Come on. Fast.
Now that in the recent past we have seen Mamata Bannerjee and Anna Hazare fast to get things done (good or bad, irrelevant...), I think Indian think tanks are empty. The ones sitting in the upper,...
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Oh, you beauty!
What IS beauty?Beauty is what you see, with your eyes closed.Beauty is the face of your love, who strolls into your dreams without a request. Beauty is on the face of your parents, who care for you...
View ArticleLife is like a _____
We've all made up metaphors to compare life with something or the other. I've seen a lot of them on twitter, and thought I would share some of them with you. Credits to every author who came up with...
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Outbound Program @ Parvati hills
Ever since winter set in, "Out-bound" would only remind me of the 'out of bounds' phrase from the basketball diction where the ball would go out of official play area and a team would have to bring it...
View ArticleTelevision News MEDI(ocre)A
Dear television news media,How are you?Don't bother answering, I know you are as crap as crap can be.No, I'm not well either. Thanks to you.Because of you and the cronies in your flank, I've had stages...
View ArticleNuclear the Answer
India is a developing country, and one clear sign of that is the energy demand that its people have created since independence. India is the second most populated country in the world, and has the...
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Bagrat's Sci-Fi Movie Debut
It is a dark night. Rain pours down. No evil creatures can be seen. No good creatures can be seen either. The cameras are either wet or fogged. You can't see anything. Only spooky background music...
View ArticlePO - The Tool To Lateral Thinking
What is Lateral Thinking?For any job at hand, there are methods, methods which have been formed and moulded into shape. There are ways which look straight, there are tracks less explored. The ones that...
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A Barodian Year
A little over an year ago, on the last evening of August, I arrived in Baroda with a fever that I had picked up in the 32 hour long train ride from Madras. I didn't know if the autorickshaw driver...
View ArticleThat Pretty Girl
(disclaimer: all characters mentioned are pieces of fiction. any resemblance to anybody is purely coincidental)That pretty girlThe sun had just risen up, and was pacing up into the sky as the shadow of...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Twilight
Clouds left the skyNot before the earth was wet.A dry place to sitI found after some time.The cool breeze signaled nightfallThe Sun behind sped its fall.The birds returned to their nestsLetting me know...
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The Punjab
I’m not a traveller by nature, but I am just privileged to have lived in so many places in during my childhood, days in college and now in my young career. This time, it was Punjab – to work in Rajpura...
View ArticleNarumugaye. Losing myself to find peace.
I love melodies, or rather - I prefer melodies. Though not even semi-fluent in Carnatic, I find it soothingly beautiful. There is something magical about being able to produce something beautiful out...
View ArticleChildhood
Woken up by others, the warm sun if a holiday, sounds of birds if vacation, reminder of school if weekday.Outgrew the clothes we wore in just weeks.Invented games out of anything available - sticks,...
View ArticleMein tenu samjhawaan ki : Rahat's magic
I've lived in many places in India so far - childhood and beyond. There are songs that, when you hear, remind you of a certain place or period.I was in Punjab until recently, moved to Nagpur. I loved...
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Kolkata, Digha, North Odisha
A colleague's wedding recently presented an opportunity to pack myself East to Bengal and Odisha. I say such, because I was always holding myself back in visiting Kolkata - I dislike crowded cities and...
View ArticleTomato Balls
I have not required to make my own meal in nearly 3 years now, and the last I had to do so, it was only for a period of 4 months. I have just started trying out something out of boredom in the kitchen...
View ArticleRoti/Paratha noodles
It's a weekday-holiday today, Happy Dussehra and all. I was served methi paratha for breakfast, but I wanted to try out something else, with a kitchen and time at my disposal for the morning. I decided...
View ArticleHoney Chili Cauliflower
The single most favourite dish that I had tasted while in Punjab is the Honey Chilli Cauliflower, something that is very hard to find outside of the great land. Only recently though I have wanted to...
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Patatas Bravas
I came across this Spanish dish, Patatas Bravas, when I was watching something on youtube. It seemed complicated, but doable - in just the right proportion to capture my attention. I have since been...
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My Sandwich Chronicle
I bought a grilled sandwich maker recently, and my trips to the kitchen have been twice as fun ever since. Just so I don't forget, this is the list of the sandwiches that I have made with it thus far...
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Ignore, please.
I recently read a book by Dave Gorman - Too Much Information, where the author talks of the many places in the modern age where there is just "too much" thrown at your face - in print, digital,...
View ArticleWhen I had coffee.
There are some people who appear out of nowhere, interrupt your way of life and change it for the better with their kindness, love and affection - not by intent, but by nature. They are indifferently...
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Kitchen - playground, rules & discipline.
Like reading, cooking was something that I started doing only when I started work. Of course, this was also the same time I started to eat out a lot. Like many in the internet age, I would go on to...
View ArticleThe Balaji connection in Madhya Pradesh
Just thinking out loud:I recently got posted to a site 100 km South of Indore, in the Khargone district, bordering Khandwa district. The place I stay is a humble little town by the name Bediya. In...
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