I know I am no Ranbir Kapoor but still I too am a hero whenever I see a mirror. Ok, Ok, the mirror is a strange thing but that is a different story penned in The Book. Back to Ranbir, honestly, one just couldn’t stop noticing the chemistry between him and Deepika, more so after… Continue reading The Ex factor
Didnt get time to edit … hope you like the idea behind this short story! Chapter I: Rathore and Rudrani must have been destined to meet at a spiritual discourse of all places, a place that neither of them would visit under normal circumstances. Rathore, a 6’2” body builder was usually busy at the gym… Continue reading The Souls and the Truth
More than 2 decades ago, once upon a time, when I used to learn the violin, my kind teacher, Ambi sir showered kindness and continuously encouraged me with lavish praises. He displayed exemplary patience. He waited for me to mature into a student who liked the instrument and was not just learning it for the… Continue reading MS Gopalakrishnan – my hero lives on forever
Silence is golden. If you keep quiet when you are supposed to speak up, is there a problem? Really? A lot of people do not ask questions when they probably should. At the same time, there are others who talk all the time. A point of view on everything, anything and yes, all the time!… Continue reading Silence is golden
Rape Capital! What a shame to have earned such a dubious nickname? That too in a place with a woman as its CM. A CM who may be extremely weak in mathematics but one who belongs to a party that is very good in arithmetic. When it comes to passing bills in the name of… Continue reading Delhi Belly – Dark and Ugly
Haven’t really written a book review before, but decided to try my hand at this after drawing inspiration from my SIL. Plenty has been written about Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger, a 2008 Man Booker Prize winner. Reactions have mostly been binary. People either love the plot or hate it. The book is supposedly in… Continue reading The White Tiger: a book review
As we hear about the hanging of Ajmal Kasab, there are several ways to react. Your point of view can stem from your belief and I am not discussing that here. But before you make public what you want to convey, please think twice before doing so and if in doubt, you can use some… Continue reading And all that and everything
I remembered that I did write about Diwali last year and went back to that post. Whatever I write, I feel so good about it, but when I read it later, it seems so bad. I am frankly scared about completing my book, and it becoming a mega flop. Of course, I also realize that… Continue reading Diwali wishes …
What if somebody told you that the earth is a mass of gas and water is green in color? That you are actually transported to the Mars whenever you sleep? It is your body that is here but your soul goes to Mars in about 3 nano-seconds, and while it sleeps for 18 or 20… Continue reading Sab Saala Maaya hain … its all a bloody illusion
As the year-end approaches in about 2 months, the other yearly event accompanying it is the Great Annual Power Down. It roughly means that companies, especially the IT companies shut the lights, fans, ACs, computers and printers down to save electricity. Customers go on holidays and have no work for the consultants to whom they… Continue reading Annual shutdown, random nonsense, Geographic discovery and all that …
As one more Teachers Day goes by, and he goes over the greeting cards, those cells in the brain that store specific memories get activated once again. It amuses him as he sees himself get transported to a classroom trying to explain math or analytical reasoning concepts. He feels tickled as he is unable to… Continue reading Happy Teachers’ Day
As I read the news of a fatal accident involving a 6 year old girl (Shruti), I couldn’t believe what I was reading. A big hole on the floor of a school van, big enough for the little girl to fall through and for the van to run over the girl is not acceptable. It… Continue reading The indifference must go
There is one scene in Matrix Reloaded (Matrix 2) where Carie-Anne Moss (Trinity!) rides on her Ducati bike with the key maker …. Awesome adrenaline rush when you watch it as she skillfully maneuvers at a very high speed on the wrong side of the road with vehicles whizzing past. Actual speed is much higher… Continue reading Mamu the Superhero
Haven’t been able to devote time to write in detail about a loose analogy, going on in my mind since I read about the so called IPL controversies and the IIT JEE results (and also the IIT entrance exam discussions). If we were to consider the aspirations of the many cricket players across the width… Continue reading IPL and IIT
Karthik Kumar (KK) spends 6 months in Chennai with his elder son and for the other six months he is away at Ranikhet in the Himalayas with his other son. The half lucky uncle! In a strange way, his life at each of these 2 places, is like KumbhaKarna from the Ramayana. Just like the… Continue reading The Road Ahead …
We must be forward looking in life. I confess that this line has certainly helped me to follow the Forgive and Forget philosophy. Which is good … well, Usually! But I am not God to forgive and forget everything so easily. Even if I was, in some way, Agneepath reinforced that Revenge is good. K… Continue reading The Hate with Interest, Principal! Principle
Front page news announced that BCCI now has no Sahara (support) from either the sponsor (Sahara) and we anyway know how much support it has from the general public in the aftermath of the overseas performances. While everybody has a point of view on the current Indian team’s dismal performances I was happy to hear… Continue reading Indian cricket – in the eyes of the maamis
I have no idea what is going to happen to my dream about getting the goddamned book published. But it was a funny experience (it felt nice, though ;-)) to be introduced as an aspiring writer. Thanks to Charles Nathan of De-Rock Living, Coonoor, I was introduced to Mr. Noor Mohamed, Director of a large… Continue reading A tea tasting experience
This is a slightly modified short story contest I participated in but didn’t win anything … posting anyway and so glad that with this, I have now hit a 100 posts on my blog!! “A beautiful day and I was enjoying my stroll in the park with the breeze. I heard someone calling me and… Continue reading Iyengars of the Incredibles kind: A short story
A couple of somewhat different stories around Diwali and also a chance to blog after another round of hibernation: Story I: There was this uncle who hated kids all year round. He would shoo us all away like we were flies. But only on Diwali every year, he would be a transformed man. It appeared… Continue reading Diwali Blast – from the past
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