“Why get into something that’ll be difficult to get out of, and you know it won’t go anywhere?” It was the end of a long day at a wedding, a friend was standing, looking worn out and tired, while I was slumping in one of the many sofas at the reception garden. I asked her [...]
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Entry and exit..
Posted in Encounters, Light Musings, tagged wandering on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lessons from the Mahabharat I
Posted in Encounters on August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Humility of a Lion doesn't mean he would consider grass for food..
Of Public Moralities
Posted in Encounters on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thinking of moral police, the first sight coming to mind would probably that be of some bhagwa clad hooligans blackening the faces of young couples on the marine lines or perhaps breaking the glass panes of gift shops on a valentine’s day. Immediate impulsive response from any modernized Gen Y youth would be sheer revulsion. [...]
From cattle rearing to IIT; a dream come true
Posted in Encounters on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An article, mailed across on the IIT community, From cattle rearing to IIT; a dream come true Hyderabad, June 16: The journey from agriculture fields and cattle rearing to IIT and institutions equivalent to it is arduous. But three students coming from remote villages in AP have made it. During vacation of the college – [...]
What about the other little ‘Princes’?
Posted in Encounters on July 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone who is even slightly connected with the world, via any channels of communication would know of the heroic rescue of six year old ‘Prince’ from a pit. An episode which made thousands of people stick to their TV screens.. and praying to their respective gods! The PMO issued a statement.. regarding the PM’s blessings [...]
In Defense of Love !
Posted in Encounters on June 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
To an urban reader belonging from the 21st century, the familial opposition to inter-community love marriages might seem anachronistic, but to a vast majority of young eligible bachelors and spinsters, it’s a reality, a rather cruel one in some cases! As a young man today, I do not have much of an idea about the [...]
The politics of ‘quota’
Posted in Encounters on May 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
(developed over the month of may) I’m now in Udaipur and can see more protests happening round the clock across the entire nation. Different items of shocking news are being floated from different directions. Supposedly, 94 medical students have collapsed after a hunger strike in Delhi. Word is being spread that one AIIMS student has [...]
Everyone’s really good at heart??
Posted in Encounters on April 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
‘Kam padega to maang ke khaa lenge.. par gaddari nahin karenge’ Some morals that would probably be difficult to find in the most well bred and well brought up people.. were to be seen in an auto rikshaw driver.. who took a shortcut to save us time…. harming his own income in the process. We [...]
‘Food Fighters’
Posted in Encounters on September 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
No, I’m not gonna ramble about the poverty and disaster striken people fighting over food. It’s not about the children in village schools who have to fight for their mid day meals. It’s not about the ngos fighting for providing food to the incapacitated or the others that are fighting against genetic modification of food [...]
New age mantras
Posted in Encounters on September 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Was listening to radio after ages.. The RJ announced in between two songs.. ‘To agar aapne ghar se bhaag ke shaadi ki hai, ya phir chori chhupe shaadi ki hai.. to just give me a call and I will give you a gift hamper’ and they say zamaana mohabbat ka dushman hai!! Cheers! to Mohabbat [...]
