The process of intimacy is tied to the uniqueness of how each of us experiences the world. Our public knowledge is not able to encompass the physicality of living, and the differences of our experience within our bodies. Our brainwaves, ...Read More
I burp. I swear. I feel bad. I throw tantrums. I lose my cool. I get jealous. I make mistakes. I fumble. I cry. I am confused. I go blank sometimes. And I hate...well, I am honest. But I also feel ...Read More
The thrum of Vande Mataram. The beating of a giant heart during the 'reviews.' The roar of a 1000 drums. Aamir Khan gesturing victory to the crowd to the tune of, "Rubaru, roshni hai." A Pakistani woman praying with her eyes closed. Harbhajan Singh invoking the Sikh ...Read More
Old Grandma sat on her chair in the verandah looking ar her four grandchildren, sad and jealously wishing she was young like them. She remembered all the fun and freedom she had as a little girl and how after a long ...Read More
Is that a horse blowing its own trumpet or is it a donkey carrying the load of an entire household on its feeble shoulders? Why is a globe hanging upside down tied up with slippers, books, petrol cans, water bottles ...Read More
Once upon a time, long before you, me or even the hero of this story was born, there lived a vivacious duck called Duckie who fell madly in love with Rake, a handsome drake. Everybody warned her he was only ...Read More
" Do not once think that you are here as a result of chance or coincidence," the folks at Our Native Village, an ecologically sensitive and restorative resort, will have you believe. So if you have been longing to fill a ...Read More
The other day I caught Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive and founder of Facebook on a dated episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Yes, the same where he declared that he would be donating $100 million to update and revive the public school system in Newark. Despite the resentment I ...Read More
I was talking to my grandson the other night; we were working together on a project. He was 100 kilometers away in another town and so we weren't actually talking, we were facebooking. Facebooking is what people do these days ...Read More
The night I heard of Navin Nischol's death, I watched Parwana (1971) on YouTube. Yes, the same film where he played the hero and Amitabh Bachchan, the second lead. The irony. Years later Navin Nischol played the second lead in ...Read More
“What this country needs is good, strong military rule!”
How often have we heard this or similar sentiments expressed by Indians disgruntled by the deteriorating law and order situation and increasing instances of corruption in high places in the country.
I’ve always ...Read More
Have you ever wanted to watch a match in the stadium but could not because it’s held in another city, far away from where you live? Have you ever been subject to one of the most torturously boring things, like ...Read More
