The Mumbai gangrape rape case will take centre stage for a few days now. The police will or will not find all the accused (can definitely in 24 hours if it wants to). The political parties have started their blame game. Media has planned a couple of protests. And this will be the drama for […]

There is possibly no urban Indian who has not visited a public toilet sometime. In Mumbai these toilets take on a different character. No, am not talking about how badly maintained they are and how the attendants may fleece people – all that is a given in Mumbai. The ‘Ladies’ side of the public toilets […]

Graphology or handwriting analysis has always attracted curiosity. People claim they do not believe but will never flinch from knowing what one’s handwriting indicates. Graphologists say that these days besides individuals, even companies have begun to ‘character-profile’ individuals based on their writing samples. Having studied it for a while, I would think that taking it […]

At Channels, we wish to encourage efficient writing: articles that authors can finish quickly, and readers can consumer faster. That is why we chose 1,000 words as the upper limit for all articles written on Channels. 1,000 words are just enough to allow one to express a thought, idea or opinion really well, without leading […]

How did I do it? I mean alright, I went ahead and gave it to her but the courage? When I was so young, just a child, in fifth class, C section. I was not grown up enough to even wear number three slippers and I was writing love letters. I clearly remember the letter […]

“Seven deadly sins, seven ways to win, seven holy paths to hell, and your trip begins Seven downward slopes seven bloodied hopes seven are your burning fires, seven your desires.” ― Iron Maiden The 1995 psychological thriller, Se7en is one of the most outstanding works of David Andrew Ficher (Director), who also credited for directing […]

A few of my friends crib in front of me all the time, about how they hate their current 9-5. I always ask them what would they rather be doing. They mostly reply with something to do with the creative side or somewhere they think they can make a change. While I do appreciate the […]

It began in the third year. I myself wanted to do something more after engineering and had started weighing further options. Having done a lot of asking around, I decided that I would prefer staying in India and go for an MBA. 2010 I came across PaGalGuY.com through guess what? Orkut. I joined PaGaLGuY on […]

Now, I am not saying that he was going to win the best hygiene award in a couple of decades. I just do not want to belittle a guy who is now detested on general principle simply because two dozen people allegedly found him washing hands in his teapot once upon a time last Thursday. […]

Engineering students generally stay in touch with their mathematics throughout their curriculum – not exactly with topics that are tested in the CAT but certainly with equations, basic arithmetic and advanced mathematics. This helps them get into the groove during their preparation much quicker as compared to others. However, they do find verbal ability quite […]