Change is a constant. Change is hard-wired in every thing and today every aspect of life must welcome it, embrace it to avoid being obsolete. AIESEC in Delhi University (the Delhi chapter of the largest student run organisation worldwide) understands this fact. It has been organising corporate events and creating social entrepreneurship modules to address […]
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Month: October 2011
An Eloquent Story
Novelist and short story writer Bhisham Sahni once observed, “A short story is like lodging in a house one night and moving away the next morning, whereas a novel is like coming into a town where you have to bide for months on end. In a short story, every word must have some eloquence, every […]
My Mom’s Radio
My mom’s radio used to be tucked into a small corner of the kitchen, where it sat in the midst of the fruits basket and the bamboo plants. It was a small thing, seemingly useless and archaic. It operated using a small dial that would always be tuned in to the same number and had […]
Tree Of Serenity
In the town of confusion There’s a tree of serenity… In the soil of loneliness Grew a seed of aloneness Watching waiting wandering The seed reached the river And now the river flows Nowhere somewhere everywhere It knows the name of its destination But the paths are untrodden unknown Hardly does it matter though To […]
Perfect Ten Film Moments
Movies are about magical moments that linger on for years afterwards either bringing a smile on an otherwise humdrum day or suffusing you with sorrow when you are taking a walk by a seaside. Here are my 10 favourite moments from 10 favourite films. 1. Hey Jude moment from Coming Home– This is an anti […]
At Face Value?
When Facebook introduced its “like” button, the idea was liked across the social networking site. The lazy ones liked it because instead of having to undertake the arduous task of having to type “hot” or “awesome” or even “nice” in the comments box, they could just click on the button and carry on with their […]
Revisiting Yamuna
Most of us living in the city of Delhi have perhaps not even seen the Yamuna river, let alone touch it. The most abundant imagery that comes to mind when you think of the river is of junk, waste-pickers, slum dwellers along with sand dredgers and vegetable farmers. For others, it is merely a site […]
Floating Dreams
Imagine a city floating on water. Not an island, not a city tormented by floods, just a city which has rivulets instead of streets and boats instead of taxis. A city where buildings are erected on foundations of wood submerged in water. Venice is the capital of the Veneto region in North East Italy and […]
Ra.One:The Missing Chip
Shahrukh Khan. The young, gawky, painfully intense boy with big brown, melting eyes who came from nowhere and became an empire. Didn’t we love this story almost as much as we loved him? He was Raju who came to Mumbai to become a gentleman and became instead a superman. We did not love him because […]
In The Light Of Memory
As I am growing older, festivals are not so much about looking forward to something as they are about looking back. Being nostalgic and turning into an uncle who’s always remembering the past. Last month I was invited to inaugurate a Durga Puja. The organizers asked me to speak a few lines. They must have […]
Chocolate Cream Love
Aah, chocolate cream biscuits. In those days, they were wrapped in glossy violet packets bearing a typical image of a half-eaten biscuit with mouthwatering chocolate oozing out of it. Simply delicious! I was in 4th Standard and the shortest kid in the class. But that didn’t stop me from desperately falling in love with Ann. […]
If Tomorrow Never Comes..
Dear Capt Rowe, I was shocked when I heard you were no more. On the threshold of Diwali, you have gone away quietly, leaving tears in my eyes, without letting a soul know what you were feeling. Probably, you knew it was time …do we all know when ‘the’ time comes? I often wonder. Honestly, […]