmir. This Counter Insurgency (CI) warfare has been taking its toll since last about 24 years now. We have been losing smart, bright youngsters who are full of josh, leading from

  Crestfallen is how the Team in Blue could be described, distraught at having lost the match, they have let the hopes and aspirations of 1.3 billion down. The hearts would have been heavy no doubt, we lost the opportunity to take the Trophy. Yes we were unbeaten in 10 consecutive matches and were favourites

In North India, Diwali time is the time for exchanging gifts of sweets with your neighbours, friends and relatives. It is  “Soan Papdi  time” for the annual passing the parcel festival gifting game.  We all have played this game as kids during birthday parties and even as adults in parties where participants were asked to

We all are  familiar with the term  “phobia” and its mere mention is adequate to create a phobia around some people. “Uxoro” in latin means wife and to be scared of one’s wife is nothing unusual. Most husbands would agree that she is the boss, although it may not be a public admission, but privately

I have had a unique relationship with plasters, you may call it an enduring affair, as in the last five decades I have religiously landed in one of them once in each of them, not a mean but quite an unenviable achievement. As a kid who had just about started to take his first few

 I can still recall our first encounter with any Jew, he was the Adjutant in NDA Khadakwasla Pune, Major Daniels, an impressive immaculate Gurkha officer whose persona was awe inspiring for all the Cadets. But that was not the reason to start reading up on history of Judaism and Israel, I chanced upon “Exodus” by

 ‘Blues’ normally implies the mood, rather melancholy, but in the Public schools parlance, Blues are sought after as they signify merit in a particular sporting activity, and are proudly worn by the recipients on their Blazers, embroidered under the crest of the institution. The tougher the sport, more coveted the award, Boxing, Cross Country, Swimming,