Amidst all confusion atleast there was a silver lining with the idiotic ordinance being withdrawn. I wonder though had it been anyone else other than Rahul Gandhi vehemently opposing the foolishness of an ordinance; the fate would have been the same. The ordinance was a slap on the face of voters as if the governement […]

On a typical day in Bangalore as the rain lashed against my window, I decided to forego my customary tea in the rain ritual and shut myself to the outside world to have any semblance of passing in my last exam of engineering. Just when I thought I had a grip on the first page […]

After a lot of ‘nonsense’, the government has decided to withdraw the ordinance that will protect convicted lawmakers. What’s your view on this entire episode? Write your view in the State of the Nation Channel. And here’s more fodder to think and write about: 1. Here’s an open letter to Rahul Gandhi. Why don’t you […]

It’s been a year and half, almost, since that day. The day I took the road less travelled by. Yes, I had lived and worked in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh since August 2010. No, I had not been to the interior-most parts of the land. And that was something that itched me incessantly. It was time I […]

As a regular reader of The Science Reporter during my school days, the popular science articles published in the monthly magazine always fascinated me. But, in the years that followed, I could hardly get myself to read any of that stuff. However, the long wait to immerse myself in a book that urged one to […]

After a year of theoretical training, MBA program gives us a chance to embark on internships in different companies. These internships are very imperative in nature. Especially for students like me, with no corporate experience, it gives us a very good opportunity to implement our classroom knowledge on the field. I wanted my first taste […]

New Delhi: As social media enters our home with alarming speed, it has also found a soft corner in hospitals. Yesterday, at AIIMS, Dr. Kapoor, an obstetrician refused to deliver babies if the parents have not enrolled for any ‘my baby cutest’ contest on Facebook and have not started preparing for the grilling contests to […]

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned I was reminded of these famous lines by Alexander Pope as I saw a group of nuns growing impatient in the afternoon heat as their bus was getting […]

Why do I write for PaGaLGuY Channels? The day I became a published writer, my social standing got a shot in the arm. Now, I don’t let any occasion slip by without displaying my literary prowess. I entertain my friends by converting my thoughts into monologues for them. I translate my Mom’s Daily soaps into […]

October heralds the beginning of the placement seasons in most Indian B-schools . Recruiters are invited who look forward to skim the cream from the vast majority of candidates. Resumes are drafted by students who rack their brains to remember what they have done over the past 2 years. It is during this time that […]