Fiction… GETTING MARRIED – A SUDH FILMY ROMANCE 28 Feb 201417 Jun 2014 GETTING MARRIED ---- A Sudh Filmy Romance Having posted a few stories about being hit by lightning, getting hitched and its repercussions, which seemed to meet with some degree of…
Fiction… HAPPILY EVER AFTER 26 Feb 201417 Jun 2014 HAPPILY EVER AFTER Aloo was lonely. He had traveled the world. Far from his homeland in South America he had travelled with the Spanish Armada and the Portuguese galleons and…
food… the most memorable meals of my life 22 Feb 201426 Mar 2015 MOST MEMORABLE MEALS I HAVE HAD I am a foodie. My girth gives credence to the fact. But when I try to remember specific feasts, it is not the quality…
book review… BOOK REVIEW — END OF STORY? 19 Feb 201420 Feb 2014 END OF STORY?- A REVIEW End of Story? is an entertaining page turner by Arjun Shekhar ,published by Hachette India, which in the course of its 325 crisply written pages,…
humor… V DAY BLUES 15 Feb 2014 My little girl had shared this funny story of heartbreak with me, which I am trying to fictionalize Medha had just moved to Delhi. Her Mom was thrilled to come…
Fiction… ACT YOUR AGE 11 Feb 201411 Feb 2014 https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/t1/602496_500920253270766_953153227_n.jpgAct Your AgeHow often have you heard this admonition? I have been hearing this all my life. At first it was called “pakami’ which is acting older than your age.…
Fiction… EMOTICONS 9 Feb 201412 Feb 2014 EMOTICONS I came across a news story that smart phones are coming up with a new app that will disclose the emotions of people by reading facial expression. All the…
Uncategorized HEALTH CARE — SHOULD IT BE THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITY OR BEST LEFT TO PVT ENTERPRISE. A PROJECT 365 POST 7 Feb 201412 Feb 2014 HEALTH CARE – SHOULD GOVT PROVIDE, OR BEST LEFT TO PVT ENTERPRISE? If the operative word is ‘SHOULD’ the answer is ‘OF COURSE’ Why? Because – It is what civilized…
Fiction… BOYS DONT CRY 2 Feb 201420 Jun 2014 BOYS DON’T CRY This is one maxim that made life difficult for me. Long before it was macho and cool for men to be in touch with their emotions and…
cities… CITIES I HAVE LIVED IN AND LOVED 2 Feb 201412 Feb 2014 CITIES I HAVE LIVED IN AND LOVED I grew up in Kolkata, which was Calcutta those days, then moved to Delhi for college. My working life started in Chennai or…