There used to be Telangana protests because A.P. ministers wanted to create Telangana. Now protests are being held because Telangana has been created. There is no reason to worry though, the House continues to function as normal as ever (for the uninitiated, it got disrupted yet again). Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, was more than […]

I chose to write about this nondescript article because it offended me. It showed an ugly side of the city I so proudly boast about hailing from. I have been fond of Mumbai ever since I first moved here. But Calcutta (that’s right, no right-wing extremists object to it being Calcutta) has always been special […]

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Sports Working Committee meeting last week invited much attention. The newly elected Sports Working Committee (SWC) of the DDCA decided to do a first in calling upon players (current and former), umpires, coaches and women cricketers. A couple of key members of World Cup winning teams, were invited […]

Today, while I am leafing through the pages of book “Journey of the Pink Dolphins”, I read an amazing fact about the amazon river…I want 2 share a glimpse of it with u… It is one natural wonders of the Brazil. The two tributaries of the River Amazon, river Rio Solimoes is the light sandy […]

There’s this massive tree outside our house, it covers every window that we have, on all sides. Although it was pruned in the last millenium to allow sunlight into the house above ours, that hasn’t stopped fauna from stopping by now and then. Last weekend, a pair of parrots stopped by first, checking out an […]

Or should I say, the need for none. Two weeks ago, my company decided to post an entry-level analyst job opening on a MBA-specific niche website, anonymously. I uploaded it on Friday, 2 pm. By 6:30 pm, when I logged out, I already had 50 profiles in my inbox. By 6 pm on Tuesday, when […]

Gamna, a raddiwallah (scrap dealer) that I met at Bopal village, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. I shot his picture around 7 in the evening. Excited as he was, he asked, “Meri photu akhbaar mein chapegi?” (Will my picture appear in the newspapers?) As his eyes sparkled in anticipation, the contrast struck me: […]

“We are supremely nerdy and unapologetic about it… We had ice-cream study breaks at MIT like there are breaks at any other college. But we’d make our own ice-cream using liquid nitrogen right on the spot. So we were really, really nerdy.” If you’ve ever considered studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA […]

Delhi heat is unbearable, if you do not have any ready change on you. By the time one scrimmages around for the change, the ice cream cone in one’s hand reduces into a gooey mess. Of course, this did not happen to me. I was just standing there at the Maharani Bag bus stop. Waiting. […]