“Arey bhaiya… kyun dimag ki maa behen ek kar rahe, baith jao” he insisted once again in his crooked Hindi; but I was firm, and with a very blunt stance I waved at him and said “kyu maa behen ek karwa rahe ho, chale jao mujhe doosra mil jayega”, turning my face away, I started […]

“Kajal, listen. Don’t come back here. Go. Run. Use the fire staircase and the service exit in the first floor. Throw away this life. Get on a train to somewhere and go. Beg, steal, do something. Make your choices.” “Wh-what b-bout y- you?” “I will take care of myself. You don’t have time. Leave.” Whimpers, […]

After taking charge as director for little over a year, Dr Sunil Rai has put in his papers at the Goa Institute of Management (GIM). Dr Rai was appointed in February 2013. Dr Rai who was earlier with management institutes like SP Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai as a joint Director and […]

Lalitha stood looking, next to a beaming Prasad as he clicked away an sms. “You sent him a new girl.” “Yes, that’s true, sweetie.” “Do you think she can take it?” “I don’t know. Do I care? Of course not.” “You will go to hell for this.” He turned to Lalitha, his plastic smile intact. […]

Luxury. This must be it. Clean linen, heavy mattresses both tough and soft. Paintings wasted on assuming guests. A bowl of fruits, untouched, unsavored and healthy on the outside. Hairdrier, kettle, shaving mirror. Private swimming pool. Everything was neat and clean, but she never felt it. Kajal never found true luxury. True luxury was getting […]

LIKE the Mahatma Gandhi dreamed of British free India, J.P Narayan also dreamed of corrupted congress free India. Interestingly, Mahatma Gandhi after making India free in 1947 died in 1948 without seeing that his own people from congress are looting India. Similarly, J.P Narayan after toppling congress in 1977 died in 1979 without seeing that […]

Like every other child in the school, this guy too walked into the school,but he stood different from others. There may be many reasons cropping up in your mind and some of them may be he was ugly or he was the most good looking person in the school. But let me decipher the mystery […]

I am a Millennial. Generation Y. Born between the birth of AIDS and 9/11, give or take. They call us “the Global Generation.” We are known for our entitlement and narcissism. Some say it’s because we’re the first generation where every kid gets a trophy just for showing up. Others think it’s because social media […]

Making poll predictions are hazardous. India has completed six out of the nine phases of the current elections. Considering the diversity in voters’ composition across genders, income groups, cultural background, geographies etc, judging electoral the outcomes in India is an impossible task. One can only visualize scenarios, of which three broad ones emerge. Scenario One: […]

If one goggles’ the word ‘Luxury’, it throws up about 197,000,000 results in some 0.33 seconds ! Various definitions crop up – for example, ‘something inessential but conducive to comfort & pleasure’ ; ‘ something expensive & hard to obtain’ ; ‘sumptuous living or surroundings’ ; ‘something pleasant, expensive & surprising’ etc etc. So what […]